Post by johnl on Jun 7, 2009 12:04:41 GMT -5
When I was looking for info. about the 1907, it seemed like everything I read had something about how both lawmen and law-breakers used the rifle before WWII but with few details. So just how popular was the 1907? The following is what I have so far about who used this rifle for good or evil:
Dillinger gang - 2 found at the Congress Hotel and 1 in JD's car when they arrested him in Tucson
- Eddie Green - member of the gang - found a 1907 in his apartment after a shootout in St. Paul
- Little Bohemia Lodge - a 1907 was left behind when the gang scattered during the shootout
- Homer van Meter - member of the gang - the 1907 was his favorite - apparently with a Thompson-like forearm and Cutts compensator along with at least a 10-round mag
Baby Face Nelson - used one to kill two G-men when he was mortally wounded in 1934 - the common misconception was that he was using a Thompson but supposedly forensics confirmed it was a 1907
Russell Gibson - member of Karpis/barker gang killed by a 1907 used by Walter Walsh
Alvin Karpis - arrested by G-man named Hurt who was carring a 1907
Alva Hunt/Hugh Gant gang - had a 1907 when they were captured in Florida in 1938
Bonnie and Clyde left a 1907 behind after a shootout (I'm still working on the details of this one)
Harvey Bailey - member of Machgine Gun Kelly's gang - captured holding 1907 while asleep on a porch in Texas.
Fred Burke - supposedly responsible for St Valentine's Day Massacre and Al Capone associate - a 1907 was found in his gun cache when police raided his bungalow in 1929. These guns were though to have been used in the massacre! So it's possible a 1907 was used in the most infamous mass murder during the gangster era!!
The good guys liked them too withmembers of the following organizations:
Texas Rangers - George Chapman carried one
Border Patrol - Charles Askins carried one
FBI - Walter Walsh carried one
among others using 1907s.
If anybody know of other examples, lets put them in this topic. Thanks!
John
Dillinger gang - 2 found at the Congress Hotel and 1 in JD's car when they arrested him in Tucson
- Eddie Green - member of the gang - found a 1907 in his apartment after a shootout in St. Paul
- Little Bohemia Lodge - a 1907 was left behind when the gang scattered during the shootout
- Homer van Meter - member of the gang - the 1907 was his favorite - apparently with a Thompson-like forearm and Cutts compensator along with at least a 10-round mag
Baby Face Nelson - used one to kill two G-men when he was mortally wounded in 1934 - the common misconception was that he was using a Thompson but supposedly forensics confirmed it was a 1907
Russell Gibson - member of Karpis/barker gang killed by a 1907 used by Walter Walsh
Alvin Karpis - arrested by G-man named Hurt who was carring a 1907
Alva Hunt/Hugh Gant gang - had a 1907 when they were captured in Florida in 1938
Bonnie and Clyde left a 1907 behind after a shootout (I'm still working on the details of this one)
Harvey Bailey - member of Machgine Gun Kelly's gang - captured holding 1907 while asleep on a porch in Texas.
Fred Burke - supposedly responsible for St Valentine's Day Massacre and Al Capone associate - a 1907 was found in his gun cache when police raided his bungalow in 1929. These guns were though to have been used in the massacre! So it's possible a 1907 was used in the most infamous mass murder during the gangster era!!
The good guys liked them too withmembers of the following organizations:
Texas Rangers - George Chapman carried one
Border Patrol - Charles Askins carried one
FBI - Walter Walsh carried one
among others using 1907s.
If anybody know of other examples, lets put them in this topic. Thanks!
John