Monday, September 14, 2009

Liberty Bell


With an elaborate plot that involved 1) kidnapping babies, 2) stealing the Liberty Bell, 3) escaping on a biplane, and 4) a scowling, fedora'd henchman, Herbert Schwank won the Most Ridiculous Crime of the Year Award in 1919.
It's worth clicking on this picture to get a larger view so you can admire the mustaches these two ne'r-do-wells are sporting.

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