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Description
Brady Gang leader Alfred Brady was shot and killed by federal law enforcement authorities on Central Street in front of Dakin's Store on October 12th, 1937 at about 8:30 a.m.
In this photograph Brady is lying perpendicular to old trolley tracks in a general north-south position with his head facing southerly. The uniformed police officer is Eddie Connelly. The man in the overcoat and fedora hat is Harry McNeil who was the city physician.
About This Item
- Title: Body of Brady Gang leader, Bangor, 1937
- Creator: Bangor Daily News
- Creation Date: 1937-10-12
- Subject Date: 1937-10-12
- Location: Downtown, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 24.5 cm
- Local Code: 2009.004.0005
- Object Type: Image
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- Brady, Alfred, 1910-1937--Death and burial
- Organized crime--Maine--Bangor
- Gangsters--Maine--Bangor
- Criminals--Maine--Bangor
- Central Street (Bangor, Me.)
- Police--Maine--Bangor
- Physicians--Maine--Bangor
- Gangs--Maine--Bangor
- Police shootings--Maine--Bangor
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Bangor Historical Society159 Union Street, Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 942-1900
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