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Two rare original items related to Prohibition-era gangster Fred ‘Killer’ Burke, the notorious criminal widely believed to have been one of the principal gunmen in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, including: a vintage 4.25 x 2.75 double-view Chicago police mug shot card, featuring profile and frontal portraits, with “FRED BURKE” typed along the upper border; and an original 4.5 x 3 Chicago Police Department Bertillon identification card, completed in a secretarial hand for "Frederick P. Burke," recording his physical measurements, describing the offense as "Bank Robbery," and noting his arrest on April 7, 1927. The card also records his height, weight, eye and hair color, complexion, and other identifying characteristics. In overall fine condition, with some light silvering and one small crease to the photo.
Fred ‘Killer’ Burke (1893–1940) was one of the Midwest's most feared Prohibition-era gangsters, associated with the Egan's Rats and the Purple Gang before becoming a trusted enforcer for Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. Although never charged in connection with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of February 14, 1929, historians have long regarded Burke as one of the principal participants, and evidence recovered after his later arrest, including two Thompson submachine guns, was conclusively linked to the massacre through pioneering ballistic analysis.
