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American Prohibition-era gangster and bootlegger (1898–1959) who led the Touhy Gang and became one of the Chicago Outfit's most persistent rivals during and after Prohibition. Convicted in 1933 for the kidnapping of John 'Jake the Barber' Factor, Touhy maintained his innocence until his conviction was overturned in 1959, only to be fatally ambushed less than a month after his release from prison. Collection of 10 original glossy crime scene photographs documenting the fatal shooting of Prohibition-era gangster Roger Touhy, consisting of eight larger photographs (8 x 10 and 10 x 8) and two smaller photographs (5 x 7 and 7 x 5), each bearing a Marshall Marker Photography emblem to the lower right. The images capture the immediate aftermath of the November 16, 1959, shotgun ambush outside 125 North Lotus Avenue in Chicago that claimed Touhy's life and seriously wounded his bodyguard, retired Chicago police detective Walter Miller. The photographs include graphic views of the mortally wounded Touhy at the scene, police officers and investigators examining the crime scene, the removal of Touhy from the residence, and onlookers gathered outside. In overall fine condition, with some unobtrusive emulsion loss to the lower right of several of the larger photos.
Less than a month after Roger Touhy was released from prison in 1959, he and his bodyguard, retired Chicago police detective Walter Miller, were ambushed outside Touhy's sister's home at 125 North Lotus Avenue in Chicago on November 16th. As the two men approached the front door, gunmen armed with 12-gauge shotguns emerged from the shadows and opened fire, striking Touhy in both legs and wounding Miller three times. Touhy was taken to St. Anne's Hospital, where he died about an hour later from blood loss despite emergency surgery. Shortly before his death, he reportedly remarked, 'I've been expecting it. The bastards never forget.'
