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Two original glossy 9.25 x 6.25 standing mug shot photographs of six Capone gang members, shown are Louis Romano, Mike Spranze, Edward Guida, Sam Hunt, Anthony 'Tony' Accardo, and Louis Kramer, photographed first in suits and then wearing hats and overcoats, all arrested together on April 17, 1933, when Chicago police raided Hunt's Congress Hotel suite during the investigation into the kidnapping of Jerome Factor, son of gambling financier Jake 'the Barber' Factor. Both photos bear notations inherent to the original image numbering each man, with identification numbers in the lower right, "5163" and "5163A." In overall fine condition, with trivial surface marks.
According to contemporary newspaper accounts, Hunt and the others had been enlisted by Factor to use their underworld connections in an effort to negotiate Jerome's release. These unpublished Chicago Police Department prints originated from internal mug shot albums retained after the ordered destruction of the original negatives.
These photographs capture one of the earliest known police images of Anthony 'Tony' Accardo, decades before he emerged as the longtime head of the Chicago Outfit. They were taken following the April 17, 1933, raid on Sam Hunt's Congress Hotel headquarters, where Hunt and five fellow Capone associates, including Accardo, had been assisting Jake 'the Barber' Factor during negotiations for the release of his kidnapped 19-year-old son, Jerome. Contemporary newspaper accounts reported that Hunt was speaking with Factor by telephone when police entered the suite, arresting all six men for questioning because investigators believed their organized crime connections might provide access to the kidnappers. Although authorities soon concluded that the abduction had likely been carried out by an outside gang rather than by Chicago mobsters, the arrests illustrated the continuing influence of Capone's criminal organization in Chicago even after Al Capone's imprisonment.
