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Rogues, Rascals & Rapscallions

Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime

"Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime"
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (April 4, 1758 – February 16, 1823)

"Everybody loves a rogue though sometime we live to regret it. Scoundrels, con men, and scalawags. Ne'er-do-wells, thieves, cheats, and rascals. Bad boys and bad girls. Swindlers, seducers, deceivers, flimflam men, impostors, frauds, fakes, liars, cads, tricksters; they go many names, and they turn up in stories of all sorts, in every genre under the sun, in myth and legend; and, oh, everywhere in history as well. They are the children of Loki, the brothers of Coyote. Sometimes they are heroes. Sometimes they are villains. More often they are something in between, grey characters; and grey has long been my favorite color. It is so much more interesting than black or white." - George R. R. Martin

Except for extreme cases which have already seen their share of publicity this page focuses on those that have passed. Those that are still living are still writing their histories. In other cases we will respect a two generation limit to protect the living.

Hat tip to Judy G. Russell AKA "The Legal Genealogist" and the lecture she gave that inspired the name of this page.


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Oscar Merritt Wheelock.
Oscar Merritt Wheelock.
Oscar Merritt Wheelock - A wanted man in the United States, a hero of the Mexican Revolution. 
 
2
Albert Fish
Albert Fish
Hamilton Howard (aka Albert) Fish - Serial killer 
 
3
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer - Serial killer. 
 
4
James Franklin Wheelock
James Franklin Wheelock
James Franklin Wheelock - Convicted of murder and hanged. 
 
5
Norman J Wheelock Murder Trial.
Norman J Wheelock Murder Trial.
Norman J Wheelock - Convicted of murder and electrocuted in the electric chair. 
 
6
William Hooper Young.
William Hooper Young.
William Hooper Young - Convicted for the murder of Anna Pulitzer a known prostitute. Sentenced to life in prison. 
 
7
Mayflower Madam Trial.
Mayflower Madam Trial.
Sydney Biddle Barrows stands trial for promoting prostitution. 
 
8
George A Wheelock Reckless Driving.
George A Wheelock Reckless Driving.
Undoubtedly soon after the second car was built one of those two drivers invented road rage. George was certainly a pioneer in the field having been arrested in May of 1904. 
 
9
Ruth Jones Love Duel.
Ruth Jones Love Duel.
Ruth (nee Jones) Wheelock's Love Duel. At the age of 60 a jealous Ruth was in involved in a "love duel" with a 22 year old rival. Although what most newspapers reported as a "sword fight with homemade weapons" was mostly a scuffle over a Chinese cutlass in which Ruth got the worst of the deal.  
 
10
Brigham Pleads Guilty.
Brigham Pleads Guilty.
When is a Brigham not a Brigham? When he's Charles W. Bartlett. Charles made his living as a forger and swindler. While he currently has no known connection to this tree he has to be mentioned because he dragged the name of Brigham through the mud by operating for over half a century as "Paul Brigham". Any researcher can run across multitudes of newspaper reports of his crimes under the name of Brigham. it was not until he surrendered that his true name was revealed. When he confessed he said he was "trying to break into jail" He eventually succeeded in that and he spent the remainder of his life there. This article is from the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Times, Tuesday, January 28, 1896 page 2. 
 
11
David Crosby Arrest.
David Crosby Arrest.
David Crosby has had several run-ins with the law involving drugs and weapons. He now credits his prison time for enabling him to get sober and saving his life. 
 
12
Robbery and Assault. Watertown (New York) Re-Union, Wednesday, May 14, 1890, page 5.
Robbery and Assault. Watertown (New York) Re-Union, Wednesday, May 14, 1890, page 5.
"Smile on your brother. Everybody get together. Try to love one another. Right now." When Wallace & Frank Brigham decided to strong-arm Edward W Wheelock they didn't know it but, they were (allegedly) robbing their 5th cousin 2x removed!  
 
13
Steven Allen Avery
Steven Allen Avery
Steven Allen Avery - He was convicted of murder and spent 18 years in prison before DNA evidence cleared him. Two year after his release he was convicted of murdering another woman and was sentenced to life in prison. He was the subject of the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.  
 
14
Brendan Dassey.
Brendan Dassey.
Brendan Dassey - The nephew of Steven Allan Avery. On the basis of his confession he was convicted of aiding his uncle in murder and disposing of the body. He is serving life in prison with eligibility for parole in 2048. 
 
15
H. H. Holmes
H. H. Holmes
H. H. Holmes - Serial killer. 
 
16
Jane Fonda Mug Shot.
Jane Fonda Mug Shot.
Jane Fonda - Arrested for drug smuggling in 1970. Charges were later dropped.  
 
17
Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden- Accused of murdering her father and step-mother with an axe. At her trial she was acquitted yet she remains the prime suspect in the unsolved murders. There are other suspect but popular opinion has always considered Lizzie guilty. My 8th cousin 3 times removed. 
 
18
Michael Avenetti
Michael Avenetti
Michael Avenetti - Former attorney and convicted felon. He came to prominence by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Donald Trump.

On March 25, 2019, he was arrested and charged with attempting to extort up to $25 million from the athletic apparel and shoe company Nike. Following that he was charged with several other financial and fraud crimes.

For the crime of extortion he was convicted and sentenced to 2 1\2 years. 
 
19
John Hinckley Jr.
John Hinckley Jr.
John Hinckley Jr. - Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. 
 
20
Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox
Amanda Knox - An American who spent four years in an Italian prision for the Murder of her roommate. In spite of the fact that another man was convicted of the same murder in 2008 she was was not released until 2011 and not exonerated until 2015. The Italian government still tried to accuse her of making false statements but, she was cleared of that after testifying that a police woman had beaten her as part of her interrogation. 
 
21
Dylann Roof
Dylann Roof
Dylann Roof - Convicted mass shooter sentenced to death and awaiting execution. 
 
22
Abigail Folger
Abigail Folger
Abigail Folger - Victim of Charles Manson. 
 
23
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes - She was the chief executive officer of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company. On January 3, 2022, she was found guilty on four counts of defrauding investors, three counts of wire fraud, and one of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Sentencing is scheduled for September 26, 2022.