1934 INFAMOUS DEPRESSION ERA DOCTOR DR. JOSEPH P. MORAN FBI WANTED POSTER

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1934 INFAMOUS DEPRESSION ERA DOCTOR DR. JOSEPH P. MORAN FBI WANTED POSTER:
$4999.99

UP FOR sale, WE HAVE HERE AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PIECE.. IT IS THAT OF THE INFAMOUS DOCTOR TO THE MOST FAMOUS DEPRESSION ERA OUTLAWS AND GANGSTERS IN HISTORY, DR. JOSEPH P. MORAN.

Joseph P. Moran(1895–1934) was an American medical doctor known for catering to theDepression-era criminal underworld in the early 20th century. He was also a peripheral member of theBarker-Karpis gang,and was possibly the last physician to see the mortally woundedJohn Hamilton, a member of theJohn Dillingergang, whom Moran refused to treat.

Moran disappeared in July 1934. He is believed to have been murdered byFred BarkerandAlvin Karpis.

Joseph P. Moran – Gangster Doctor

Joseph P. Moran

Joseph P. Moran was aphysician known for treatingDepression-eragangstersand a peripheral member of theBarker-Karpis Gang.

Moran was anIllinoisnative who briefly operated a successful medical practice after graduating from medical school. However, Moran was a severe alcoholic and soon drove most of his business away. He then moved on to performing illegal abortions, making several contacts in theChicagounderworld. He was eventually caught and sent to prison. After he was paroled, he was appointed as the official physician of the Chicago Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers Union despite his alcoholism. He also became the emergency care physician for much of the Chicago underworld. Stitching cuts and removing bullets from wounded gangsters, he soon began practicing plastic surgery on outlaws to change their faces and remove their fingerprints. It was in this capacity that he became associated with the Barker-Karpis Gang. In March 1933, the doctor performed plastic surgery on gang members Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis for a fee. His removal of Karpis’ fingerprints was so successful that the gangster later had trouble obtaining a passport. However, his facial work was deemed judged a dismal and painful failure. He was most likely the last doctor to see or treat the mortally woundedJohn Hamilton.

When the Barker Gang kidnapped and ransomedMinnesotabanker Edward J. Bremer in 1934, he helped the gang to launder the money through his practice in Chicago. However, some six months later, while drinking with the gang in Ohio, he drunkenly bragged about the power he held over them, saying, “I have you guys in the palm of my hand.” Very soon afterward, Moran disappeared. The following year in September 1935, a badly decomposed body washed up on the shores of Crystal Beach, Ontario, without its hands and feet. TheFBIlater identified the body through dental records as Moran’s.

He was thought to have been murdered by Alvis Karpis and Fred Barker.

THIS VERY RARE, HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FBI WANTED POSTER IS IN BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED CONDITION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS PROVIDED. THE POSTER WAS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1934. TRULY A PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. VERY FEW REMAIN. THOSE THAT DO ARE IN PRIVATE HOLDINGS. NEXT TO NEVER DOES ONE COME UP FOR sale, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AMAZING, ARCHIVED CONDITION AS YOU SEE HERE. DON\'T MISS IT

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