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Today in True Crime History: March 2
1789 — Pennsylvania ends its prohibition on theater.
1867 — A gang operated by Jesse James robs a Savannah, Missouri bank. One person dies.
1921 — Bank clerk and bank robber William Dalton is captured. He had stolen $772,000 in bonds at the time.
1974 — President Nixon is implicated in the Watergate cover-up by a grand jury.
1978 — Charlie Chaplin’s remains are stolen from his Switzerland grave. His body is not recovered until 11 weeks later.
1994 — David Koresh promises the Branch Davidians will surrender if his statement is broadcasted. After the statement is made public, he refuses to surrender.
2008 — Jamiel Shaw II is murdered in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles. The 17-year-old is shot by two men as he was on his way home. A gang member named Pedro Espinoza was convicted of the murder.
