The Mad Bomber of New York (28 page)

Police lab samples of the Mad Bomber's handwriting.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection, United Press.

NYPD notice circulated throughout the city and among local newspapers warning the public of the Mad Bomber's handiwork.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection.

Maps tracking the Mad Bomber's exploits appeared in newspapers throughout the city.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection.

Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy. He would declare the Mad Bomber case to be “the greatest manhunt in the history of the Police Department.”
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection.

Dr. James A. Brussel, remembered by some as the father of criminal profiling.
Courtesy
New York Daily News
.

Seymour Berkson. He and his “Four Fishermen” devised the ingenious plan of an Open Letter to the Mad Bomber.
Courtesy Bill Berkson.

Alice Kelly, a twenty-five-year employee of Con-Ed, had been assigned to review the company compensation files labeled “troublesome.” She would stumble upon a find that would give police the first major break in the Mad Bomber investigation.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection, United Press.

Metesky is led by arresting officer Michael Lynch (left) and Captain Ernest Pakul (right) from the second floor interrogation room of the Waterbury Police Department for booking.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection.

Metesky arrives at police headquarters in New York following his apprehension in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection, Associated Press.

A crowd of curious onlookers hopeful for a look at the Mad Bomber is restrained outside of police headquarters as Metesky arrives for booking.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection, United Press.

Metesky beams before the cameras outside of a New York City courthouse.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection, United Press.

Metesky proudly displays the
New York Journal-American
as he is led into police headquarters in New York City.
Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
New York World Telegram & Sun
Newspaper Photograph Collection.