Portrait of Elmer Burke
August 31, 1954 - The three-day manhunt for Elmer "Trigger" Burke, a
New York gunman who broke out of
a Boston jail in broad daylight,
has extended as far south as Philadelphia, with police in East Coast
cities
ordered to "shoot to kill." From Massachusetts to the
Pennsylvania city, F.B.I. agents and police are
seeking clues to the
whereabouts of Burke, who is wanted in New York in connection with
at least four
slayings. Burke had been jailed in Boston after an
alleged attempt at machine-gunning Joseph
"Specs" O'Keefe, a
one-time prime suspect in the unsolved $2,219,000 Brink's holdup.
Portrait of New York Gunman Elmer Trigger Burke
Elmer Burke Leaving Courthouse
September 1, 1955 - New York: Gunman Elmer "Trigger" Burke, who was
returned to New York September
1st to face federal charges of
fleeing to avoid prosecution after being captured last week in
Charleston,
North Carolina, leaves the federal courthouse in Foley
Square under heavy guard after being turned
over to city police by
the federal authorities. Burke faces New York state charges of
murder.
Policemen Escorting Elmer Burke
November 17, 1955 - "Trigger' Burke Examined at Bellevue. New York,
New York: Elmer "Trigger" Burke
(hands to face) leaves Bellevue
Hospital's psychiatric building in custody of detectives shortly
after
noon. Burke, who is on trial for the 1952 murder of a gangster
friend, was examined at the request
of the defense, which contends
that an auto accident 23 years ago permanently injured his brain.
After the examination Burke was returned to his cell.
