Crime and Public Safety – Baltimore Sun

Crime and Public Safety – Baltimore Sun

Baltimore and Maryland crime news and courts coverage from The Baltimore Sun's criminal justice team.

Out of print: Baltimore crime news of 1940

Here’s another look at what Baltimore newspapers reported to their readers in 1940. From my stash of old papers — The Sun, Evening Sun and News-Post — I find that crime reporting reflects the era: Long before drug addiction became widespread, firearms were not commonly owned and violence was for the most part limited to the occasional crime of passion.  In one Saturday edition of The Evening Sun, from October 1940, we find no reports of homicide…