True crime: 1925 slaying of FBI agent set off manhunt for ‘dapper sheik’ car thief After fatally shooting FBI agent Edwin Shanahan, car thief Martin Durkin became a celebrity criminal like Jesse James or Al Capone. Martin Durkin’s identification photos, c... See more
On Oct. 11, 1925, FBI Special Agent Edwin C. Shanahan and two Chicago police officers set a trap for a trigger-happy car thief. Shanahan had received a tip that Martin Durkin was driving a stolen car from New Mexico to a garage at 6231 S. Princeton Ave. i... See more
