This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lfaszl Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/4779.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the offer to search your database. The prisoner I mentioned was using an alias name of FRANK CARSON, although his given name was Silvester Graham O'Hara. He will be found under FRANK CARSON I do believe, but I would be grateful if you could check both names. Sometimes he dropped his first name and went by Graham O'Hara also. It will take a day or so to get the exact dates of incarceration, but I do have this information from the Census'for now: 1930 Census Joliet, Will, IL Prisoner, Frank Carson Single, 33 years old, born MO parents MO 1920 Pontiac, Livingston, IL Illinois State Reformatory Frank Carson , 23 , born IL (incorrectly indexed as Casson). Apparently he was convicted of several crimes throught his life, many of them I know nothing about. Silvester was born in 1896 and in jail in MO by 1917. He then went on to commit crimes in IL, spending most of his life in prison! He was one of 7 members of a gang that kidnapped a man named Thomas Gaynor and was in many newspaper articles April 9, 1932. I am not sure if the kidnapping took place in 1932 or 1928. If you are unable to locate anything with the above names, I will call my Uncle and get the exact dates for you. Thanks again for your time and kind offer! Lisa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.