#2 Della Broderick is the sister-in-law of inmate Jack Lawrence who somehow got a hold of a gun and shot and killed a guard, and then himself, while in the county jail on June 22, 1932. Lawrences’ wife Olive was brought in for questioning along with her sister, Della Broderick, on June 24, 1932, on charges that one of the two women had smuggled the pistol to Lawrence. Olive Lawrence visited Jack on the day of the shootings and Della Broderick visited several days prior and brought with her a fruit basket for Jack. Lawrence was in jail for robbery and was about to go on trial for killing policeman John Nerad of Cicero.

A Look at Female Criminals of the Early 1900s

#2 Della Broderick is the sister-in-law of inmate Jack Lawrence who somehow got a hold of a gun and shot and killed a guard, and then himself, while in the county jail on June 22, 1932. Lawrences’ wife Olive was brought in for questioning along with her sister, Della Broderick, on June 24, 1932, on charges that one of the two women had smuggled the pistol to Lawrence. Olive Lawrence visited Jack on the day of the shootings and Della Broderick visited several days prior and brought with her a fruit basket for Jack. Lawrence was in jail for robbery and was about to go on trial for killing policeman John Nerad of Cicero.

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