Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Herbert Asbury

Born: September 1, 1889
Died: February 24, 1963 (aged 73)
Known for:
- The Gangs of New York (1928)
- The Barbary Coast (1933)
- The French Quarter (1936)
- The gangs of Chicago
- Up from Methodism (1926)