# Basil Banghart, Alcatraz booking photograph (FBI)

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Alcatraz booking photograph of Basil Hugh Banghart, published by the FBI, which describes him as a member of the Roger Touhy gang. A copy is stored here.

The FBI image repository titles this entry "Basil Banghart" and captions it: "Alcatraz booking photo of Basil Hugh Banghart, member of the Roger Touhy gang. Banghart, Touhy, and Ed Darlak were all captured by the FBI in Chicago on December 29, 1942." The repository lists the file at 415 KB.

The FBI gives no date for the photograph. Banghart's [Alcatraz warden's notebook page](/items/nara-236735894-basil-banghart-alcatraz-1943/) at the National Archives records his receipt at Alcatraz on 1-7-43. This page does not claim the two images are the same exposure.

The copy shown here was downloaded from the FBI image repository on 12 October 2026 (the repository's 1108 by 1400 pixel rendition; the full-size download returned HTTP 503).

## Sources

- Federal Bureau of Investigation: https://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/basil-banghart.jpg/view
- FBI history: Roger "The Terrible" Touhy: https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/roger-the-terrible-touhy