United States vs. Roger Touhy (Selective Service case, Chicago)

Federal criminal case file at Chicago against Roger Touhy for failing to register for the draft under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Nine digitized pages.

Date: undated
Kind: case-file
Source: National Archives Catalog
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
NAID: 583696011
Rights: A record of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, held by the National Archives in Record Group 21, Records of District Courts of the United States. A United States government work, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The National Archives catalog marks use "Unrestricted." Series "Criminal Case Files" (NAID 624785), National Archives at Chicago.

The National Archives’ note reads: “This criminal case against Roger Touhy for failing to register for the draft under the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940.” The file has nine page images; the catalog gives no date, and the pages were not read for this archive.

The FBI’s captions on its Touhy images say that “Touhy and his gang of violent criminals escaped from a penitentiary in Illinois in October 1942” and that Touhy, Edward Darlak and Basil Banghart were captured on December 29, 1942. This draft-registration file is the only Touhy court record in this archive; how it relates to the 1942 escape is not stated in the catalog.

itemRoger Touhy mug shot and criminal record (FBI)Mug shot of Roger Touhy with part of his criminal record, published by the FBI on its Touhy history page. The FBI serves the image; no copy is stored here.

itemRoger Touhy, Edward Darlak, and Basil Banghart (FBI)FBI image of Roger Touhy, Edward Darlak and Basil Banghart, captioned with their capture on December 29, 1942. A copy is stored here.

itemAlcatraz warden's notebook page for Basil Hugh Banghart, No. 595Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Basil Hugh Banghart, received at Alcatraz from Joliet, Illinois, on 7 January 1943. A copy is stored here.

itemBasil Banghart, Alcatraz booking photograph (FBI)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.