Roger Touhy
Named by the FBI as the leader of a gang that escaped from an Illinois penitentiary in October 1942 and was captured in Chicago on 29 December 1942. A federal draft-registration case against him is at the National Archives.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- October 1942 — The FBI's caption on his mug shot and criminal record: "Touhy and his gang of violent criminals escaped from a penitentiary in Illinois in October 1942."
- 29 December 1942 — The FBI's caption: "Roger Touhy, Edward Darlak, and Basil Banghart were captured on December 29, 1942."
- Undated — The National Archives holds a criminal case against him "for failing to register for the draft under the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940."
Filed in the Public Enemies side section. This is not an organized-crime family page: the records here are federal fugitive, court and prison records.
The FBI’s photographs of Touhy are filed as records, but no copy could be stored, so this page has no portrait. No birth or death date and no alias is recorded. The FBI’s history essay on him is cited by the filed photograph records and was not read for this page.
Records
itemUnited 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.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.
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.
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.
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.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.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.