Jack Gilbert Graham

Jack Gilbert Graham

John "Jack" Gilbert Graham (January 23, 1932 – January 11, 1957) was a mass murderer who killed 44 people by planting a dynamite bomb in his mother's suitcase that was subsequently loaded aboard United Airlines Flight 629.

Flight 629 was utilizing a Douglas DC-6B airliner that took off from Denver, Colorado's Stapleton Airport, bound for Portland, Oregon with continuing service to Seattle, Washington, on the evening of November 1, 1955. The flight had originated at New York City's La Guardia Airport and made a scheduled stop in Chicago before continuing on to Denver. Its pilot was Lee Hall, a World War II veteran. Minutes after the plane's departure from Denver, the DC-6B exploded in flight and the flaming wreckage fell to earth over tracts of farmland and sugar beet fields near Longmont, Colorado. There were no survivors.

Graham's mother, Mrs. Daisie King, was a passenger on board the plane and was traveling to Alaska to visit a daughter. Initially, it was believed that Graham's motive for the bombing was to claim $37,500 worth of life insurance money, from policies Graham had bought in the airport terminal just before the aircraft's departure (flight insurance could be routinely purchased in convenient vending machines at airports back in the 1950s). Graham's true motive was revenge for the way his mother had treated him as a small child.

The sensational trial that followed resulted in Colorado becoming the first state to officially sanction the use of television cameras to broadcast criminal trials.

Jack Gilbert Graham was executed by lethal gas in the Colorado State Penitentiary gas chamber, at Cañon City, Colorado, on January 11, 1957.

In 1959, Graham was portrayed by actor Nick Adams in the Warner Bros. film "The FBI Story", starring James Stewart, Murray Hamilton and Vera Miles.

In 2005, a book about the Graham case was published on the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing: "Mainliner Denver: The Bombing of Flight 629" by Andrew J. Field (Johnson Books, 2005).

ee also

* List of individuals executed in Colorado
* Capital punishment in the United States
* Albert Guay affair

References

* [http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/graham/graham.htm Famous Cases: Jack Gilbert Graham] - FBI
* [http://www.andrewjfield.com "Mainliner Denver: The Bombing of Flight 629", by Andrew J. Field]
* [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/jack_graham/ "Crime Library" Sabotage: The Downing of Flight 629]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jack Gilbert Graham — John „Jack“ Gilbert Graham (* 23. Januar 1932 in Denver, Colorado; † 11. Januar 1957 in Cañon City, Colorado) war ein Massenmörder. Er brachte aus Habgier mittels einer Bombe an Bord eines Fluges der United Airlines 44 Menschen um. Eine Douglas… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John „Jack“ Gilbert Graham — (* 23. Januar 1932 in Denver, Colorado; † 11. Januar 1957 in Cañon City, Colorado) war ein Massenmörder. Er brachte aus Habgier mittels einer Bombe an Bord eines Fluges der United Airlines 44 Menschen um. Eine Douglas DC 6B war als Flug 629 am 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jack Gilbert (disambiguation) — Jack Gilbert may refer to:*Jack Gilbert (born 1925), poet *Jack Gilbert (baseball) (1875 1941), American baseball player, see Washington Senators (1891 1899) all time roster *Jack Gilbert (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer, see… …   Wikipedia

  • Graham (Name) — Graham ist ein schottischer männlicher Vor und Familienname. Bedeutung Der Name stammt aus dem Altenglischen und bedeutet so viel wie „graue (gra{e}[y] Heimstätte (ha{o}m [e]“ oder „Kiesland“. Varianten Graeham Graeme Grahame Bekannte… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jack Graham — may refer to:*Jack Gilbert Graham (1932–1957), mass murderer *Jack Graham (footballer) (born 1916), Australian rules footballer *Jack Graham (baseball) (1916–1998), Major League Baseball player *Jack Graham (pastor) (born 1950), pastor of… …   Wikipedia

  • Graham (surname) — Graham is a surname, deriving from the Scottish Clan Graham.People: This list only contains people with the surname Graham . For a list of people with the given names Graham or Graeme see Graham. * Alasdair Graham (born 1929), Canadian politician …   Wikipedia

  • John Graham — ist der Name folgender Personen: John Graham (schottischer Maler) (1754–1817), schottischer Maler John Graham (Albany) (1778–1821), Gründer von Grahamstown, Südafrika John Graham (Bischof) (1794–1865), Bischof von Chester John Graham (Botaniker)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gilbert Glaus — (* 2. Dezember 1955 in Thun) ist ein ehemaliger Schweizer Radrennfahrer. Gilbert Glaus wuchs in Kerzers auf und ist gelernter Schlosser. Von 1971 war er als Radrennfahrer aktiv, zunächst als Amateur. 1977 gewann er den Grand Prix Tell. Bei den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Graham Webb — (* 13. Januar 1944 in Birmingham) ist ein ehemaliger englischer Radrennfahrer. Graham Webb wuchs als jüngstes von fünf Kindern einer Kriegerwitwe im Armenviertel von Birmingham auf. Als Kind war er oftmals so schwer krank, dass er zweimal die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gilbert Anderson — Broncho Billy Anderson Broncho Billy Anderson Broncho Billy Anderson est un réalisateur, acteur, producteur et scénariste américain né le 21 mars 1880 à Little Rock, Arkansas (États Unis), décédé le 20 janvier 1971 à Los Angeles (États Unis) …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”