In Memoriam

Some people come into our lives. With the business of our daily lives we don't realize just how important they are until they are gone.

Author and Adjunct Professor at the Kheel Labor-Management Documentation Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

WWII Veteran. I enjoyed our many emails on life and specifically the Hawthorne Electric Works Telephone company in Cicero Illinois.

Part of what I call the three amigos, (Mattix, Helmer and Jones). The Elite Afficionados on John Dillinger and other bandit / gangster era research.

Their offbeat humor and banter during some email exchanges were out of this world and just plain hilarious! I was lucky enough to be included in some of them and will cherish that until I die.

Sandy was the ultimo walking John Dillinger encyclopedia and collector. (Bonnie and Clyde too). He knew most of their families intimately. His collection was supreme. It was later sold and is now in a museum. Master brewer, antique car fanatic, BBQ enthusiast, and all around good guy. Was very knowledgeable on gangster era weapons and their every minute detail.

The greatest honor I ever had was his brutally honest opinions on collecting and the compliments he threw my way whenever I uncovered something new for my collection. He will be sorely missed, but not forgotten! We will all meet again one day and shoot the shit as we all did so well on earth!


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Gone they may be, but they are never ever forgotten. Mike Webb St. Louis Police Chief and fellow collector. 1951 - 2009 Tom J. Dooley Professional artist / painter / photographer and Vietnam veteran, 1942 - 2010 Rick "Maddog" Mattix Crime author / researcher 1953 - 2010 Dr. Charles Deck Wrege Author and Adjunct Professor at the Kheel Labor-Management Documentation Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. WWII Veteran. I enjoyed our many emails on life and specifically the Hawthorne Electric Works Telephone company in Cicero Illinois. 1924 - 2014 Mr. Sandy Jones 1946 - 2018 Part of what I call the three amigos, (Mattix, Helmer and Jones). The Elite Afficionados on John Dillinger and other bandit / gangster era research. Their offbeat humor and banter during some email exchanges were out of this world and just plain hilarious! I was lucky enough to be included in some of them and will cherish that until I die. Sandy was the ultimo walking John Dillinger encyclopedia and collector. (Bonnie and Clyde too). He knew most of their families intimately. His collection was supreme. It was later sold and is now in a museum. Master brewer, antique car fanatic, BBQ enthusiast, and all around good guy. Was very knowledgeable on gangster era weapons and their every minute detail. The greatest honor I ever had was his brutally honest opinions on collecting and the compliments he threw my way whenever I uncovered something new for my collection. He will be sorely missed, but not forgotten! We will all meet again one day and shoot the shit as we all did so well on earth!