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Oresto Shilitano, aka "Harry Shields" "The Paper Box Kid"

On June 30, 1916, 25-year-old Oresto Shilitani was executed by electric chair in The Death House at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. This was probably the last photo taken of the gangster – his prison mug shot.

Oresto Shilitano, aka “Harry Shields”, aka “The Paper Box Kid” Prison mug shot

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