Charles Esolda - from our story 'Small Town Noir – Twenty-One ’30s and ’40s Mugshots from New Castle, Pennsylvania'

Charles Esolda was described in court as having the mind of a child. In May, 1955, his only comment to the police after raising a false fire alarm was, “I don’t know why I did it!” From his mug shot, itappears that he didn’t like the camera’s flash.

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