On the evening of March 23, 1950, Louis Wolfson, a male liquor store owner, was brutally shot in the face during a robbery at his West Hartford, Connecticut establishment. The violent encounter left him unconscious and in critical condition. He was discovered minutes after the assault by his sister and rushed to a nearby hospital.
For nearly a year, the brazen crime remained a mystery, leaving the community on edge.
The break in the case came unexpectedly when Albert Taborsky turned himself in to the authorities. He confessed to his involvement in the robbery and implicated his older brother, Joseph Taborsky, as the triggerman. Following this confession, Joseph was arrested on January 19, 1951.
The subsequent trial, which concluded on June 7, 1951, found Joseph Taborsky guilty of first-degree murder after the jury deliberated for nine hours. He was sentenced to death. Albert, for his part in the crime, received a life sentence after being convicted of second-degree murder in a separate trial. Joseph Taborsky later confessed to the murder of Louis Wolfson, along with a string of other killings that earned him the moniker "Mad Dog."
