charlesbecker

10 photos tagged charlesbecker, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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Becker Jury (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • J Manfre said:
    Presumably the trial of Charles Becker, which took place in 1912. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker Charles Becker (July 26, 1870 – July 30, 1915) was a New York City police officer in the 1890s-1910s and who was tried, convicted and executed for ordering the murder of a Manhattan gambler, Herman Rosenthal in the Becker-Rosenthal trial. Becker was the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder. The scandal that surrounded his arrest, conviction, and execution was one of the most important in Progressive Era New York in the 1890s to 1910s.
  • red team said:
    They used to publicly transport and convey the jury?
  • Wystan said:
    Well hey, those guys had to eat something . . . .

Becker case watching Bridge of Sighs (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Harry Angstrom said:
    One of the old Tombs prisons in NYC had a Bridge of Sighs, like in Venice: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombs_Prison Becker was NYPD police officer accused of ordering hit on underworld figure. Famous case of 1912, there are quite a few photos on LOC-Flickr collection related to the Becker case.

"Lefty Louie", "Gyp the Blood", & their captors (LOC)

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  • Barak said:
    Possibly related to: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9501E0DA1630E233A... BURNS MEN HOLD TWO AS GUNMEN; Trail Pair from Albany to Fonda, N.Y., and Arrest Them as "Gyp" and "Lefty Louie." August 27, 1912, Tuesday William J. Burns, head of the National Detective Agency, employed by District Attorney Whitman to run down the two missing slayers of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, announced shortly after midnight last night that two of his operatives had arrested two men earlier in the evening in Fonda, N.Y.
  • swanq said:
    See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405655750/ and www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2423488718/
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! Helpful connections; we'll fix the date and add a subject note.
  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Below see link to Wikipedia article about Gyp, the Blood also known as Harry Horowitz. Horowitz and his gang were convicted and executed, apparently they were believed to be acting at behest of NYPD Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, and there are photos in this Flickr series of Becker going to Sing Sing also. (see tag for Becker). They killed Herman Rosenthal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyp_the_Blood
  • Wystan said:
    Bain/LOC photos of characters involved in the Gunmen's Trial: