charlesbecker
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Mrs. Chas. [i.e., Charles] Becker's (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2012
Becker Jury (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded December 2010
Police Lieut. Chas. Becker - N.Y. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2009
Becker Case - Watching bridge of Sighs (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2009
Becker jury going to luncheon (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2008
Becker case watching Bridge of Sighs (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2008
"Lefty Louie", "Gyp the Blood", & their captors (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2008
Becker on way to Sing Sing (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2008
Taking Becker to Sing Sing (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2008
Taking Becker to Sing Sing (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded March 2008
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Taking Becker to Sing Sing (LOC)
- Harry Angstrom said:
- rodrigobecker51 said:
Taking Becker to Sing Sing (LOC)
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yeknod said:
Charles Becker was the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Becker
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T. Djll said:
A dubious debut.
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memos to the future said:
he's the only NYPD officer to ever have been executed, too. I found this via a book review on the british guardian website: books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2270898,00.html sounds like becker had a very interesting life.
Becker Case - Watching bridge of Sighs (LOC)
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Joe said:
Bearing only a slight resemblance to its Venetian namesake, New York City's Bridge of Sighs connected the Criminal Courts Building with the House of Detention (popularly known as The Tombs) across Franklin Street. New York City police Lieutenant Charles Becker, was the first American police officer ever executed for murder. The verdict of guilty in his first trial, in 1912, was overturned on appeal, but he was convicted again in a 1914 retrial, and was executed in 1915.