electrocution

4 photos tagged electrocution, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

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Roger said:
This link ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Horowitz
John Hartsock said:
"Dago Frank" Cirofici (Cirocici, Carofici, Cirosici) was a petty criminal in New York City convicted of murdering Herman Rosenthal with his fellow assasins Harry Horowitz "Gyp the Blood", Louis Rosenberg (Rosenweig) "Lefty Louis", and "Whitey" Lewis (Frank Seidenshner) at 1 o'clock in the morning on July 16, 1912. Herman Rosenthal had threatened to "squeal" on Lieutenant Charles Becker (NYC Police) concerning his involvement in gambling if Becker didn't remove his "strong arm squad" of police after a raid was made in early April. Herman was in the process of telling his story when Becker hired the four men and developed the plot that led to Herman's execution in front of the Hotel Metropolis on 43rd Street. The four men were executed at Sing Sing in April 13, 1914 with "Dago Frank" being the first to die. Before his death he stated that he was five miles away when the murder as committed. All four men were taken to funeral homes on the East Side after their deaths. Information taken from articles in the Syracuse Herald from 1912-1914.
Wystan said:
More Bain/LOC photos of Dago Frank's funeral:
The Library of Congress said:
buckeye616: thank you for the information about Cirofici. We will include some of it in the record for this image when we update. Thanks Wystan for the related images.

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Foxglove said:
aha ! a familiar stomping ground good to see it in all its older BW glory
beachcomber australia said:
Unusual metal guard rail at bottom - is it something to do with a tramway? Sometimes Flickr is amazing - And in May 2017
beachcomber australia said:
Aha! The tram - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dunluce_Castle_%26_Giant%27s_C... From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway_Tramway Edit - "...electric power ... ... was originally fed to the trains via an elevated third rail which ran alongside the line ... " Edit 2 - "The section from Bushmills to the Giant's Causeway opened on 1 July 1887. In 1895 a cyclist died of electric shock after coming into contact with the conductor rail. At the subsequent inquiry it was revealed that the line voltage varied from an average of 290 V up to 360 V, and the company agreed to a temporary reduction in the voltage, which limited the number of services that could be electrically worked. The third rail was replaced by overhead electric wire using side poles from 26 July 1899, apparently initially at 250 V."
beachcomber australia said:
Help! - I can't find the original of the tram version of this pic (see wiki link above) in the NLI catalogue .... please!
Sharon Corbet said:
beachcomber australia Here you go!

Roger said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Horowitz ???
John Hartsock said:
Looks as if he was more than a "petty criminal".
JE Piper said:
360 East 184th Street, Bronx, New York City, not far from where I grew up.
Angela Orlando said:
For some info on him see: www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/tombs/killercop2....
Wystan said:
More Bain/LOC photos of Dago Frank's funeral: