gyp

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

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• 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: