Courier Express, August 2, 1947, p.6
“…on the floor…”
Albany Times Union, July 31, 1941. p.21
Buffalo Courier-Express, July 31, 1941, p.2
“…was too warm…”
New York Post, July 30, 1941, p.4
New York Sun, July 30, 1941, p.7
“Honorable Mention”
PM, July 13, 1942, p.19
“…sentenced…”
New York Times, July 3, 1942, p.19
NURSE GETS 5 TO 20 YEARS; Sentenced in Bronx for Killing a 20-Hour-Old Baby
Irma Twiss, 32-year-old nurse, of 355 West Fifty-first Street, who killed a twenty-hour-old baby entrusted to her care in the Bronx Maternity and Woman’s Hospital, 165th Street and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx, on Feb. 8 was sentenced yesterday in Bronx County Court to five to twenty years in the Bedford State Prison. She pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. Miss Twiss gave several drops of tincture of laudanum to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Castro Valle of 1269 Grand Concourse, killing the infant. She also gave a few drops to the four-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Fantagone of 49 East 144th Street, the Bronx, but the baby recovered. She admitted that she gave the drops to the babies in an effort to quiet them because their cries made her nervous.
New York Times, July 3, 1942, p.19
Second Place
New York Sun, June 28, 1941, p. 23
“The Durable Harold Horn”
New York Post, June 26, 1941, p.4
“Guilty…”
New York Times, June 18, 1942, p.23
GUILTY IN BABY’S DEATH; Nurse Who Gave Fatal Dose to Be Sentenced on July 2
Irma Twiss, 32-year-old nurse, of 355 West Fifty-first Street, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bronx County Court to manslaughter in the first degree in the death of a twenty-hour-old baby on Feb. 8 entrusted to her care in the Bronx Maternity and Woman’s Hospital, 165th Street and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx.
Judge Lester W. Patterson will sentence Miss Twiss on July 2. She can receive from a suspended sentence up to twenty years in jail. The nurse was indicted by the grand jury for first degree murder, but was allowed to change her plea of not guilty to that charge and plead to the lesser charge.
Miss Twiss was the nurse on duty in charge of the infants on Feb. 8 when the babies’ cries unnerved her, she told police. She gave several drops of tincture of laudanum to the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Castro Valle of 1269 Grand Concourse. The baby died. She also gave a few drops to the four-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Fantagone of 249 East 144th Street, the Bronx, but the infant recovered.
New York Times, June 18, 1942, p.23
!Happy Birthday Weegee!
“Happy Birthday”; Eddie Davis and his Orchestra; Sittin’ In With (520); 1949
PM, March 2, 1941
“Happy, Happy Birthday Baby”; The Tune Weavers; Frank Paul’s Orch.; M. Sylvia; G. Lopez; Checker (872); 1957
PM, March 9, 1941
A picture with somebody in it sells better than a picture of a lifeless object. So Weegee sometimes puts himself in his picture-shooting them by “remote control.” Here he is posing as a “curious passerby” looking at the body of a Brooklyn murder victim found in trunk near the Gowanus Canal.
PM, March 9, 1941
“Happy Birthday To You”; Raymond Scott and his New Orchestra; Clyde Burke; M. J. Hill; Columbia (35864); November 29, 1940
“Happy Birthday”; Craven Edwards And his Lazy K-Ranch Boys; Len Stokes; Hill; Diamond (2007-A); June 1946
PM, March 9, 1941
Weegee makes friends readily. On a Chinatown assignment he got this New Year’s lucky wish from a Chinese girl. He has a photo of her painting it pinned above his bed (see picture on next page). It is characteristic of him to have his picture taken this way. The cigar is standard equipment.
PM, March 9, 1941
“Today Is Your Birthday”; The Enchanters; Buddy Lucas and his Band of Tomorrow; Bernstein; Levine; Odom; Geritz; Jubilee (5072); 1952
“Happy Birthday Father (From)”; Harry Tush and his Society Orchestra; Rondoliers; Avalon (502A)
PM, March 9, 1941
Weegee’s room shows his devotion to his job. On top of his regular radio is a police short-wave radio and a loudspeaker attached to it dangles over his bed. On the floor are his special “murder shoes” – at left – and his “snow shoes.” He keeps his “fire shoes” in his car. The wall decorations are examples of his work and certificates of awards for prize-winning pictures. The cardboard boxes at the extreme right are his disorderly “files.” The typewriter is his latest acquisition. He has recently taken up writing – a field in which he shows rather startling talent. We don’t know what the Flit is for.
PM, March 9, 1941
“Birthday Party”; Sil Austin; J. CollinsMercury (71027); December 25, 1956
Happy Birthday Weegee!!!
“…fifteen to thirty years…”
New York Times, June 3, 1942, p.14
Gunman’s Aide Gets 15 Years
General Sessions Judge Owen W. Bohan sentenced yesterday Paul Vaccaro, 26 years old, to a State prison term of fifteen to thirty years on his recent conviction of being a confederate of a gunman who was shot and killed by a patrolman in plain clothes on Feb. 2, when four men started to hold up a billiard room at 344 Broome Street. Vaccaro previously had served a term in Elmira Reformatory and another imposed in Malden, Mass., for hold-ups.
New York Times, June 3, 1942, p.14
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