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“…no reply.”
New York Sun, February 14, 1946, p.15
“…declared sane…”
New York Times, February 9, 1946, p.1
Frank Pape, 17 years old, of 815 Eagle Avenue, the Bronx, who was committed to Pilgrim State Hospital as insane after the “thrill slaying” of a 4-year-old boy, has been declared sane after treatment and will stand trial for the killing, Sylvester Ryan, Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Bronx, said yesterday.
Pape admitted that on Oct. 29, 1944, he strangled John Drach at 825 Eagle Avenue by trussing him up with a clothesline then covering the body with a burlap bag. The boy was the son of the superintendent of 825 Eagle Avenue. Pape said at the time he was re-enacting a scene from a motion picture that he had seen, and that he got a thrill out of doing it.
New York Times, February 9, 1946, p.1
Emil Nizich
Weegee, [Police and spectators surround the body of murdered longshoreman Emil Nizich], 1941
Emil Nizich was a 26 year old unemployed longshoreman. He lived with his father at 426 West 48th Street. Nizich’s nickname was “the Pollack.” (Nizich was friends with David Beadle.) At 8:20 p.m. on Friday, February 7th, 1941 he was returning from a workout at a local gymnasium. Nizich was in front of 415 West 48th Street, a few doors down from his home, when a gunman shot him in the back. Nizich ran to the middle of the street and then collapsed. The gunman followed and fired two more shots into Nizich. The gunman then commandeered a passing chauffeured limousine and escaped while standing on the running board…
“…was committed yesterday…”
New York Times, February 3, 1944, p.13
After a two-day sanity hearing in Bronx County Court, Frank Pape, 16 years old, who strangled William Drach, 4, last October in the basement of 825 Eagle Avenue, the Bronx, was committed yesterday to the Pilgrim State Hospital by Judge Harry Stackell. The boy’s attorneys, who at first had opposed the commitment, agreed that he needed mental care. The boy was found insane by the psychiatry staff of Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Morris Herman, assistant director of psychiatry at Bellevue, testified yesterday that Pape was abnormal and that he displayed “early manifestations of dementia praecox.” Judge Stackell said this convinced him Pape should be sent to a State hospital. The boy, according to psychiatrists, showed no remorse over the killing during the many tests they subjected him to.
New York Times, February 3, 1944, p.13
“… a real one.”
“Memorable is this Weegee picture of thirteen faces at a Manhattan dead-end killing. Readers will study other people in a photograph. When they remember, the picture is a real one.”
Whiting, John R., “Photography is a Language”, New York: Ziff Davis, 1946
Whiting, John R., “Photography is a Language”, New York: Ziff Davis, 1946
“…bright spots…”
Atlanta Constitution, February 1, 1956, p.18
“Spotted”
Weegee, “On the Spot,” 1939 (Weegee’s World, p.56)
On Saturday, December 9th, 1939, David (“The Beetle”) Beadle went out dancing, at the Palm Garden, with his wife, Eleanor, his two brothers and their wives. Beadle was a 32 year old dock boss and considered one of the toughest hoodlums in Hell’s Kitchen. The longshoreman had a boatload of enemies. He had been arrested seven times, including once for homicide, had only one conviction for disorderly conduct, yet he had never been in jail. Around 1:25 a.m. the well-dressed Beadle entered The Spot Bar and Grill through a side entrance, asked for his brother, who wasn’t there, then drank a glass of water, and swallowed a few pills, his heart medication. Beadle stepped outside and was shot twice in the head and died instantly. He had two .32 caliber bullets in his skull. Four unidentified men shot Beadle, then fled. He was taken to the morgue at Bellevue. Despite plenty of witnesses the case was never solved.
The Spot Bar and Grill was located at 651 10th Avenue. This is now home to the Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center and the Village Care Assisted Living Program.
The Daily News, Batavia, NY, December 16, 1939, p.7
“…art of seeing and picturing the significant…”
Ross, Kip, Press Photography for the Freelance, New York: Ziff-Davis, 1941, pp. 92-93
Balcony Seats At A Murder…
Synchroflash
Fellig is examining a police wagon to see if there is anything inside that might be worth photographing. He often gets hitches on the back of police vehicles to the scene of a crime or disaster.
Morgan, Willard D., Synchroflash Photography, New York, Morgan and Lester, 1939
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