“SYNDICATE CRIME CRUSHED”

“Crime Does Not Pay,” Frank Luther Trio; Bob Miller; July 1934

“I Found You in the Rain,” Tony Pastor and his Orchestra; Eugenie Baird; Harold Barlow; Chopin; July 7, 1941

The New York Times, July 7, 1941

94.7% CONVICTIONS BY DEWEY”S OFFICE

General Sessions Record for 1940 Is Highest in History

SYNDICATE CRIME CRUSHED

Citing Complexity of Task In Manhattan, He Seems Justice Succeeding In Democracy

…Fourteen persons were convicted of first-degree murder in 1940.

“Crime Will Never Pay,” Gene Autry and The Pinafores; Carl Cotner; Willard Robison; Jack Pepper, 1951

Weegee, Thomas E. Dewey and Photographers, 1942 (Screenshot from moma.org)

(Might have been a little premature to say: “…confidently that organized crime on a syndicate basis is practically at an end in New York County.”… In Kings County, in July 1941, Murder Inc. was reeling from Reles’ confessions…)

“The Blues Have Got Me,” Jack Teagarden And His Orchestra; Jack Teagarden; Charles La Vere; Irving Mills; July 7, 1941

The New York Times, July 7, 1941

MR. DEWEY”S ACCOUNTING

“I’m Going To Start A Racket,” Lil Green; James Maddox; July 1941