“…a crowd of curiosity-seekers…”

“Funeral March”; Mark Andrews; Chopin; Victor (35958-B); Publication date: March 29, 1928

Weegee, Naked City, 1945, page 163

In the Line-Up Room

This guy killed a cop in a hold up. First he got a black eye… then the electric chair in Sing Sing prison…

Naked City, 1945, page 163

“Funeral Blues (Eat Custard And You’ll Never Break A Tooth)”; Blossom Seeley; Morgan; Columbia (A3382); 1921

The New York Times, March 17, 1942

Funeral Held for Espositos

Funeral services were held yesterday for William and Anthony Esposito, who died in the electric chair last Friday at Sing Sing…
The New York Times, March 17, 1942

“Get Happy”; Art Hodes And His Orchestra; Sidney De Paris; Brad Gowans; Rod Cless; Art Hodes; Eddie Condon; Earl Murphy; Zutty Singleton; Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler; Decca (18438 A); Publication date: March 17, 1942