“Murder in New York”

Life, November 27, 1939, pp. 26-27

Life, November 27, 1939, p.27

Fire in Los Angeles… Murder in New York

After dusk on Nov. 16, Angelo Greco stood smoking outside his cafe in Manhattan’s Little Italy… Close in their wake arrived Arthur Fellig, famed free-lance photographer (LIFE, April 12, 1937) who sleeps behind police headquarters, has a short-wave radio in his car…
Life, November 27, 1939, p.27

Life, November 27, 1939, pp.52-53

Life, November 27, 1939, pp.54-55

Life, November 27, 1939, p.55

Morgue “icebox” with 300 separate compartments, stores 16,000 corpses a year…
Life, November 27, 1939, p.55