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“…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
“…Valor”
New York Times, April 19, 1943, p.12
20 MEDALS WILL GO TO POLICE HEROES; Valentine Announces Names of Members of Department to Be Honored for Bravery…
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Medal for Valor
Patrolman ELIGIO SARRO, Seventy-first Precinct-On Feb. 2, 1942, while off duty and in civilian clothes, encountered four men holding up a Broome Street store. While the victims were being searched Patrolman Sarro fired at the bandit standing guard near the door. The holdup men fled and the patrolman pursued. During an exchange of shots the armed bandit fell, mortally wounded. Both he and an accomplice taken into custody later had criminal records. The accomplice was convicted and was sentenced to a long term in State prison.
74 Years Ago Today (and/or yesterday): “Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup”
PM, February 3, 1942, pp. 10-11, Vol. II, No. 164
Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup
The boys were playing a little pool and cards in the Spring Arrow Social and Athletic Club, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery last night. Patrolman Eligio Sarro, off duty, went in for a pack of cigarets. Four men entered. “This is a stick-up,” the leader muttered. Sarro was a little slow getting his hands out of his overcoat pockets. “Get ’em up,” ordered the leader, Sarro did. One hand held a gun. When he got through firing, the leader was dead.
The usual curious crowd gathered after the gunman, fatally wounded, staggered from the entrance. He was about 22, dark and chunky. Police said he was Andrew Izzo with a record of six arrests.
Patrolman Sarro smokes a cigaret a few minutes after he dropped the gunman. He’s assigned to the Empire Blvd. precinct in Brooklyn. He lives only a few doors from the club.
PM Photos by Weegee
NY Times, February 3, 1942
“Take your hand out of your pocket.” or “That’s when I reach for my revolver.”
New York Times, February 3, 1942
AP, February 1942
PM, February 3, 1942
Weegee, Naked City, 1945
Weegee, Naked City,
Weegee, Naked City,
Cosmo, 1945
Weegee’s New York, 1984
Side Photographic Gallery
Weegee’s World, 1997
Berinson, 2007
In Focus, Weegee: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005, p. 24
Photo agency website…
(To be continued…)
Weegee Daily… February 3, 1942… Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup…
PM, February 3, 1942, p. 11, Vol. II, No. 164
Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup
The boys were playing a little pool and cards in the Spring Arrow Social and Athletic Club, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery last night. Patrolman Eligio Sarro, off duty, went in for a pack of cigarets. Four men entered. “This is a stick-up,” the leader muttered. Sarro was a little slow getting his hands out of his overcoat pockets. “Get ’em up,” ordered the leader, Sarro did. One hand held a gun. When he got through firing, the leader was dead.
The usual curious crowd gathered after the gunman, fatally wounded, staggered from the entrance. He was about 22, dark and chunky. Police said he was Andrew Izzo with a record of six arrests.
Patrolman Sarro smokes a cigaret a few minutes after he dropped the gunman. He’s assigned to the Empire Blvd. precinct in Brooklyn. He lives only a few doors from the club.
PM Photos by Weegee
Weegee Daily, February 3-4, 2013
Off Duty Photographer Does Duty, Shoots Photo…
The boys and girls were looking at lights and bulbs in the Grand Lighting and Parts, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery tonight…
344 Broome St., February 4, 2013
NY Times, February 3, 1942
Weegee Daily… February 3, 1942… Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup…
PM Daily, Febuary 3, 1942, p. 11, Vol. II, No. 164
Off Duty Cop Does Duty, Kills Gunman Who Tries Stickup
The boys were playing a little pool and cards in the Spring Arrow Social and Athletic Club, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery last night. Patrolman Eligio Sarro, off duty, went in for a pack of cigarets. Four men entered. “This is a stick-up,” the leader muttered. Sarro was a little slow getting his hands out of his overcoat pockets. “Get ’em up,” ordered the leader, Sarro did. One hand held a gun. When he got through firing, the leader was dead.
The usual curious crowd gathered after the gunman, fatally wounded, staggered from the entrance. He was about 22, dark and chunky. Police said he was Andrew Izzo with a record of six arrests.
Patrolman Sarro smokes a cigaret a few minutes after he dropped the gunman. He’s assigned to the Empire Blvd. precinct in Brooklyn. He lives only a few doors from the club.
PM Photos by Weegee
Weegee Daily, February 3-4, 2013
Off Duty Photographer Does Duty, Shoots Photo…
The boys and girls were looking at lights and bulbs in the Grand Lighting and Parts, 344 Broome St., near the Bowery tonight…
344 Broome St., February 4, 2013
NY Times, February 3, 1942
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