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NY Daily News, April 17, 1942 (All NEWS fotos by Engels and Amy)

1. Stanely Sandler, 23, and Francis Whelan, 32, both of Astoria, lie on pavement of Third Ave., near 42d St., after car driven by Whelan crashed into El pillar. Sandler is dead.
2. After recovering from first shock of accident, Whelan went berserk, battled with police. Bystander fans him with newspaper as police hold the struggling driver
3. Clothes torn and his face covered with blood, Whelan gains his feet, continues his struggles with cops, who hold him firmly.
4. His face covered with newspapers, the dead Sandler receives last rites from Father Thomas McNulty. Sandler was riding in rear seat. Another passenger, Joseph Mahoney, was injured.
5. Whelan lies on floor of ambulance, still held by police. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
6. After caroming off two El pillars the car came to a stop and burst into flames. Driver of car escaped death miraculously in accident, which occurred at 5 o’clock yesterday morning.
7. The fire’s been put out and here’s all that remains of the car. It hit pillars between 41st and 42d Sts. while making U-turn.
8. Carmine DeNote and Pvt. Arthur Hayden examine axle and wheel which landed 40 feet from where car hit. Technical charge of homicide was lodged against Whelan.
New York Daily News, April 17, 1942

New York Herald Tribune, April 17, 1942 (Herald Tribune – Acme)

PM, April 17, 1942, p.7 (No photo credit)

1. Few minutes before photo, this car was going north on Third Ave., near 42d St. It smashed into L pillar, burned to this wreck.
2. Wheel of car rammed curb 40 feet from car body. Stanley Stanley, Astoria, died in wreck. Car was driven by Frank Whalen, Astoria.
3. Whalen, injured, battled with cops after recovering from shock of crash. He was handcuffed, forced into ambulance by officers.
4. Under double-bill movie marquee, body of Stanley was covered with newspapers and coats by policeman. Technical charge of homicide was lodged against Whalen, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation. Another passenger, Joseph Mahoney, also was hurt.
PM, April 17, 1942, p.7

Weegee, Naked City, 1945, p.89

This man covered up with newspapers was killed in an auto accident. The driver of the car was arrested, but he put up such a terrific battle… cops had to put handcuffs on him.
Weegee, Naked City, 1945, p.89

Weegee, Weegee’s Secrets, 1953, p.32

Weegee’s World, p.61 (Joy of Living, 1942)

Not the Naked City, p.89, 2015

April 16, 2015

“This photo was taken by our photocriminologist, Weegee…”

March 26, 2025

1944, PM

PM, March 26, 1944, p. 11

Inside Manhattan
By Weegee
Goodowitch and Friend
Morris Goodowitch, the one with the glasses… This photo was taken by our photocriminologist, Weegee, the night of a recent burglary…
PM, March 26, 1944, p. 11

“Spring Scene”

August 5, 2024

1941, Murder Inc., PM

“Let’s Go Home”; Charlie Spivak and his Orch.; S. Williams; Holland; Burke; Okeh (6366); Publication date: August 5, 1941

PM, August 5, 1941, pp.18-20

The Rise and Fall of Lepke Buchalter
Climax of O’Dwyer War on Murder, Inc.; One of City’s Biggest Racketeers on Trial
PM, August 5, 1941, p.18

PM, August 5, 1941, p.20 (PM Photo by Weegee)

Spring Scene And here’s what happened to Sidney (Shimmy) Shales last April. Shimmy was on the lam from a federal indictment linking him to 14 Lepke-ites. Early in the evening he was sauntering up Fifth Avenue when a bullet plowed into his thigh. The marksman then bent over him, jammed his gun against Shimmy’s temple and fired four more shots. None of the hundred who crowded around the corpse would say he had seen the killer. And Shimmy couldn’t.

“To Your Heart’s Content (Acercate Mas)”; Charlie Spivak and his Orch.; Farres; Okeh (6366); Publication date: August 5, 1941

“If you see…”

July 6, 2024

1943, PM

PM, July 6, 1943, p. 10, PM Photo by Weegee

If you see an air-raid warden carrying a stick like this – which happens to be a sawed-off billiard cue – or a police billy, tell the Police Dept. at once. Wardens are not allowed to arm themselves. And don’t be misled by the statements of the Brooklyn wardens who carry these clubs. They say they’re an “anti-mugging patrol” guarding subway stations and escorting unattended women home from them. But there’s no crime wave in Brooklyn.
PM, July 6, 1943, p. 10

“…seems happy about the idea…”

July 5, 2024

1943, PM

PM, July 5, 1943, p.10, PM Photo by Weegee

Police Commissioner Valentine says he hasn’t heard of air raid wardens carrying night sticks. PM herewith prints a picture of one who seems happy about the idea…
PM, July 5, 1943, p.10

“…he calls himself the Spider…”

July 5, 2024

1942, Coney Island, PM

PM, July 5, 1942, p.7, PM Photo by Weegee

Coney Island At Noon Saturday: The crowd came later, according to Weegee, who wanted a photo that showed some beach and not too many people. The masked man said he was a laundry man, but would only be photographed incognito. The mask is a gag of his; he calls himself the Spider, and likes to frighten people. Weegee didn’t get the names and addresses of the others in the photo, either.
PM, July 5, 1942, p.7

“BILLIE HOLIDAY…”

April 17, 2024

1948, PM

PM, March 28, 1948, p.17

“The Hard Life of Billie Holiday”

April 7, 2024

1945, PM

Billie Holiday, Joe Guy, her trumpeter-husband, and Mister, her dog, photographed in Billie’s dressing room at the Downbeat Club. Photo by Skippy Adelman.

Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit. Billie says: “It depresses me every time I sing it. It reminds me of how Pop died. But I have to sing it. Things are still going on in the south.
PM, 1945, Photos by Skippy Adelman.

PM, 1945, Photos by Skippy Adelman.

“One of the these days things will get better,” she sighed. “They’ll get better for everybody. We’ll all have a chance to eat and sleep in peace. I just know it will come about. It will take a long time, but it will come about. It won’t be in my lifetime, though. Oh, no, I’ll never profit by it.” PM, 1945.

Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959).