About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0156
  • TitleThrill killers indicted for murder
  • SummaryFour adolescent boys, one with visible handcuffs, standing in precinct house; three court officers or policemen standing behind them. Caption: "THRILL KILLERS INDICTED FOR MURDER: Jerome Lieberman, Melvin Mittman, Jack Koslow and Robert Trachtenberg (left to right), handcuffed to court officers, are arraigned before County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz on indictments charging all four with murder. In addition, Mittman and Lieberman were charged with manslaughter in a second killing."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert."
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTeenage boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Handcuffs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Murder -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Teenagers: Thrill Kill