About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0119
  • TitleTrial starts
  • SummaryCaption: "Trial starts--Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss, Philip (Little Farvel) Cohen and Louis Capone, [sitting] left to right, went on trial today in County Court, charged with the murder of [Joseph Rosen,] a Brooklyn storekeeper." There are five men, all wearing police badges, standing in background.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 4, 1941; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuchalter, Louis, 1897-1944 ; Capone, Louis, 1896-1944 ; Cohen, Philip ; Weiss, Emanuel, 1906-1944 ; Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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: Portraits: Buchalter, Louis (Lepke) : Court