About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0072
  • TitleSeized in smashing of big policy ring
  • SummaryCaption: "Seized in smashing of big policy ring--Bashful sextet hides faces as they are brought into County Court for arraignment as material witnesses after racket-busters smashed $2,500,000-a-year policy bank. Hidden from sight behind benches are two more ot ten seized. Second from right in front row is Carmine Persico, 18, once held on murder charge and himself once the victim of a shooting."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 26, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gambling and 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: Gambling: Policy ring