About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0155
  • TitleOn trial for 'thrill' murder
  • SummaryThree adolescent boys in jackets and ties seated at table; nine men, inculding several in police uniforms, standing behind them. Caption: "ON TRIAL FOR "THRILL' MURDER: Left to right, Melvin Mittman, Jerome Lieberman, Jack Koslow. Behind each of these three remaining defendants in 'kill-for-thrill' trial before Judge Hyman Barshay in County Court are their lawyers, Leo Healy, James D. C. Murray and State Senator Fred G. Moritt."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 22, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photos by Dan Fox." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTeenage boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- 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