About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0154
  • Title[Thill kill defendant with lawyer]
  • SummaryMelvin Mittman, one of three adolescent boys arrested for "thrill kill" of a homeless man in Williamsburg, standing with his lawyer, Leo Healy, who puts his hand on Mittman's shoulder in corridor of judicial building; uniformed court officer or policeman at right.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 16, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTeenage boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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