About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0014
  • TitleNarcotics fix boomerangs
  • SummaryCaption: "Narcotics fix boomerangs--Frank Piacenti, alleged go-between in a bribe plot by a reputed Mafia official, Sebastiano Nani, center, to fix a narcotics indictment, hides his face at Brooklyn Federal Court before his release on $1,500 bail on the charge. United States Attorney Frank J. Parker adds up the evidence.Federal Marshal Eugene J. Smith, behind Nani, for whom $25,000 bail was set, and Assistant United States Attorney Jeremiah J. Sulivan look on."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease penci cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Nov. 4, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- 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: Crime: Drugs: Narcotics