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  • TitleNabbed after shooting sprees
  • Call NumberCRIM_0122
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CRIM 0116), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical images. Caption (0116): "Nabbed after shooting spree--The four youths shown were arrested after holding up four taverns, kidnapping a woman and engaging in two gunfights with police. Left to right, front row, are James Smith, Paul Rodriguez, Martin Coopersmith, Albert Flores, Patrolman Daniel Hines, who first surprised them in Brooklyn bar, and Assistant District Attorney Samuel R. Stark. In rear row are patrolman Theodore Fereance, Sgt. John L. Muller, and patrolman Alfred Holmes, who aided in later chase." Image includes several rifles on table in foreground.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso of 0116: date: Dec. 11, 1950; "Brooklyn Eagle;" on caption:"Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLawyers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rifles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.