Name/Title
B+W photo of Anna Scutellaro, wife of Joseph Scutellaro, with children, Marie & Joseph, Jr., in apartment kitchen, 611 Monroe St., Hoboken, N.J., Feb. 25, 1938.Entry/Object ID
2014.015.0037Description
Black-and-white photo of Anna Scutellaro, wife of Joseph Scutellaro, with children, Marie and Joseph, Jr., in apartment kitchen, 611 Monroe St., Hoboken, N.J., February 25, 1938.
6" x 8" wide print. Photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, Inc., N.Y. (credit inkstamp on back). Also on reverse: dated inkstamp: REF. DEPT. 3-2-38 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association]; caption.
Text of caption back:
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DAD HELD IN RELIEF OFFICE SLAYING
When Harry L. Barck, 74-year-old Overseer of the Poor in Hoboken, N.J., was stabbed to death in his office, Feb. 25, Joseph Scutellaro, 36, unemployed carpenter and father of two children was held for the crime. Barck was fatally injured during an argument over an $8 relief check. Barck died a few minutes later after a desk spindle penetrated his right lung. He had been under fire for some time as relief clients accused him of treating them poorly. PHOTO SHOWS: Mrs. Joseph Scutellaro and her two children, Joseph and Marie.
CREDIT LINE (ACME) 2/25/38
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See: Metz, Killing the Poormaster: A Saga of Poverty, Corruption, and Murder in the Great Depression.(Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, [2012]). Page 52 has a newsphoto of this scene apparently taken close in time to the image here (note differences in the poses.)
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press / newspaper / publishing / crime /Acquisition
Accession
2014.015Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-05-15
