Name/Title
B+W photo of Joseph Scutellaro after his arrest for murder of Harry L. Barck, Overseer of the Poor, Hoboken, February 25, 1938.Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0010Description
Black-and-white photograph of Joseph Scutellaro after his arrest for the murder of Harry L. Barck, Overseer of the Poor, Hoboken, February 25, 1938.
6" x 8" high print. Press photograph taken by Acme Newpictures. Duplicated caption on reverse; dated file inkstamp: REF. DEPT 2-28 '38 N.E.A.[Newspaper Editors Association.]
Text on reverse:
TEL435300
HELD IN POOR OVERSEER'S SLAYING
Hoboken, N.J. -- When Harry L. Barck, 74, overseer of the poor here was fatally stabbed during a scuffle in his office Feb. 25, Joseph Scutellaro, 36, a jobless carpenter and father of two children, was held for the crime. Barck, recently under fire because of alleged "abominable treatment" of relief clients, died a few minutes after his right lung was penetrated by a desk spindle. He and Scutellaro had been arguing over an $8 relief check.
PHOTO SHOWs: Joseph Scutellaro after his arrest.
CREDIT LINE (ACME) #1 CAN FOR 2/25/38
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Accession
2015.001Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-02-06
