1937 Press Photo New York Rooming House Keeper & Friend Murdered NYC - neny15269

Miss Sarah Brownell a rooming house keeper of #28 Prospect Place and her nearby neighbor Mrs Alfred Bennett of #16 Lincoln Place were killed and their bodies chopped up in pieces and distributed at different parts of the city. Their murders occurred in Miss Brownell's rooming house. Several suspects are being held and one on a charge of homicide. Photo shows-the crowds of reporters outside the Prospect Place rooming house on the right is the morgue wagon ready to take parts of the bodies away.

Photo is dated 1937.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.