The Execution of Officer Becker: The Murder of a Gambler, The Trial of a Cop, and the Birth of Organized Crime - Couverture rigide

Cohen, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0786717572 ISBN 13 : 9780786717576

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2006

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Book by Cohen Stanley

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

A small-time gambler shot dead in the heart of Times Square. Gangland gunmen and conspirators running for cover. A cop on the take charged with murder and facing execution. New York in 1912, a city in transformation. Award-winning journalist and author Stanley Cohen has re-created the infamous Becker-Rosenthal affair in a book that reads like a historical Law & Order. Lieutenant Charles Becker was convicted of orchestrating the slaying of Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal after Beansie had exposed the officer as the centerpiece of "The System" the Big Apple s network of police graft and political corruption. The case was front-page news in New York City for three years until Officer Becker was sent to Sing Sing s electric chair, and its effects were felt in city hall, the state capital, and throughout the nation. The old System was dismantled and criminal geniuses like Arnold Rothstein filled the void and created organized crime as we know it today. Yet, nearly a century later, there is still good reason to that Becker, while clearly a dirty cop, may have had nothing to do with the murder of Rosenthal.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Lieutenant Charles Becker was the only New York City police officer ever executed for murder. He was convicted of orchestrating the gangland slaying of a small-time gambler named Herman (Beansie) Rosenthal in the summer of 1912. Becker was convicted twice, in showcase trials, and died in Sing Sing's electric chair in 1915. The murder and the trial were front-page news in all twelve New York City newspapers for three years. Sensational as the case was on its own, it was given impetus by the fact that Becker was found to be a central figure in a network of police graft and political corruption whose effects were felt in City Hall, the state capital, and finally throughout the nation. For added measure, there was the strong likelihood that Becker, though clearly a cop on the take, had nothing to do with the murder of Rosenthal.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786717572
• ISBN 13: 9780786717576
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336