Seized in smashing of big policy ring

Seized in smashing of big policy ring
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Title: Seized in smashing of big policy ring
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Caption: "Seized in smashing of big policy ring--Bashful sextet hides faces as they are brought into County Court for arraignment as material witnesses after racket-busters smashed $2,500,000-a-year policy bank. Hidden from sight behind benches are two more ot ten seized. Second from right in front row is Carmine Persico, 18, once held on murder charge and himself once the victim of a shooting."

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 26, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Crime
Subject: Criminals
Gambling and crime
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: CRIM 0072