City - NY - Where the murder took place 1909 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
City - NY - Where the murder took place 1909 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1909, June 18
Original title: House in which Miss Sigel was killed
Photographer: Bain News
Location: 782 8th Ave, NY
Thankfully there was a murder on the top floor, or this quaint scene never would have been photographed at all.
The story is roughly this, a 19 year old girl by the name of Elsie Sigel, was found strangled and placed in a trunk in a room of a waiter she was dating. Apparently she may have been dating at least a second person, of which that guy claimed that Elsie would be murdered if he stopped dating her. There might have been a third person as well, because no one was found guilty and its still a mystery today.
The rest of the scene is about a second hand motorcycle shop and a pawn store.
This location doesn't have any of these buildings today, the only recognizable thing is the firehouse, which is still there, but in a different larger building. It takes up the space of these other two buildings.
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May 6th, 2021
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