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Sacrificed The Story of Police Lieut. Charles Becker by Henry H. Klein 1927 1st Edition
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: TO THE NEW YORKER, H. H. KLEIN
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This is not one of the many reprints issued later. This is the actual 1st Edition from 1927.
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Charles Becker, a lieutenant on the New York city police force, was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison on July 30, 1915. He had been convicted ... of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, a gambler, who was shot and killed ... on the morning of July 16, 1912.