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Execution photo stunt at Sing Sing shocks readers
A sensational tale recalls the 1928 Sing Sing execution of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray and the Daily News scheme to photograph it with a hidden camera. The piece details the plan, the photographer’s covert entry, and the race to publish a shocking image that defined the era. Another item notes a Chicago fraud case where veterans allegedly enrolled in barber and beauty schools to collect up to 300 monthly VA benefits, with seven indictments and 6.7 million in losses.
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Sing Sing
Harvey Deuell
New York Daily News
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Albert
Hearst
Daily Mirror
Bernarr Macfadden
Evening Graphic Deuell
Ted Dalton
George Schmidt
Thomas Howard
The
Chicago Tribune
Howard
Hoard
New York
Daily News
Chicago
Barber and Beautician
Veterans Administration
U.S
Samuel Skinner