Metz Holly
Metz Holly - Killing The Poormaster The Depression - Era Murder That Put America's Welfare System On Trial - Paperback
Metz Holly - Killing The Poormaster The Depression - Era Murder That Put America's Welfare System On Trial - Paperback
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Description: 2013 NJCH Award Winner On February 25, 1938, Hoboken's reviled poormaster Harry Barck wielding power over who received public aid died. Barck was murdered the prosecution would assert by an unemployed mason named Joe Scutellaro. In denying Scutellaro money Barck had suggested that the man's wife prostitute herself rather than ask the city for aid. The men scuffled. Scutellaro insisted Barck fell on his own paper spike; the police claimed he grabbed the spike and stabbed Barck in the heart. A team led by celebrated attorney Samuel Leibowitz of Scottsboro Boys fame argued that Scutellaro's struggle with the poormaster was a symbol of larger social ills. The issues examined in Killing the Poormaster massive unemployment endemic poverty and the inadequacy of public assistance remain vital today.
Title: Killing The Poormaster The Depression - Era Murder That Put America's Welfare System On Trial
Author(s): Metz Holly
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Barcode: 9781613736517
Pages: 320 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 1/1/2017
Category: Local History
Description: 2013 NJCH Award Winner On February 25, 1938, Hoboken's reviled poormaster Harry Barck wielding power over who received public aid died. Barck was murdered the prosecution would assert by an unemployed mason named Joe Scutellaro. In denying Scutellaro money Barck had suggested that the man's wife prostitute herself rather than ask the city for aid. The men scuffled. Scutellaro insisted Barck fell on his own paper spike; the police claimed he grabbed the spike and stabbed Barck in the heart. A team led by celebrated attorney Samuel Leibowitz of Scottsboro Boys fame argued that Scutellaro's struggle with the poormaster was a symbol of larger social ills. The issues examined in Killing the Poormaster massive unemployment endemic poverty and the inadequacy of public assistance remain vital today.
Title: Killing The Poormaster The Depression - Era Murder That Put America's Welfare System On Trial
Author(s): Metz Holly
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Barcode: 9781613736517
Pages: 320 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 1/1/2017
Category: Local History
