Picture This: Some Selective Snaps

  • In New York City, dead guys turn up in the strangest places.

  • Before plummeting to his death from a Brooklyn hotel window in 1941, hoodlum Abe Reles was preparing to testify against some of his old Murder, Inc. cronies. As the picture shows, Abe--who was supposedly being guarded by cops--never made it to the witness stand. Whether he was pushed, fell, or jumped remains a Gotham mystery.

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