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Sept. 3, 1959: “Late at night on West 46th Street, Patrolman Doherty, a policeman of the old school, surveys his beat — quiet now after a senseless double killing.” A 20-year-old man was charged with homicide four days after this photo was published. In the previous month, two 16-year-old boys had been killed at a playground on the West Side of Manhattan. Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times
Sept. 3, 1959: “Late at night on West 46th Street, Patrolman Doherty, a policeman of the old school, surveys his beat — quiet now after a senseless double killing.” A 20-year-old man was charged with homicide four days after this photo was published. In the previous month, two 16-year-old boys had been killed at a playground on the West Side of Manhattan. Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times

Sept. 3, 1959: “Late at night on West 46th Street, Patrolman Doherty, a policeman of the old school, surveys his beat — quiet now after a senseless double killing.” A 20-year-old man was charged with homicide four days after this photo was published. In the previous month, two 16-year-old boys had been killed at a playground on the West Side of Manhattan. Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times

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