Charles Becker
Police officer, Deceased Person
1870 – 1915
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Who was Charles Becker?
Charles Becker was a Lieutenant in the New York City Police Department between the 1890s and 1910s. He is best known for being tried, convicted and executed for the murder of a Manhattan gambler, Herman Rosenthal. After the Becker-Rosenthal trial, Charles Becker became the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder. The scandal that surrounded his arrest, conviction, and execution was one of the most important in Progressive Era New York City.
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- Born
- Jul 26, 1870
Callicoon - Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Jul 30, 1915
Sing Sing - Resting place
- Woodlawn Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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