
Prosecution Rests
Brooklyn Eagle August 20, 1935
Prosecution Rests in Rifle Gang TrialCourt backs Eagle reporter refusing to testify.
Court backs Eagle reporter refusing to testify.
Dr. Thomas Draper, the family physician, called Henry Flattery immediately after the accident was discovered.
6 decades later, Dr. Draper’s son, also Dr. Thomas Draper, became friends with Henry Flattery’s granddaughter in Newtown, Connecticut.
Former District Attorney Charles Froessel was working in his Queens office one evening when a group of masked men carrying guns burst into his office. Froessel was bound and gagged and led to the basement where the night watchman was also being held captive.
The men looted Froessel’s office, escaping with cash and bonds.