Original ACME press photograph depicting convicted murder Wayne Lonergan, 1943. Wayne was convicted of murdering his wife and heiress Patricia Lonergan aka "The Brewery Heiress" in 1944. The murder, trial, and subsequent conviction were highly sensationalized in the media at the time. The media sensation inspired the 1946 Kenneth Fearing novel "The Judas Picture, " which was later adapted into three films: The Big Clock (1948), Police Python 357 (1976), and No Way Out (1987).
Height: 7 1/4 in x width: 9 1/4 in.
Condition: Light wear and handling marks throughout. Tear along the left edge. Reference information taped along the verso. The work is not framed.
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