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'''Veronica Gedeon''' was a 20-year-old<ref name=artist>''Girl, 20, And Mother Slain With Lodger In Home In 50th Street'', [[New York Times]], March 29, 1937, pg. 1.</ref> commercial<ref name=commerce/> model from [[Long Island City]] whose murder during [[Easter Weekend]] in 1937 captivated [[New York City]]. It was reported widely in newspapers there.<ref name=astoria/> After Gedeon's murderer was apprehended there were substantial changes in the psychiatric laws in the state of [[New York]]. |
'''Veronica Gedeon''' (1917 – March 28, 1937) was a 20-year-old<ref name=artist>''Girl, 20, And Mother Slain With Lodger In Home In 50th Street'', [[New York Times]], March 29, 1937, pg. 1.</ref> commercial<ref name=commerce/> model from [[Long Island City]] whose murder (along with her mother, Mary, and a boarder, Frank Burns) during [[Easter Weekend]] in 1937 captivated [[New York City]]. It was reported widely in newspapers there.<ref name=astoria/> After Gedeon's murderer was apprehended there were substantial changes in the psychiatric laws in the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]. |
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The case was the subject of a 2015 episode of [[Investigation Discovery]]'s series ''[[A Crime to Remember]]'' (Season 3, Episode 4, "Such A Pretty Face"). It was also featured in a 2017 episode of the [[Travel Channel]]’s series ''[[Mysteries at the Museum]]'' (Season 17, Episode 2, "[[Antis (dog)|Antis the Radar Dog]], Bringing Up the Baby and the Art of Murder").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/mysteries-at-the-museum/episodes/antis-the-radar-dog-bringing-up-the-baby-and-the-art-of-murder|title = Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing up the Baby and the Art of Murder}}</ref> |
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==Lurid photographs== |
==Lurid photographs== |
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Gedeon appeared at an Illustrators Society show for models which was raided by members of the [[New York City Police Department]] on November 8, 1935.<ref name=commerce>''Hair Is Sole Clue In Triple Murder; Police Baffled'', New York Times, March 30, 1937, pg. 1.</ref> She posed for crime-oriented periodicals such as ''Inside Detective'' and ''Headquarters Detective''. Her murder featured an ironic twist because of the sensational titles |
Gedeon appeared at an Illustrators Society show for models which was [[police raid |raided]] by members of the [[New York City Police Department]] on November 8, 1935.<ref name=commerce>''Hair Is Sole Clue In Triple Murder; Police Baffled'', New York Times, March 30, 1937, pg. 1.</ref> She posed for crime-oriented periodicals such as ''Inside Detective'' and ''Headquarters Detective''. Her murder featured an ironic twist because of the sensational titles |
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of the pictorials she appeared in. In ''Party Girl'', ''Pretty But Cheap'', and ''I Am A White Slave'' photographs showed her "flimsily clad", beaten, smothered, and tied up.<ref name=blue>"Blue With Death The Beekman Hill Maniac", ''[[New York Daily News]]'', Friday, May 22, 1998, internet article.</ref> |
of the pictorials she appeared in. In ''Party Girl'', ''Pretty But Cheap'', and ''I Am A White Slave'' photographs showed her "flimsily clad", beaten, smothered, and tied up.<ref name=blue>"Blue With Death The Beekman Hill Maniac", ''[[New York Daily News]]'', Friday, May 22, 1998, internet article.</ref> |
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==Family history== |
==Family history== |
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Gedeon attended [[William Cullen Bryant High School]]. She was of [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] ethnicity, |
Gedeon attended [[William Cullen Bryant High School]]. She was of [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] ethnicity, from a family which came to the United States in 1907.<ref name=astoria>{{cite book |title=The Murdered Girl Was A Good Sport |series=A Century of Journalism |publisher=[[New York Post]] |volume=III |year=1943 |pages=172–178}}</ref> The Gedeon family resided in [[Astoria, Queens]], until 1929. They moved to 316 East [[50th Street (Manhattan)|50th Street]], where Gedeon's mother, Mary, ran a rooming house until December 5, 1936, when the establishment was turned over to a superintendent.<ref name=artist/> Earlier Mary Gedeon operated several [[speakeasies]] during the latter portion of the [[Prohibition era]].<ref name=commerce/> |
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==Murderer's profile and arrest== |
==Murderer's profile and arrest== |
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The family relocated to an apartment at 316 East [[50th Street (Beekman Place in Turtle Bay |
The family relocated to an apartment at 316 East [[50th Street (Manhattan)|50th Street]] ([[Beekman Place]] in the [[Turtle Bay, Manhattan|Turtle Bay]] neighborhood), where Gedeon's mother took in boarders. Gedeon, her mother, and a roomer in a fifth floor apartment were murdered there on the night of March 28, 1937. A sculptor, [[Robert George Irwin]] was later convicted of the triple homicide <ref>{{cite news |title=Irwin Suicide Note Is Termed A Hoax |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 12, 1937 |page=36}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |title=Ends Life By Plunge At Scene Of Murders |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 1, 1940 |page=23}}</ref><ref name=artist/> Irwin spent time in and out of [[Bellevue Hospital Center]] and Rockland County Hospital. He was briefly a boarder at the Gedeons but was put out of the household after he developed a crush on Gedeon's sister Ethel. |
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The manhunt which apprehended Irwin covered eight states and was the largest since the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]]. In late June 1937 a [[Cleveland, Ohio]] hotel employee recognized Irwin whose photograph appeared in the periodical ''True Detective Mysteries''. Irwin was working there as a bellhop but when confronted by the employee fled quickly to [[Chicago, Illinois]], where he was taken into custody by police waiting for him at the depot. Irwin confessed his affection for Ethel and said that the murders had been accidents. He arrived at the Gedeon apartment searching for Ethel but became enraged to find that she no longer lived there. So he killed the Gedeon women and the lodger in anger after Mary Gedeon allowed him to come inside. Having once sculpted a conventional bust of |
The manhunt which apprehended Irwin covered eight states and was the largest since the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]]. In late June 1937 a [[Cleveland, Ohio]], hotel employee recognized Irwin, whose photograph appeared in the periodical ''True Detective Mysteries''. Irwin was working there as a bellhop but when confronted by the employee fled quickly to [[Chicago, Illinois]], where he was taken into custody by police waiting for him at the depot. Irwin confessed his affection for Ethel and said that the murders had been accidents. He arrived at the Gedeon apartment searching for Ethel but became enraged to find that she no longer lived there. So he killed the Gedeon women and the lodger in anger after Mary Gedeon allowed him to come inside. Having once sculpted a conventional bust of [[Herbert Hoover]], Irwin admitted he wanted to behead Ethel and make a [[death mask]].<ref name=blue/> |
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Latest revision as of 12:41, 3 November 2024
Veronica Gedeon (1917 – March 28, 1937) was a 20-year-old[1] commercial[2] model from Long Island City whose murder (along with her mother, Mary, and a boarder, Frank Burns) during Easter Weekend in 1937 captivated New York City. It was reported widely in newspapers there.[3] After Gedeon's murderer was apprehended there were substantial changes in the psychiatric laws in the state of New York.
The case was the subject of a 2015 episode of Investigation Discovery's series A Crime to Remember (Season 3, Episode 4, "Such A Pretty Face"). It was also featured in a 2017 episode of the Travel Channel’s series Mysteries at the Museum (Season 17, Episode 2, "Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing Up the Baby and the Art of Murder").[4]
Lurid photographs
[edit]Gedeon appeared at an Illustrators Society show for models which was raided by members of the New York City Police Department on November 8, 1935.[2] She posed for crime-oriented periodicals such as Inside Detective and Headquarters Detective. Her murder featured an ironic twist because of the sensational titles of the pictorials she appeared in. In Party Girl, Pretty But Cheap, and I Am A White Slave photographs showed her "flimsily clad", beaten, smothered, and tied up.[5]
Family history
[edit]Gedeon attended William Cullen Bryant High School. She was of Hungarian ethnicity, from a family which came to the United States in 1907.[3] The Gedeon family resided in Astoria, Queens, until 1929. They moved to 316 East 50th Street, where Gedeon's mother, Mary, ran a rooming house until December 5, 1936, when the establishment was turned over to a superintendent.[1] Earlier Mary Gedeon operated several speakeasies during the latter portion of the Prohibition era.[2]
Murderer's profile and arrest
[edit]The family relocated to an apartment at 316 East 50th Street (Beekman Place in the Turtle Bay neighborhood), where Gedeon's mother took in boarders. Gedeon, her mother, and a roomer in a fifth floor apartment were murdered there on the night of March 28, 1937. A sculptor, Robert George Irwin was later convicted of the triple homicide [6] [7][1] Irwin spent time in and out of Bellevue Hospital Center and Rockland County Hospital. He was briefly a boarder at the Gedeons but was put out of the household after he developed a crush on Gedeon's sister Ethel.
The manhunt which apprehended Irwin covered eight states and was the largest since the Lindbergh kidnapping. In late June 1937 a Cleveland, Ohio, hotel employee recognized Irwin, whose photograph appeared in the periodical True Detective Mysteries. Irwin was working there as a bellhop but when confronted by the employee fled quickly to Chicago, Illinois, where he was taken into custody by police waiting for him at the depot. Irwin confessed his affection for Ethel and said that the murders had been accidents. He arrived at the Gedeon apartment searching for Ethel but became enraged to find that she no longer lived there. So he killed the Gedeon women and the lodger in anger after Mary Gedeon allowed him to come inside. Having once sculpted a conventional bust of Herbert Hoover, Irwin admitted he wanted to behead Ethel and make a death mask.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Girl, 20, And Mother Slain With Lodger In Home In 50th Street, New York Times, March 29, 1937, pg. 1.
- ^ a b c Hair Is Sole Clue In Triple Murder; Police Baffled, New York Times, March 30, 1937, pg. 1.
- ^ a b The Murdered Girl Was A Good Sport. A Century of Journalism. Vol. III. New York Post. 1943. pp. 172–178.
- ^ "Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing up the Baby and the Art of Murder".
- ^ a b "Blue With Death The Beekman Hill Maniac", New York Daily News, Friday, May 22, 1998, internet article.
- ^ "Irwin Suicide Note Is Termed A Hoax". The New York Times. April 12, 1937. p. 36.
- ^ "Ends Life By Plunge At Scene Of Murders". The New York Times. August 1, 1940. p. 23.
- 1917 births
- 1937 deaths
- Female models from New York (state)
- American people of Hungarian descent
- People murdered in New York City
- American murder victims
- Deaths by person in New York City
- Models from New York City
- People from Long Island City, Queens
- 20th-century American women
- 1937 murders in the United States
- Violence against women in New York (state)
- People from Turtle Bay, Manhattan
- History of women in New York City