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Louis Levy's dry goods store looted
Levy appeared in Harlem Magistrates Court on March 22 to charge Mitchell and Shavos with burglary. The Magistrate sent both to the grand jury, which dismissed the charges against Mitchell and sent Shavos to the Court of Special Sessions to be charged with a misdemeanor. There is no evidence of the outcome of that case.
The only newspaper coverage of the looting are stories in the New York Evening Journal, Daily Mirror and New York Daily News reporting Mitchell and Shavos' appearance in the Magistrates Court. The story in the Daily Mirror identified Levy and the store, and the value of the goods stolen; the other two stories simply noted that the men had been held for the grand jury.
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- District Attorney's Closed Case Files, 204039 (1935) (New York City Municipal Archives)
- "Two More Victims of Harlem Riot Die," New York Daily News, March 23, 1935, 15.
- Harlem Magistrates Court docket book
- "Plan to Indict More in Riots," New York Evening Journal, March 23, 1935, 5.
- "Second Man Dies in Harlem Riot," Daily Mirror, March 23, 1935, 6.