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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 men to the grand jury. They dismissed the charges against Mitchell and sent Shavos to the Court of Special Sessions to be charged with a misdemeanor. There was no evidence of the outcome of that case.
The only mention of the looting in the press were stories in the New York Evening Journal, Daily Mirror, and Daily News that reported the appearance of the two men 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.
Despite the scale of the damages claimed, Levy appeared to have continued to operate the dry goods store. In the second half of 1935, a white-owned dry goods store was recorded at 374 Lenox Avenue in the MCCH business survey. "L. Levy" was also visible on the signage for the storefront in the Tax Department photograph taken between 1939 and 1941.
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- District Attorney's Closed Case Files, 204039 (1935) (New York City Municipal Archives).
- Harlem Magistrates Court docket book
- "Two More Victims of Harlem Riot Die," New York Daily News, March 23, 1935, 15.
- "Second Man Dies in Harlem Riot," Daily Mirror, March 23, 1935, 6.
- "Plan to Indict More in Riots," New York Evening Journal, March 23, 1935, 5.
- "Harlem: Survey - Census Tract #208 (9)," 1935, Roll 79, Subject Files, Office of the Mayor, Fiorello H. La Guardia records (New York City Municipal Archives).