In July 1927, police finally had their man. His name was Ludwig Halverson Lee, janitor of the Prospect Place House, where the hacked bodies of two women were found in the cellar of a brownstone in Brooklyn.
June, 1927
Brooklyn, New York
Ludwig Halverson Lee was a sailor turned handyman and carpenter, who had immigrated from Norway four years before. When police questioned him about the grisly murder of the two victims he steadfastly denied knowing anything about it. Lee (Lie) was described as a "big, bull-necked powerful man" who had not bent under an interrogation that lasted for 20 hours.
June, 1927
Brooklyn, New York
Ludwig Halverson Lee was a sailor turned handyman and carpenter, who had immigrated from Norway four years before. When police questioned him about the grisly murder of the two victims he steadfastly denied knowing anything about it. Lee (Lie) was described as a "big, bull-necked powerful man" who had not bent under an interrogation that lasted for 20 hours.
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