The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
BECKY LEVINE'S PICTURE.
THREE HEADS AND A CRIMINAL LIBEL
SUIT IN III.
Made by Former Sultor of Becky's to Use
as Club over Her Present Fianco
Who Is Rival Observation-Disclosures is
n KnottY Problen 70 the Grand Jury.

as q club over Her Present france
who Is n Rival hotoErapher-Presen ts
Knotty Problem to the Grand Jury.
The photographers Of tho East Side, whose
principal business In in taking pictures Of bridal
couples couples who are engaged 10 be married.
and children in their confirmation clothes.
greatly interested In case that will be brought
TO the attention Of the Grand Jury within few
days The case Ia that OF Jcronim Pomerantz
q photographer OF $50 Grand street and he In
charged by Miss Becky Levine, a goodlookihg
young woman, who lives with her mother at 10
Chrystie street, with criminal libel.
Miss Levine engaged TO be marred TO the
Grand street photographer when another man
appeared and won her affections This man
was Philip Hetkin. also q photographer He
tried to induce the young woman to marry him.
but met with unexpected difhculty. Mr.
Pomerantz was tho owner OF a prosperous photo
graph gallery at Al Canal street in which he
took" more brides and bridegrooms, Photograph
cally speaking. than any other photog rapher on
tho East Side, and while Miss Levine was in love
with Mr. Hetkin she was also In love with Mr.
Pomerantz's gallery. That, however. was set
tied by Hetkin purchasing Pomernntzs gallery
at Al Canal street. with all the bridal negatives
and bridal photographs and photographs Of low
ing couples that came along in the course Of an
| ordinary Canal street trade.
Among the photographs sold with the gallery
was showing Pomerantz himself sitting be-
side a pretty girl When this photograph was
taken, il seems, Pomerantz was engaged to be
| married 10 tho girl. Soon after he sold his gal
lery TO Hetkin, however. he became engaged
| TO still another East Side girl. Now. one bright
Sunday last month, while his latest fanceo was
| walking through Canal street. as the story goes
she stopped in front Of the photograph gallery
and, looking over the pictures in one Of tho show
tho picture Of pOmeranty and the other
| girl. Thereupon there trouble She went
| 70 Pomerantz and asked him what he meant by
having his picture taken beside another girl when
| she was the girl he was engaged to- She also
| told him what she thought about such conduct
| Pomerantz explained that tho photograph had
been taken some time ago and that he had forgot
ten all about It. and had also forgotten tho girl
| who was represented In II, but said he would go
| around and see Hetkin and compel him to take
| the picture out OF the showcase
You must do that or tho engagement will DO
broken" said the latest girl. Pomerantz prom
| Used he would do Il Immediately, and proceeded
| 70 the Canal street gallery.
MY picture init some girl Is on der showcase
| NIT your sidewalk" he said 10 Hetkin You
| must outen II from the case or Ill bring you on
! Essex Market"
| What l caro- for Essex Market" replied Het-
kin Il can go dere, too. soon II I feel like IL.
Cdu Bct lubt hS MUCH law az yOu Cdu Beh DOt
picture is dere and it'll stay dere I bought dot
picture init der gallery, und bought you init
der gallery, und bought dot girl NIT der gal
lery when bought der gallery init you
You didn't buy me" said Pomerantz, -und you
| got not so much money as to buy dot girl. You
| take us out Of der showcase"
when will, will" returned Hetldn "and when
| I wont, l won't"
Den bring you on Essex Market" said Pom
erantz and went away vowing to have Hetkin
| in the police court within a week.
Instead Of doing So however, according to the
complaint OF Becky Levine he sat down and wrote
letter to Becky, telling her that she would have
to use her influence with Hetkin to induce him TO
| withdraw the photograph from his showcase
| he PomerantI would make a picture OF Becky
| that would make her a laughing stock among her
| friends on the East Side" Miss Levine did not
| succeed in getting Hetkin TO take the photograph
out of his showcase, and Pomerantz in his gallery
on Grand street started in to make the threatened
picture Of Becky. The picture is described by
| Miss Levine in her affidavit on file In the District
| Attorneys Office as follows
| That on or before the cd day Of August
1899, In the City and County and State OF New
| York, Borough Of Manhattan, one j. Pomerantz
photographer who has his place OF business
! at Grand and Chrystie streets, violated tho
provisions OF Section 242 Of tho Penal Code
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