In the pre-dawn hours of August 26, 1952, the life of John Acropolis, a 43-year-old White male, came to a brutal and sudden end in the foyer of his Yonkers, New York apartment building at 1080 Warburton Avenue. As he was returning home, an assailant ambushed him, firing two fatal shots into the back of his head. Acropolis, a man known for his toughness, had no opportunity to defend himself. His body was discovered the next day by his union's vice president, face down in a pool of his own blood,
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