Herbert Hasse

Death by Force

Herbert Hasse, a 27-year-old taxi driver from the Bronx, New York, met a tragic end on August 21, 1931. His death occurred during a chaotic and violent episode that began with a payroll heist at the Mendoza Fur and Dye Works. The robbers, after successfully stealing the payroll, fled the scene and commandeered Hasse's taxi to facilitate their escape. This decision would ultimately lead to a deadly confrontation with law enforcement.

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POLICE HOLD GUILT OF HASSE UNPROVED; Mulrooney in Report Asserts Evidence Taxi Man Was Aide of Gunmen Is Inconclusive. HE MAY HAVE BEEN COERCED Patterson Deplores Interest of Girls in Criminals and Seeks to Keep Them Away From Prisons. Statement on His Inquiry. Hasse Had Pistol, One Reported. Deplores Girls' Interest. (Published 1931)

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