Noted photographer. Murdered in downtown Richmond, 1957.
ROY NORRIS HIRSHBURG
The Palladium-Item Richmond, Indiana - Tuesday
March 26, 1957 Sheriff Edward Cordell said early Tuesday morning Miss Ethel Wise, 30 years old, Belleview Heights, Centerville in a verbal statement admitted the fatal shooting late Monday night of Roy Hishburg, prominent Richmond photographer. No details were immediately available. Hirshburg had earlier been reported in the company of Miss Wise and Mrs. Anna McFarland, 41 years old, Hagerstown shortly before the shooting. Roy Hirshburg, nationally known Richmond photographer was shot to death late Monday night on the sidewalk nearly in front of his studio at 710 Main Street. Police were seeking the slayer who was believed to have escaped in a car. Details of the killing were spotty. Hirshburg
apparently was alone. Two Centerville men, John Kempton and Clayton Whirley, told a Palladium-Item reporter they heard a woman scream and at the same time saw a
body lying in the gutter. They said they saw a car being driven away at high speed and run a red light at the intersection of 7th and Main Streets. They said
they chased the car north on 7th but lost it. No reason for the shooting was immediately learned. He apparentsly died almost immediatley. Police said they
found 3 .22 caliber shells near Hirshburg's body. One report said Hirshburg was leaving Wheeler's restuarnt with another man when a woman on the sidewalk fired
3 shots at him from a rifle. The report said the woman then ran to a car parked nearby, got into the driver's seat and sped away. Dr. H.D. Hill, Wayne County
coroner said preliminary examination showed Hirshburg was shot once in the heart and once in the head. Police were looking early Tuesday morning for a 1955 red
and white Chevrolet convertible. A sign on Hirshburg's studio door read, "Closed all day Monday, open rest of week." Mrs. Zella Wroe, an employee at Wheelers
said Hirshburg stopped in the restaurant a few minutes to see aobut a key for his studio that he had made arrangements to be left there. She said he met Ray
Mitrone, brother of Police Chief Dan Mitrione there and left with him after about 15 minutes. She said the two talked on the sidewalk in front of the
restaurant a few minutes after which Hirshburg walked west in the direction of his studio and Mitrione crossed the street. She said a few minutes later
Mitrione rushed into the restaurant and called to her to call the police.
Hirshburg was about 64 years old. He opened a studio in Richmond in 1921 and formerly operated one at Greencastle. He achieved international fame for his
photography and often was called upon to judge photo shows. In 1955 he was named as one of the top 20 photographers in the US by Paul Lindwood Gittings of
Houston, Tex, president of the PHotography Association of America. Hirshburg, who also was widely known for his wit and humor, at one time said he "mugged" everybody from one president of the US to tramps and one notorious gangster.
Hirshburg, who was divorced from his wife, has a daughter, Henrietta Hirshburg, New York.
ROY NORRIS HIRSHBURG
The Palladium-Item Richmond, Indiana - Tuesday
March 26, 1957 Sheriff Edward Cordell said early Tuesday morning Miss Ethel Wise, 30 years old, Belleview Heights, Centerville in a verbal statement admitted the fatal shooting late Monday night of Roy Hishburg, prominent Richmond photographer. No details were immediately available. Hirshburg had earlier been reported in the company of Miss Wise and Mrs. Anna McFarland, 41 years old, Hagerstown shortly before the shooting. Roy Hirshburg, nationally known Richmond photographer was shot to death late Monday night on the sidewalk nearly in front of his studio at 710 Main Street. Police were seeking the slayer who was believed to have escaped in a car. Details of the killing were spotty. Hirshburg
apparently was alone. Two Centerville men, John Kempton and Clayton Whirley, told a Palladium-Item reporter they heard a woman scream and at the same time saw a
body lying in the gutter. They said they saw a car being driven away at high speed and run a red light at the intersection of 7th and Main Streets. They said
they chased the car north on 7th but lost it. No reason for the shooting was immediately learned. He apparentsly died almost immediatley. Police said they
found 3 .22 caliber shells near Hirshburg's body. One report said Hirshburg was leaving Wheeler's restuarnt with another man when a woman on the sidewalk fired
3 shots at him from a rifle. The report said the woman then ran to a car parked nearby, got into the driver's seat and sped away. Dr. H.D. Hill, Wayne County
coroner said preliminary examination showed Hirshburg was shot once in the heart and once in the head. Police were looking early Tuesday morning for a 1955 red
and white Chevrolet convertible. A sign on Hirshburg's studio door read, "Closed all day Monday, open rest of week." Mrs. Zella Wroe, an employee at Wheelers
said Hirshburg stopped in the restaurant a few minutes to see aobut a key for his studio that he had made arrangements to be left there. She said he met Ray
Mitrone, brother of Police Chief Dan Mitrione there and left with him after about 15 minutes. She said the two talked on the sidewalk in front of the
restaurant a few minutes after which Hirshburg walked west in the direction of his studio and Mitrione crossed the street. She said a few minutes later
Mitrione rushed into the restaurant and called to her to call the police.
Hirshburg was about 64 years old. He opened a studio in Richmond in 1921 and formerly operated one at Greencastle. He achieved international fame for his
photography and often was called upon to judge photo shows. In 1955 he was named as one of the top 20 photographers in the US by Paul Lindwood Gittings of
Houston, Tex, president of the PHotography Association of America. Hirshburg, who also was widely known for his wit and humor, at one time said he "mugged" everybody from one president of the US to tramps and one notorious gangster.
Hirshburg, who was divorced from his wife, has a daughter, Henrietta Hirshburg, New York.
Noted photographer. Murdered in downtown Richmond, 1957.
ROY NORRIS HIRSHBURG
The Palladium-Item Richmond, Indiana - Tuesday
March 26, 1957 Sheriff Edward Cordell said early Tuesday morning Miss Ethel Wise, 30 years old, Belleview Heights, Centerville in a verbal statement admitted the fatal shooting late Monday night of Roy Hishburg, prominent Richmond photographer. No details were immediately available. Hirshburg had earlier been reported in the company of Miss Wise and Mrs. Anna McFarland, 41 years old, Hagerstown shortly before the shooting. Roy Hirshburg, nationally known Richmond photographer was shot to death late Monday night on the sidewalk nearly in front of his studio at 710 Main Street. Police were seeking the slayer who was believed to have escaped in a car. Details of the killing were spotty. Hirshburg
apparently was alone. Two Centerville men, John Kempton and Clayton Whirley, told a Palladium-Item reporter they heard a woman scream and at the same time saw a
body lying in the gutter. They said they saw a car being driven away at high speed and run a red light at the intersection of 7th and Main Streets. They said
they chased the car north on 7th but lost it. No reason for the shooting was immediately learned. He apparentsly died almost immediatley. Police said they
found 3 .22 caliber shells near Hirshburg's body. One report said Hirshburg was leaving Wheeler's restuarnt with another man when a woman on the sidewalk fired
3 shots at him from a rifle. The report said the woman then ran to a car parked nearby, got into the driver's seat and sped away. Dr. H.D. Hill, Wayne County
coroner said preliminary examination showed Hirshburg was shot once in the heart and once in the head. Police were looking early Tuesday morning for a 1955 red
and white Chevrolet convertible. A sign on Hirshburg's studio door read, "Closed all day Monday, open rest of week." Mrs. Zella Wroe, an employee at Wheelers
said Hirshburg stopped in the restaurant a few minutes to see aobut a key for his studio that he had made arrangements to be left there. She said he met Ray
Mitrone, brother of Police Chief Dan Mitrione there and left with him after about 15 minutes. She said the two talked on the sidewalk in front of the
restaurant a few minutes after which Hirshburg walked west in the direction of his studio and Mitrione crossed the street. She said a few minutes later
Mitrione rushed into the restaurant and called to her to call the police.
Hirshburg was about 64 years old. He opened a studio in Richmond in 1921 and formerly operated one at Greencastle. He achieved international fame for his
photography and often was called upon to judge photo shows. In 1955 he was named as one of the top 20 photographers in the US by Paul Lindwood Gittings of
Houston, Tex, president of the PHotography Association of America. Hirshburg, who also was widely known for his wit and humor, at one time said he "mugged" everybody from one president of the US to tramps and one notorious gangster.
Hirshburg, who was divorced from his wife, has a daughter, Henrietta Hirshburg, New York.
ROY NORRIS HIRSHBURG
The Palladium-Item Richmond, Indiana - Tuesday
March 26, 1957 Sheriff Edward Cordell said early Tuesday morning Miss Ethel Wise, 30 years old, Belleview Heights, Centerville in a verbal statement admitted the fatal shooting late Monday night of Roy Hishburg, prominent Richmond photographer. No details were immediately available. Hirshburg had earlier been reported in the company of Miss Wise and Mrs. Anna McFarland, 41 years old, Hagerstown shortly before the shooting. Roy Hirshburg, nationally known Richmond photographer was shot to death late Monday night on the sidewalk nearly in front of his studio at 710 Main Street. Police were seeking the slayer who was believed to have escaped in a car. Details of the killing were spotty. Hirshburg
apparently was alone. Two Centerville men, John Kempton and Clayton Whirley, told a Palladium-Item reporter they heard a woman scream and at the same time saw a
body lying in the gutter. They said they saw a car being driven away at high speed and run a red light at the intersection of 7th and Main Streets. They said
they chased the car north on 7th but lost it. No reason for the shooting was immediately learned. He apparentsly died almost immediatley. Police said they
found 3 .22 caliber shells near Hirshburg's body. One report said Hirshburg was leaving Wheeler's restuarnt with another man when a woman on the sidewalk fired
3 shots at him from a rifle. The report said the woman then ran to a car parked nearby, got into the driver's seat and sped away. Dr. H.D. Hill, Wayne County
coroner said preliminary examination showed Hirshburg was shot once in the heart and once in the head. Police were looking early Tuesday morning for a 1955 red
and white Chevrolet convertible. A sign on Hirshburg's studio door read, "Closed all day Monday, open rest of week." Mrs. Zella Wroe, an employee at Wheelers
said Hirshburg stopped in the restaurant a few minutes to see aobut a key for his studio that he had made arrangements to be left there. She said he met Ray
Mitrone, brother of Police Chief Dan Mitrione there and left with him after about 15 minutes. She said the two talked on the sidewalk in front of the
restaurant a few minutes after which Hirshburg walked west in the direction of his studio and Mitrione crossed the street. She said a few minutes later
Mitrione rushed into the restaurant and called to her to call the police.
Hirshburg was about 64 years old. He opened a studio in Richmond in 1921 and formerly operated one at Greencastle. He achieved international fame for his
photography and often was called upon to judge photo shows. In 1955 he was named as one of the top 20 photographers in the US by Paul Lindwood Gittings of
Houston, Tex, president of the PHotography Association of America. Hirshburg, who also was widely known for his wit and humor, at one time said he "mugged" everybody from one president of the US to tramps and one notorious gangster.
Hirshburg, who was divorced from his wife, has a daughter, Henrietta Hirshburg, New York.
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