Jennie was murdered by her husband, Abraham Becker, with the assistance of an accomplice, Reuben Norkin. Both were found guilty of first-degree murder and were sent to the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison in 1923 and 1924, respectively. Jennie Becker disappeared on April 6, 1922, and her body was discovered on November 29 of that year. She had been hit on the head with an iron bar and then buried alive in a vacant lot next to Reuben Norkin's automobile repair shop. The motive for the murder was Becker's desire to be with his mistress, Anna Elias, with whom he had a young daughter. Ten thousand people reportedly attended her open air funeral service, while 30,000 were estimated to have crowded the funeral path. There are numerous accounts of the murder and trials in the newspapers of that period.
Jennie was the mother of four children: Harry & Alexander, and twins Cecelia & Sarah.
She was the daughter of Abraham Karbritz & Rachel Freedman, both born in Russia. (One newspaper article named her mother as Rozina Karbritz of Stepney, London.)
She was the sister of Carrie Rosenzweig.
Jennie was the mother of four children: Harry & Alexander, and twins Cecelia & Sarah.
She was the daughter of Abraham Karbritz & Rachel Freedman, both born in Russia. (One newspaper article named her mother as Rozina Karbritz of Stepney, London.)
She was the sister of Carrie Rosenzweig.
Jennie was murdered by her husband, Abraham Becker, with the assistance of an accomplice, Reuben Norkin. Both were found guilty of first-degree murder and were sent to the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison in 1923 and 1924, respectively. Jennie Becker disappeared on April 6, 1922, and her body was discovered on November 29 of that year. She had been hit on the head with an iron bar and then buried alive in a vacant lot next to Reuben Norkin's automobile repair shop. The motive for the murder was Becker's desire to be with his mistress, Anna Elias, with whom he had a young daughter. Ten thousand people reportedly attended her open air funeral service, while 30,000 were estimated to have crowded the funeral path. There are numerous accounts of the murder and trials in the newspapers of that period.
Jennie was the mother of four children: Harry & Alexander, and twins Cecelia & Sarah.
She was the daughter of Abraham Karbritz & Rachel Freedman, both born in Russia. (One newspaper article named her mother as Rozina Karbritz of Stepney, London.)
She was the sister of Carrie Rosenzweig.
Jennie was the mother of four children: Harry & Alexander, and twins Cecelia & Sarah.
She was the daughter of Abraham Karbritz & Rachel Freedman, both born in Russia. (One newspaper article named her mother as Rozina Karbritz of Stepney, London.)
She was the sister of Carrie Rosenzweig.
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