Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. People v. Benedict Macri. Legal transcripts and scrapbook,
1949-1957.

Collection Number: 5780/170

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
July 1999
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, August 5, 2003

© 2003 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. People v. Benedict Macri. Legal transcripts and scrapbook, 1949-1957.
Collection Number:
5780/170
Creator:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Quantity:
1 linear foot.
Forms of Material:
Legal transcripts and scrapbook.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Collection consists of materials pertaining to the 1949 murder of William Lurye, an organizer for the ILGWU, and the 1951 trial of Benedict Macri, who was acquitted of the crime. Documents include a scrapbook of news clippings on the case, a wanted poster for the fugitive suspect John Giusto, and the court transcript of Macri's trial.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection consists of materials pertaining to the 1949 murder of William Lurye, an organizer for the ILGWU, and the 1951 trial of Benedict Macri, who was acquitted of the crime. Documents include a scrapbook of news clippings on the case, a wanted poster for the fugitive suspect John Giusto, and the court transcript of Macri's trial.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Lurye, William.
Macri, Benedict.
Giusto, John.
International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union.

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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. People v. Benedict Macri. Legal transcripts and scrapbook, 1949-1957. 5780/170. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
RELATED MATERIAL

5780. International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Records, 1906-1995.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Materials are arranged by document type.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Scrapbook: Lurye Case. Contains news clippings pertaining to William Lurye's murder and the trial of Benedict Macri. May 10, 1949 - November 19, 1957.
Box 1
Poster: New York City Police Department, Detective Division Circular No. 3, dated Jue 28, 1949. Wanted for Homicide: John Giusto for murder of William Lurye.
Box 1
Report of the trial of Benedict Macri, indicted for the murder of William Lurye, in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, New York, Oct. 4-29, 1951. Typescript volume. October 4-18, 1951.
Box 1
Report of the trial of Benedict Macri, indicted for the murder of William Lurye, in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York, New York, Oct. 4-29, 1951. Typescript volume. October 19-29, 1951.
Box 1