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Lewis Titterton
Nancy Violet Evans Titterton (1903 – April 10, 1936) was an American aspiring novelist and a wife of an NBC executive who was murdered in New York City in 1936. She was found strangled in her Manhattan apartment and the only clues were a single horse hair and a piece of cord. It was an early case solved due to forensic science. Background In the late 1920s, Ohio-born Nancy Evans worked for the ''New York Post'' where she met her husband, English people, Englishman Lewis Henry Titterton. After the couple married in 1929, and her husband was promoted as an executive of the National Broadcasting Company, the couple moved to Manhattan near the East River. Her husband was described as a man who "thought the future of radio depended on the vision of the writer". One of her works was honored with the cover of ''Story (magazine), Story Magazine''. In 1935, she was offered a book deal following the publication of one of her short stories, and in 1936, she was preparing to write her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beekman Place
Beekman Place is a small street located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Running from north to south for two blocks, the street is situated between the eastern end of 51st Street and Mitchell Place, where it ends at a retaining wall above 49th Street, overlooking the glass apartment towers at 860 and 870 United Nations Plaza, just north of the headquarters of the United Nations. "Beekman Place" also refers to the small residential enclave that surrounds the street itself. It is named after the Beekman family, who influenced New York City's development. History The neighborhood was the site of the Beekman family mansion, Mount Pleasant, which James Beekman built in 1765. James Beekman was a descendant of Willem Beekman, for whom Beekman Street and William Street were named. Willem Beekman came from Zutphen, Netherlands, to the new colony of New Netherlands and was one of the first influential settlers in the Dutch town of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
