Crime Scene Photography · New York · Newspaper clippings

Man “with knowledge of jiu jitsu” kills fellow sailor in fight following insult

Sarah Tonin

May 2, 1917
Brooklyn, New York

A sailor named Owen Owens had his neck broken in a fight with a Russian sailor skilled in Jiu Jitsu after the latter claimed he “could lick any Welshman that ever lived.” Pictured is a vintage crime scene photograph of Owens’ body.

Clipping: The Evening World (New York, NY) May 2 1917

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