DescriptionBlack-and-white photograph of Harry L. Barck, Overseer of the Poor, as released for news publications after his murder, Hoboken, February 25, 1938. 7" x 9" high print being a photograph of a highly retouched photo portrait from some earlier date. Press photograph taken by Acme Newpictures. Duplicated caption on reverse; dated file inkstamp: REF. DEPT 3-2 '38 N.E.A.[Newspaper Editors Association.] Text on reverse: 435310 OVERSEER OF POOR SLAIN BY RELIEF CLIENT When Harry L. Barck, 74, overseer of the poor in Hoboken, N.J., was stabbed to death in his office Feb. 25, Joseph Scutellaro, 35, jobless carpenter and father of two children, was held for the crime. Barck was fatally injured in a dispute over an $8 relief check. He died a few minutes after a desk spindle penetrated his right lung. Barck had been under fire, relief clients accusing him of treating him poorly. PHOTO SHOWS: Harry L. Barck, the slain man. CREDIT LINE (ACME) 2/25/38 ==== Barck, Harry L., Jr.