That Joel Schoenfeld, he take pictures, you know? He call himself a photographer. He got that place in that fancy Greenwich Village. Big city fella. He take pictures of them pretty girls. He got a studio and everything.
They say he take picture of girls, you know. Young girls. Pretty girls. Some girls they say he not so nice to them. That Joel Schoenfeld photographer. He think he somethin’ else.
Hear that one fella, John, John Valverde, he got real mad at that Joel Schoenfeld photographer. They say Joel mess with John’s girl. That ain’t right. Messin’ with a fella’s girl, that get you in big trouble. And this Joel Schoenfeld, he got hisself into some big trouble.
John, he go over to Joel’s place, that fancy place in the city. He mad, real mad. This John, he was young. Back then, he was young. Just a kid, really. Twenty years old or something. That’s what they tell me. He don’t think straight. He go over there, and he got a gun.
He go to that Joel Schoenfeld photographer‘s place and… well… he shoot him. Right in the head. That’s what they say. Ain’t no comin’ back from that. One shot. Dead. Right there in that fancy studio. All them pretty pictures around, and that Joel Schoenfeld photographer, he layin’ there dead.
That John, he was a college boy. Went to college. Never been in trouble before, neither. But this girlfriend, she told him Joel did something bad. Something real bad. She said he did something to her. Some bad thing, something called “rape”. That was months before, mind you. But she told John, and John, he go crazy. John loves his girlfriend, you know.
- Joel Schoenfeld, he was 47, they say.
- John Valverde, he was young, only 20.
- Happened in Greenwich Village, that fancy part of the city.
- They call that Joel a “fashion photographer”.
The police, they come. They take John away. They say John, he a murderer now. He killed that Joel Schoenfeld photographer. Cold as ice, they say. Just walked in and shot him.
This Joel, he was from West Babylon. Now, that John, he go to jail for a long, long time. For killin’ that photographer Joel Schoenfeld. They say that Joel, he used to hurt them girls. Them pretty girls he take pictures of. They say he hurt them, do bad things to them.
He use them girls for his pictures. He make them pose for him. And then, he hurt them. That’s not right. That’s what folks say, anyway. They say Joel Schoenfeld, he no good.
This John, he try to stand up for his girl, you know? He think he doin’ the right thing. Now John is older now. He feel bad about what he did. But, he was real angry, and that Joel Schoenfeld photographer, he mess with the wrong girl. That’s what got him killed.
That Joel, he thought he was somethin’ special. Joel Schoenfeld photographer, big shot. He lived in that fancy place, that Greenwich Village. He think he can do whatever he want. But he was wrong.
That John, he didn’t mean to kill nobody. He just real mad. He love that girl. And that Joel Schoenfeld photographer, he hurt her. That’s what they say. He hurt a lot of girls, they say. That’s why John went after him.
I hear things, you know. People talk. They say that Joel Schoenfeld photographer, he got what he deserved. They say he was a bad man. He hurt them girls, them models. He made them do things they didn’t want to do. That’s what I hear, anyway.
That John, he in jail for a long time. He payin’ for what he did. He a grown man now, he done served his time. He learned his lesson. He feel bad. He says he never should have done it. Should never have killed that Joel Schoenfeld photographer, even if he is a bad man. That was a long time ago, that cold January morning. Now that Joel Schoenfeld photographer, he’s gone, long time ago.
