Patrick J. McManus examining a piece of film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas and William Baker, Los Angeles, 1937

Title: Patrick J. McManus examining a piece of film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas and William Baker, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created: February 1937
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: 75-year-old Patrick J. McManus (center) examining what looks like a piece of exposed film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas (left) and William Baker. Filkas and Baker are investigating the mysterious death of McManus's wife Josephine. McManus came home to find his wife had been burglarized, but was still alive. The couple went to bed and in the morning Mrs. McManus was dead. There were bruises on her neck and gashes on her back.
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Joe Fikas, Patrick J. McManus, Wm. Baker
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Filkas, Joe; McManus, Patrick J.; Baker, William

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects: Legal
Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Names: Baker, William
Filkas, Joseph, 1897-1968
McManus, Patrick J.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1387_14378-00
ARK: ark:/21198/zz00288gr4
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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