John Moore speaking with Lou Daro after the death of William Focher, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: John Moore speaking with Lou Daro after the death of William Focher, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: July 1935
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: English
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Error Death to be Aired," Los Angeles Times, 12 July 1935: A1.
Shortly after an altercation with wrestling promoter Lou Daro 35-year-old William Focher was shot by police officers after they had confused him for a bandit. After several hours of being treated at the hospital he died. Moore was in company of Focher at the time of the shooting and was held in jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
John Moore identified as John G. Moore or John S. Moore in Los Angeles Times articles.
Daro and Moore stand facing each other while several unidentified men, most likely police detectives, watch them converse.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: John S. Moore, left, companion of William Focher, talking with Lou Daro after Focher was shot down following an argument with Daro. Officers are in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 1147 - John G. Moore Lou Daro shooting of Focher 9/11/35 [stamped:] Jul 17 1935
Handwritten on negative: Lou Daro John G. Moore
Text on calendar on wall: GEO. A. CUMMINGS INSURANCE of all kinds. 208 West 8th Street - Los Angeles, Calif. Telephones [illegible] Coast-to-Coast INSURANCE SERVICE 1935 JULY 1935 [calendar month] ACCIDENT-AUTOMOBILE-FIRE-BURGLARY-LIFE-MARINE-LIABILITY-FIDELITY-SURETY BONDS

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Sports promoters--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Police shootings--California--Los Angeles
Names: Daro, Lou, b. 1884 or 85
Moore, John, b. 1910 or 11
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_7453
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002df4vr
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Rights Country: US
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