Press release about a photograph of the trial of Leo P. Kelley for the murder of Myrtle Mellus, 1928
Item Overview
- Title
- Press release about a photograph of the trial of Leo P. Kelley for the murder of Myrtle Mellus, 1928
- Date Created
- September 5, 1928
- Date
- 1928-09-05
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Caption
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Text from negative sleeve: Kelly [sic], Leo P.
Text of press release: Watch Your Credit -- "P & A Photos" LA 14925 -- (Los Angeles Bureau). Damaging Evidence Given In Kelley Trial. Leo P. Kelley was sober on the day he was arrested for the murder of this clandestine sweetheart, Mrs. Myrtle Mellus, according to witnesses on the stand today. Damaging evidence was given by officers who arrived at the scene of the crime and found Kelley hiding in a closet of the Mellus home. Photo shows Deputy District Attorney James Costello (left) and Police Captain Arthur Stoll on the witness stand identifying an article of clothing, said to belong to Kelley, which was found in the Mellus home. (LA-FM 3) 9/5/28
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 page
- Medium
- paper
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- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hbk63
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights Holder
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .