Ransom letter, demanding money for the return of kidnapping victim Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed.
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Rights Holder
The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
