Charlotte M. Yates, E. Carl Yates, Jr., and Betty Jane Yates at bank robbery hearing, El Monte, 1936

Title: Charlotte M. Yates, E. Carl Yates, Jr., and Betty Jane Yates at bank robbery hearing, El Monte, 1936
Date Created: January 31, 1936
Date: 1936-01-31
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The Yates family sits in a courtroom. From left to right: Charlotte Marlon Yates, with her back to the camera; E. Carl Yates, Jr.; Betty Jane Yates, her purse partially obscuring her face.
Frank F. Smith was arrested for the robbery of the El Monte bank that killed his two accomplices, Clarence Henry Smith and Emory Carl Yates, and blew off the finger of Officer Joseph Fritsch.
This photograph is related to the article, "Two Bank Bandits Shot to Death in El Monte Battle," Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb 1936: 1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Mrs. Charlotte Yates, E. C. Yates Jr, Betty Jane Yates, J. F. Mountain [sic], Lawrence Butterfield, Tillie Irwine, El Monte Bank robbery 1-31-36 [stamped:] FEB 4 1936
Handwritten on negative: L2R Mrs Charlotte Yates, E. C. Yates Jr, Betty Jane Yates 1-31-36

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Yates, Betty Jane, 1917-1991
Yates, Emry Carl, Jr., 1915-1984
Yates, Charlotte Marlon, 1893-1952
Location: El Monte (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Robberies--California--El Monte
Judicial proceedings--California--El Monte

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12551
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmkgt
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Rights Country: US
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