Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele and husband Walter Skeele with suspects Luella Pearl Hammer and Earl Van Dorn, Los Angeles, 1933

Title: Kidnap victim Mary B. Skeele and husband Walter Skeele with suspects Luella Pearl Hammer and Earl Van Dorn, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created: 1933
Date: 1933
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Mary B. Skeele, in coat and hat, Walter Skeele, in suit and bow tie, both standing, with Luella Pearl Hammer, in jacket and hat, and Earl Van Dorn, in coat and cap, both seated, each with hand at face, with two men standing at left and two men partially visible standing at right, with cabinet and door in background
Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student was found guilty of the crime.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Mrs. Mary B. Skeele, accompanied by her husband, Dr. Walter F. Skeele, faces Luella Pearl Hammer and W.P. Howard [an alias: later known as Earl Van Horn]
Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hammer, Luella Pearl, 1895-1990
Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
Skeele, Walter Fisher, 1865-1935
Van Dorn, E. H., (Earl Howard), b. 1893
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Legal

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2806
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002ckjxz
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