Subject: Ellenson, W.A. / Names: Ward, Jerome and Ellenson, W.A. / Subject: Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Cowboy film extra Jerome "Blackjack" Ward (beard, right) re-enacts his confrontation with fellow extra John Ainsworth Tyacke a.k.a. Johnny Tyke for Lieutenant W.A. Ellenson (left) and other police. Blackjack allegedly shot Tyke with a .45 in Gower Gulch, the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work. Ward entered a plea of not guilty based on self defense and temporary insanity. He was ultimately set free after many witnesses attested to Tyke's violent nature.
Date:: February 24, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives