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Description:: Frank E. Walker, father of murder victim Frances Walker, sits in a crowded room. The young woman to his left is probably Melba Walker, Frances's sister. Her murder was connected to an affair with former deputy Sheriff Archie Carter.
Date:: [circa August 1, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: William A. Hudson testifies before a coroner's jury for the murder charges against Busby Berkeley. Berkeley had been the cause for a three-car-collision that resulted in two deaths, possibly due to alcohol he had reportedly imbibed at a cocktail party beforehand. Hudson was a student injured in the crash who testified that he had smelled liquor on Berkeley's breath while speaking to him after the crash.
Date:: [circa December 11, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 66-year-old Euclide Allard holding a piece of twine and a towel that a burglar used to tie him up in his hotel room. Allard, in town from Massachusetts, was in his room working on race-horse charts when he heard a knock at the door. Upon answering, a “tough looking” man pressed a revolver into Allard’s stomach and demanded to know where he kept his money. The burglar then tied up Allard with twine and took $6950 from Allard’s coat pocket. Allard said that most of the stolen money had been won at the horse races and it appeared that the burglar had seen Allard at the track and followed him back to the hotel.
Date:: February 16, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Detectives Joseph Walsh (left) and Aldo Corsini (right) visit Joseph E. Walsh (center), who had been shot twice by his girlfriend Lorraine Hewitt at a dinner party. Walsh refused to identify Hewitt as the shooter and was charged with perjury, while Hewitt was convicted of attempted murder.
Date:: [circa October 29, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Eighteen-year-old Jean Rose and her mother Josephine Rose sitting on a staircase in the courthouse after receiving a settlement from their $100,000 damages suit brought against Miss Cherrie Armour. Miss Armour, the daughter of an oil company executive, was sentenced to a year in county jail after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run automobile accident that left both Jean and Josephine Rose injured. At the time of the accident, Miss Armour was reported to be under the influence of alcohol and wearing only a nightgown and housecoat
Date:: September 5, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank E. Walker, father of murder victim Frances Walker, meets with two unidentified women in a crowded room. The women are possibly Frances Walker's sisters Melba and Irene. Frank E. Walker, father of murder victim Frances Walker, sits in a crowded room. The young woman to his left is probably Melba Walker, Frances's sister. Her murder was connected to an affair with former deputy Sheriff Archie Carter.
Date:: [circa August 1, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Frank E. Walker, father of murder victim Frances Walker, sits in a crowded room. Her murder was connected to an affair with former deputy Sheriff Archie Carter.
Date:: [circa August 1, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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