Names: Monfort, Frank, 1876-1966 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Hamilton was testifying about the shooting death of his partner Radio Office Owen D. Yancey
Date:: [October 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ross Alexander sits on the witness stand with Coroner Frank Monfort and an unidentified man.
Date:: December 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Killing Held Justifiable," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul 1935: A1.
Date:: [circa July 15, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 35-year-old William Focher was mistakenly shot by police, believed to have held up the Olympic Auditorium. Welch fired the shot that killed Focher, intending only to injure him.
Date:: [circa July 15, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Killing Held Justifiable," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul 1935: A1.
Date:: [circa July 15, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of police officer Ernest Hice testifying in trial concerning death of Owen D. Yancy. Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort resides as judge.
Date:: October 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Wilfred Simpson, son of victim, sits on the witness stand next to Los Angeles County Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort, who appears to be sitting on the judge's bench and examining documents. A group of men, who appear to be part of the jury, sit nearby. Simpson was the son of manslaughter victim, William E. Simpson, a landlord who died during a heated argument with his tenant, defendant Phillip Shereshewfsky. The argument between Shereshewfsky and Simpson turned violent. After being struck by Shereshewfsky, Simpson hit the pavement and died from a skull fracture. Shereshewfsky is referred to with the surname of "Pearl" in early newspaper articles relating to the trial. Additionally his first name is spelled as "Philip" or "Phillip" in various articles. His family possibly used both last names interchangeably. As for William E. Simpson, his birth year and age are suspect. His census and official records do not correspond to the age the articles cite.
Date:: October 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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