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:: Teenager Edward Wehrly testifies during the coroner's inquest about a fatal, single-car accident in which two teenage girls were killed and a young man was serious injured. Wehrly claimed a strong wind gust caused the accident, but the ruling at the inquest was that he did not take proper precautions.
Date:: December 30, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: February 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank Bandit Fight Told," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: A8.
Date:: February 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “POLICE MATRON ACCUSED IN SLAYING OF OFFICER,” Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1935: A2.
Date:: October 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The late Mrs. Alexander was frustrated over several failed screen tests she had taken, which provoked a fight with her husband that culminated in two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. She died the following day at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Alexander's business manager Vernon D. Wood called to deliver the message to Mrs. Alexander's father.
Date:: December 12, 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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