Nelson Billings, witness to the murder of Al Joseph, Los Angeles, circa 1925
- Description:
- Nelson Billings (aka Lightning Billings), a witness to the murder of gambler Al Joseph, is seated in front of a mural showing the lower halves of two suited men. He took the slain gambler to the hospital. Reported in "GAMBLERS' KING ADMITS SLAYING: GAMBLERS' KING ADMITS SLAYING "Farmer" Page Tells Death Feud of Underworld Calmly Surrenders Himself at Detective Bureau Asserts That He Beat the Other Man to' Draw'," Los Angeles Times, 08 Feb. 1925: 6.
- Date:
- 1925
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Collection:
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection