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Photograph of Mrs. Alice Walker (left), 42, sitting in Van Nuys Municipal Court where estranged husband, Atty. Ernest E. Walker, 58, of North Hollywood, admitted he shot her twice and entered plea of guilty. Walker, the former head of the Hollywood Bar Association, who has been at large since the Feb. 22 shooting of his wife, was arrested in a bar on Wilshire boulevard after a phone tip that he had returned from Mexico. Bail was set at $50,000. Walker made no resistance and readily admitted his identity when arresting detectives Frank Lynch and Lee Wilkins, accompanied by Det. Sgts. Pat Kealy and Charles Stewart, moved in. Photograph dated March 16, 1955.; See images #00141455 through #00141459 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Husband and wife--California--Los Angeles Attempted murder--California--Los Angeles Arraignment--California--Los Angeles Courthouses--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Arrest--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Arrest (Police methods) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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