Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
5 images. Edna Driskell arrest (attempted to kill officer), 28 April 1955. Mrs. Edna May Smith Driskell - 51 years (attempted to shoot officer during investigation. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1955-04-28. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Edna Driskell Arrest. #3-9: Mrs. Edna May Smith Driskell, 51, pictured at Santa Monica police station as she tells her story. #79: Detective Curtis Frank, questions Mrs. Edna May Smith Driskell, who allegedly attempted to kill him (and later herself) with gun loaded with faulty bullets. Gun is on table between them. #10: Mrs. Edna May Smith Driskell, bridge of two days, turns away from gun held by Santa Monica Police Detective Robert Barham. Police say she attempted to kill a detective and take her own life during an investigation of a grand theft but failed because bullets in the pistol were (old) faulty."
Type
image
Format
5 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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