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
1 image. Sadist tortures woman, 16 March 1958. Sheriff's Officer Ray Reid (holding lenght of rope and razor blade, standing under rafter to which victim, Mrs. Norma Wheeler was tied with rope. Hose was used in beating). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 03-16. Reporter: Adler. Assignment: Sadist tortures woman. 57/58: Sheriff's Officer Ray Reid holding lenght of rope and rubber hose with razor blade, standing under 2x4 rafter to which victim, Mrs. Norma Wheeler, was tied with rope -- hose was used in beating".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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