Long weeks in a cell having turned his outdoor tan into a prison pallor,"Black Jack" Jerome Ward is shown lighting a cigaret during a recess at his trial on July 18, 1940, on charges he killed Johnny Tyke in "Gower Gulch," where film cowboys wait studio calls. Both Ward and Tyke were riders of celluloid range, but Ward's pals say Tyke was so "pizen mean" he had to be shot by somebody.
Ward, Jerome Crime--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Motion picture actors and actresses--United States Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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