Rhonda and Leslie, left to right, inspect suspect's chair
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated June 27, 1961 partially reads, "Coco, a two-pound Chihuahua, had police dog potential. He'd bark at police sirens when they went by. But he failed his final exam today. When he was let out into his back yard at 12403 Valleyheart Dr. at 6 a.m. he missed a suspected burglar who had been sitting there three hours in a discarded chair eluding police. 'I was in bed,' said Coco's owner, Mrs. Earl Alvord, 'Then I heard all that shooting. I thought it was backfire...I went to the window. I saw him lying down there,' she said, pointing, 'down by the wash.' The man she had seen was Paul E. Hurley who police suspected had robbed Joe Kirkwood's driving range office three hours before and hidden in her back yard while police carried on a house to house search." Leslie Smith, 10, is seen holding Coco, the two-pound chihuahua, while her sister, Rhonda, 12, looks at the chair where suspect Paul Hurley used while hiding in the back yard of their grandmother's house.; See images #00125926 through #00125928 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Crime--California--Los Angeles Hiding places--California--Los Angeles Dogs--California--Los Angeles Chihuahua (Dog breed)--California--Los Angeles Sisters--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Granddaughters--California--Los Angeles Refuse and refuse disposal--California--Los Angeles Chairs--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Backyards--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Dwellings--California--Studio City (Los Angeles) Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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