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Description
4 images. Stompanato murder, 5 April 1958. Jerry Giesler (Attorney) Lana Turner Residence at 730 North Bedford Drive Stompato's car Knife used in killing Mickey Cohen Lieutenant F.H. Colford Body of Stompanato. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1958-04-05. Photographer: Cowles. Assignment: Stompanato killing. 14-7, 8-9: Lana Turner leaves Beverly Hills police station with Jerry Giesler, her attorney. 7-13-16: Lana Turner weeping as she leaves Beverly Hills Police Station with Jerry Giesler, her attorney. 16: Newsmen question cop stationed in front of house after killing. 730 N. Bedford Dr. at Lomitas Ave. 15: Same as 16 in close up. 3-4: Stompanato car parked across Bedford Dr. from Lana Turner house. 1-2: Sgt. Russell R. Peterson examines knife used to kill. 24: Stephen Crane leaves B.H. Police station. 11: Mickey Cohen at B.H. police sta. 12: Mickey Cohen asks B.H. Police Lt. F.H. Colford where body of his pal Stompanato is". Other caption slip reads: "Photographer: Sandusky. Date: 1958-04-05. Assignment: Stompanato killing. D47: Mickey Cohen talks on long distance phone at coroners office. D48: Cohen identifies Stompanato body for deputy coroner. D6-5-28-15-16-60-61: Views of body in Turner bedroom with coroner deputies & police looking, etc. D62: Jerry Giesler with Lana Turner. D63: Coroners remove body from house. D64: Giesler's car at right with Lana inside arrives as coroners close doors on wagon with body inside.
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image
Format
4 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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