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Russi Rinaldo gives a false confession to the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, Los Angeles, [circa 1930]

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Title: Russi Rinaldo gives a false confession to the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor, Los Angeles, [circa 1930]
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1930]
1930
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Russi Rinaldo sits with a cigarette in his hand. Rinaldo gave a false confession to the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor. Rinaldo had been a violinist who had to give up his profession after he experienced deafness as a result of WWI injuries. He had also lose one leg. He then became an accountant. Reported in "TAYLOR MURDER TALE REJECTED: Rinaldo Confession Held Hallucination Story to be Checked in Hunt for Real Clews Estranged Wife Reveals Film Associations," Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 1930: A22.
Handwritten on negative: Russo [sic] Rinaldo
Text from negative sleeve: Rinaldo, Russo [sic]. Taylor Murder.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3726_G4210
ark:/21198/z15b5vdh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Confessions
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Rinaldo, Russi, 1879-1934
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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