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Title: Emmet Perkins, Jack Santo and Barbara Graham shortly after their capture, Los Angeles, 1953
Date Created and/or Issued: circa May 5, 1953
1953-05-05
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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: Barbara Graham, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins were convicted of the murder of Mabel Monahan in 1953, during a robbery attempt in her home, and were executed two years later.
Photo appears with eh article "Trap nets 3 suspects in slaying at Burbank: two men and blonde arrested," Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1953: 1.
Text from newspaper caption: CAPTURED --- Three suspects sought since March in Burbank slaying of Mrs. Mable Manahan were captured in raid on converted store in Lynwood. From left are Emmet Perkins, Jack Santo and Barbara Graham. Police found no sign of Bazter M. Shorter, reputed informer in case and believed to have been kidnapped.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: C1429_b173_80492-17_single frame.tif
ark:/21198/zz0025h9n2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Perkins, Emmett, 1908-1955
Santo, Jack, 1900-1955
Graham, Barbara, 1923-1955
Monahan, Mabel, 1888-1953
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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