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Deputy District Attorney J. Miller Leavy holding a police document regarding Barbara Graham's murder of Mabel Monahan, Los Angeles, 1959

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Title: Deputy District Attorney J. Miller Leavy holding a police document regarding Barbara Graham's murder of Mabel Monahan, Los Angeles, 1959
Contributor: Kelly, Wayne F.
Date Created and/or Issued: March 3, 1959
1959-03-03
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily Mirror
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: PROVES POINT IN BARBARA GRAHAM CONTROVERSY - Dept. Dist. Atty. J. Miller Leavy holds document proving Barbara Graham, executed murderess, was right-handed - a key point on the controversial movie "I Want to Live." Film contends she couldn't have pistol-whipped her victim, Mrs. Mabel Monahan, because she was left-handed. Leavy holds arrest papers (enlarged in inset) in which the Graham woman stated she was right-handed.
Type: image
Format: b & w negative
Identifier: C1429_b377_115527_frame 1.tif
ark:/21198/zz0025hpdr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Legal
People
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles County
Evidence, Criminal
Graham, Barbara, 1923-1955
Leavy, J. Miller, 1905-1995
Monahan, Mabel, 1888-1953
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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