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Title
Cowboy film extra Jerome "Blackjack" Ward talks to police during a re-enactment of his confrontation with fellow extra Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 24, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued
February 24, 1940
1940-02-24
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Cowboy film extra Jerome "Blackjack" Ward talks to police during a re-enactment of his confrontation with fellow extra John Ainsworth Tyacke a.k.a. Johnny Tyke. Blackjack fatally shot Tyke with a .45 in Gower Gulch, the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work. Ward entered a plea of not guilty based on self defense and temporary insanity. He was ultimately set free after many witnesses attested to Tyke's violent nature.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Ward, Jerome "Blackjack" (Shot and killed John Tyke, on Sunset Blvd. 2-23-40); Jackson, Yukon Jake; Tyke, John; Ward, Mickey - Mrs.; Ellenson, W.A. - Lt.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Jerome "Blackjack" Ward
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027zz9q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles
Cowboys--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Ward, Jerome
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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