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Nita Randall in court identifying the knife allegedly used by her tenant John Frank Reavis to kill Alice Burns, Los Angeles, May 1, 1940

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Title: Nita Randall in court identifying the knife allegedly used by her tenant John Frank Reavis to kill Alice Burns, Los Angeles, May 1, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: May 1, 1940
1940-05-01
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.
Mrs. Nita Randall, acting as a witness in a murder trial. Mrs. Randall identifed a broken-off blade found in the body of 17-year-old Alice (Jerry) Burns as having been kept in the kitchen of her boarding house. One of her boarders, 25-year-old John Frank Reavis, is accused of the murder.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. Nita Randall
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Randall, Nita - Mrs.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002803m5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Knives
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Randall, Nita
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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