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) 825-2517
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mary B. Skeele, in coat and hat, Walter Skeele, in suit and bow tie, both standing, with Luella Pearl Hammer, in jacket and hat, and Earl Van Dorn, in coat and cap, both seated, each with hand at face, with two men standing at left and two men partially visible standing at right, with cabinet and door in background This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student was found guilty of the crime. Text from newspaper caption: Scenes in Sensational Drama Aftermath of Holding for Ransom Wife of S.C. Dean of Music. Mrs. Mary B. Skeele, accompanied by her husband, Dr. Walter F. Skeele, faces Luella Pearl Hammer and W.P. Howard [an alias: later known as Earl Van Horn] Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2806 ark:/21198/zz002ckjxz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Legal People Hammer, Luella Pearl, 1895-1990 Skeele, Walter Fisher, 1865-1935 Van Dorn, E. H., (Earl Howard), b. 1893 Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942
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