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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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. Earl Van Dorn, in jacket, tie, and cap, and Luella Pearl Hammer, in jacket and hat, purse on lap, both seated, with woman in fur coat and police officer in uniform standing at left, with painting and maps on wall in background Text from negative sleeve: Skeele, Mary B. Mrs. Kidnapping Case, 1933
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2807 2807 ark:/21198/zz002ckjzg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Legal Hammer, Luella Pearl, 1895-1990 Skeele, Mary Bosworth, 1867-1942 Van Dorn, E. H., (Earl Howard), b. 1893
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