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
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Murder suspect Violet Shields, bent forward on her husband's arm, and Otis Shields, both seated at table in court, with lawyers at right and in foreground and spectators in background Related to Los Angeles Times articles, June 11, 1935, Couple Protest Innocence in Youth’s Death, Littlerock Ranch Pair Held in Youth’s Slaying. Steadfastly denying any connection with the death of Milton Shoup, 19-year-old Pasadena youth, Otis T. Shields and his wife, Violet R. Shields, ranchers of Littlerock, were held in the County Jail last night on suspicion of murder … and August 2, 1935, Court Drops Death Case, Rancher Shields Accused of Shooting Milton Shoup Given Freedom Handwritten at edge of negative: Mrs. Violet R. Shields, Otis T. Shields Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Shields, Violet R. Mrs., murder case, 1935
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