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Telegram from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), Chicago, 1920

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Title: Telegram from murder victim Fay Sudow to Fred Allen (Alfred W. Allen), Chicago, 1920
Date Created and/or Issued: September 28, 1920
1920-09-28
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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.
Telegram text reads: FRED ALLEN WILL COME WHEN NEEDED PLEASE LET ME NO HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE WHEN TRIAL COMES UP IF TRIAL CAN BE POSTPONED FOR A WHILE WIRE ANSWER AT ONCE SO I WILL KNOW WHAT ARRANGEMENTS TO MAKE AND HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE FAY SUDOW
Photograph of Western Union telegram, dated 1920 Sep 28 AM 2 41, Chicago, Ill., to Fred Allen, and bill addressed to Alfred W Allen, 425 Central Bldg, for $1.00 for unpaid telegram fee, both attached to board with pins. Fay Sudow's attorney was named Alfred W. Allen, with an office at 485 Central Bldg.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: [Typewritten:] Sidow, Fay Mrs., Murder case, 1923 [Handwritten:] Sudow
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3159
ark:/21198/zz002cn136
Language: English
Subject: Telegrams
Crime
Legal
Sudow, Fay Levi, 1878?-1920
Allen, Alfred W., b. 1876
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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