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Assailant William Hardy and detective Joe Filkas retracing the scene of the crime, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Assailant William Hardy and detective Joe Filkas retracing the scene of the crime, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: February 11, 1935
1935-02-11
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.
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
Lieutenant Joe Filkas is holding the assault weapon (hammer) used by Hardy that he admitted disposing of.
Photograph relates to article: "Child Found Near Death From Blows: Confession Made By Brother," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1935: 1.
Handwritten on negative: Wm. Hardy, Joe Filkas
Text on negative sleeve: Hardy, William Murder Suspect.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5129
ark:/21198/zz002cv3gj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Filkas, Joseph, 1897-1968
Hardy, William, b. 1912 or 13
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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