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. Photograph corresponds to the article: "John S.[sic] Happel, Slayer of Wife, Taken to Prison," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1935: A3. Photograph depicts John Happel on his way to San Quentin prison to serve a life sentence. Deputy Sheriff Crowley is situating Happel's handcuffs. John H. Happel was arrested for the murder of his wife, Rose Marie Happel. The case received attention due to Happel hiding his wife's body in a trunk. He eventually confessed to the murder. Handwritten on negative: John H. Happel + Dep. Sher. Crowley 2-22-35 Text on negative sleeve: Happel, John H. Murder Case
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5141 ark:/21198/zz002cv3wr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Happel, John H., b. 1879
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