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Title: Confessed murderer John H. Happel testifying in court, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: February 14, 1935
1935-02-14
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.
Confessed murderer John H. Happel holding up his hands as he testifies in court
Photograph corresponds to the article: "Mute Death Case Evidence," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 1935: A3.
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
Text on negative sleeve: Happel, John H. Murder Case.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5145
ark:/21198/zz002cv419
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Happel, John H., b. 1879
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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