Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Ray Radke was the secretary of Charles H. Crawford, politician. Crawford and Herbert F. Spencer, a magazine executive, were murdered May 20, 1931. Radke was a witness. David H. Clark was charged with the double homicide. He was found not guilty. Ray Radke sits in the witness box, hands folded across waist. He wears a light-colored suit and a darker tie with light polka dots. He is looking at straight into the camera. A similar photograph appears in "More Stories of Crime Recounted," Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug 1931: A1. Text on negative sleeve: Radke, Ray. Murder case, 1931 Handwritten on negative: Ray Radke
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7289 ark:/21198/zz002cxnzd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Secretaries--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Radke, Ray, (Ray J.)
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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