Five men in military uniforms, one woman in dark dress holding book, all standing, outdoors with building in background Possibly related to the article, "Mad Pirate Terror Reign on Yacht Told, Harrowed Survivors Recount Killing of Faulding and Morgan," Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1938. The articla states: "Mutinous murder and a piratical five-day reign of terror on the high seas aboard the blood-soaked pleasure schooner Aafje were disclosed by harrowed survivors … stories of the death of Dwight L. Faulding, Santa Barbara hotel man and owner of the craft, shot by Jack Morgan, crazed houseboy and seaman. Morgan was later clubbed to death by two deckhands and his body thrown to the sharks … formal murder charges were filed against Robert Horne and George Spernak, young deckhands … These charges, authories unofficially admitted, are intended as a legal formality..." Photograph of print Man at left or 2nd from right possibly 1937 murder victim Dwight Faulding Handwritten at edge of print: World's Fair 1934 / Elsie Text from negative sleeve: 10253 - Dwight L Faulding [Stamped:] Jan 13 1938
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Events Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago Government Faulding, Dwight, 1888-1937 Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
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