Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Man in suit and cap standing outside driver's door of car, with Thurman Boatwright and Mrs. Thurman Boatwright seated inside, hands raised A similar photograph appears with the article, “Death Feud is Charged, Dice Game in Texas Said to Have Led to Tragedy As Enemies Meet for Motor Ride,” Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1923: II1, with caption: Thurman Boatwright and His Wife Demonstrating How They Were Seated at Time of Murder. The article states: … On the night of the 19th inst. … Boatwright is said to have turned on the man who had beaten him and shot him. Beasley died … During the inquest Boatwright told the authorities that Beasley was shot by a bandit … standing on the left side of the machine … The nature of the wound and its position, it is pointed out, make this a physical impossibility … At lower left corner of negative: 3
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1066 1066 ark:/21198/zz002dbfw8
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles County Boatwright, Thurman, Mrs Boatwright, Thurman
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