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John Moore speaking with Lou Daro after the death of William Focher, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: John Moore speaking with Lou Daro after the death of William Focher, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 1935
1935-07
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Shortly after an altercation with wrestling promoter Lou Daro 35-year-old William Focher was shot by police officers after they had confused him for a bandit. After several hours of being treated at the hospital he died. Moore was in company of Focher at the time of the shooting and was held in jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Photograph appears with the article, "Error Death to be Aired," Los Angeles Times, 12 July 1935: A1.
Daro and Moore stand facing each other while several unidentified men watch them converse.
Handwritten on negative: Lou Daro John G. Moore
Text from newspaper caption: John S. Moore, left, companion of William Focher, talking with Lou Daro after Focher was shot down following an argument with Daro. Officers are in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: 1147 - John G. Moore Lou Daro shooting of Focher 9/11/35 [stamped:] Jul 17 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7453
ark:/21198/zz002df4vr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police shootings--California--Los Angeles
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Moore, John, b. 1910 or 11
Daro, Lou, b. 1884 or 85
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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