Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Ed Godfrey stands beside a window in a crowded courtroom, wearing a white shirt and with one hand on his hip, 35-year-old William Focher was mistakenly shot by police, believed to have held up the Olympic Auditorium. Ed Godfrey, a relative of Focher's, believed Lou Daro was involved in the murder due to a debt he owed Focher's brother. This photograph is likely related to the article, "Killing Held Justifiable," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jul 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 1217-- Ed Godfrey Mistake Killing [stamped:] JUL 22 1935 Handwritten on negative: Ed Godfrey (standing)
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7554 ark:/21198/zz002df8bx
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No linguistic content
Subject
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Police shootings--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Godfrey, Edward C., 1881-1960
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