Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 35-year-old William Focher was mistakenly shot by police, believed to have held up the Olympic Auditorium. Lou Daro sits on the witness stand wearing a white suit and a black tie. He gestures with his index finger, watched by the jury and sitting beside the judge and in front of another unidentified man. Photograph appears with the article, "Killing Held Justifiable," Los Angeles Times, 16 July 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: 1217 - Lou Daro Mistake killing [stamped:] Jul 22 1935 Handwritten on negative: Lou Daro on stand Text from newspaper caption: Lou Daro, wrestling promoter, at left, testifying yesterday before Coroner's jury as to altercation with William Focher, who subsequently was slain when fleeing police, who mistakenly believed Focher had held up the Olympic Auditorium. The slaying was held justifiable but very unfortunate.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_7556 ark:/21198/zz002df8dz
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No linguistic content
Subject
Witness--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Juries--California--Los Angeles Daro, Lou, b. 1884 or 85
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