Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to "Assailant's Face Unseen," Los Angeles Times, 26 Jul 1935: 3. After four women were stabbed by a darning needle, James W. McKelvey, a former convict, was brought in as a suspect. None of the four women were able to positively identify him, but the police held on to him for further investigation. James W. McKelvey is walking into a room in a prison. Full length lockers are against the wall to his right. An unidentified police officer stands by the door, looking at him, and holding a set of keys and the back of a chair in his left hand. McKelvey wears a set of striped coveralls, marked with stains. Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1402. Jas. W. McKelvey, A.D.W. Suspect 7/25/35 [stamped:] Aug 1 [1935] Handwritten on negative: 110. Jas. W. McKelvey 7/25/35 Badge text: Policeman [illegible] Police 247
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7912 ark:/21198/zz002dfppw
Language
English
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Suspects (Criminal investigation)--California--Los Angeles Assault and battery Police--California--Los Angeles McKelvey, James W. (James William), 1904-
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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