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Title: Lorraine Walsh questioned by Police Captain Bert Wallis, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 31, 1935
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Lorraine Walsh, left, holds her head in her hand while being questioned by Captain Bert Wallis, right. A photographer in the background captures the scene.
Guests of George H. Ennis's dinner party appeared at the police station when Joe Walsh was suddenly shot. His wife Lorraine Walsh was apprehended on suspicion of attempted murder.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Bride Held in Shooting of Husband at Party," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep 1935: 3.
Handwritten on negative: Lorraine Walsh & Capt. Bert Wallis 8-31-35
Text from negative sleeve: 1932 -- Lorraine Walsh & Capt Bert Wallis Walsh Shooting 8-31-35 [stamped:] SEP 4- 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8253
ark:/21198/zz002dg3fh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles
Police stations--California--Los Angeles
Walsh, Lorraine
Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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