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Title: Philip Pearl tried for murder of William E. Simpson, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 3, 1935
1935-10-03
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.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Death Listed as Homicide," Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct 1935: A3.
Philip Pearl was put on trial for the murder of William E. Simpson, his landlord, who died during a heated argument with Pearl. After being struck by Pearl, Simpson hit the pavement and died from a skull fracture.
Philip Pearl sits in a courtroom with his nephew Carl in his lap and a newspaper in one hand.
Philip Shereshewfsky is referred to with the surname of "Pearl" in early newspaper articles relating to the trial. His first name is spelled alternately as "Philip" or "Phillip" in various articles. His family possibly used both last names interchangeably.
Text from negative sleeve: Philip Pearl (Defendant) Carl Morsch - 3 yrs. Simpson Inquest [stamped:] OCT 18, 1935
Handwritten on negative: Philip Pearl holding Carl Morsch - 3 yrs 10-3-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8868
ark:/21198/zz002dgtnr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Morsch, Carl, b. 1932
Shereshewfsky, Phillip, b. ca. 1918
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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