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Michael O'Neil wrongfully arrested for looking like murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Michael O'Neil wrongfully arrested for looking like murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: 1927
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 likely related to the article, "Five Times He's Held as Girl Slayer," Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec 1927: 3.
Michael O'Neil was arrested five times by officers who believed him to be murderer William Edward Hickman.
O'Neil holds up a photograph of Hickman and flexes one arm. An officer stands behind him with his hands on O'Neil's shoulder.
Handwritten on negative: Michael O'Neil
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9491
ark:/21198/zz002dhk42
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles
O'Neil, Michael
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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