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Alleged assailant with 11-year-old Georjean Richards and 10-year-old Fred Taylor, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Alleged assailant with 11-year-old Georjean Richards and 10-year-old Fred Taylor, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 14, 1936
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Hermit of Hills Faces Court in Beating Case," Los Angeles Times, 03 Mar 1936: A1.
The hermit is Leroy Walsh, or "Tuan" as he is known by, which means Lord and Master. He denies being the assailant of Mr. Parsons and Mr. Gallagher.
Walsh sits on a staircase with his arms wrapped around two children, whose relation to the man are not established.
Text from negative sleeve: 3511 - Georjean Richards - 11 Leroy Walsh (Tuan, hermit) Fred Taylor - 10 Dist. Peace 4/6/36 [stamped:] Apr 14 1936
Handwritten on negative: 144 Georjean Richards - 11 Leroy Walsh Fred Taylor - 10 4/6/36
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12505
ark:/21198/zz002hmhw2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Violence--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Hermits--California--Los Angeles
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Walsh, Leroy
Taylor, Fred, b. 1926 or 27
Richards, Georjean, b. 1925 or 26
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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