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Attack victims F. C. Parsons and Jim Gallagher and his mother, Lura Gallagher, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Attack victims F. C. Parsons and Jim Gallagher and his mother, Lura Gallagher, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 4, 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.
The hermit described is Leroy Walsh, or "Tuan" as he is known by, which means Lord and Master. He denies being the assailant.
Mr. Gallagher sports a bandage wrapped around his head and leans forward in conversation between his mother and Mr. Parsons, who also has a bandage over one eye.
Photograph appears with the article, "Hermit of Hills Faces Court in Beating Case," Los Angeles Times, 03 Mar 1936: A1.
Text from newspaper caption: Complaining a hermit known as Tuan assaulted them when they parked their automobile near his residence, James Gallagher, center, and F. C. Parsons, right, yesterday obtained a complaint charging assault against Tuan. Gallagher's mother, Rev. Lura Gallagher, appeared with the two at the District Attorney's office.
Handwritten on negative: F. C Parsons Jim Gallagher Rev. Lura Gallagher
Text from negative sleeve: 3511 - F. C. Parsons Jim Gallagher Rev. Lura Gallagher Attacked by Hermit, Tuan [stamped:] Mar 4 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12506
ark:/21198/zz002hmhxk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Clergy--California--Los Angeles
Violence--California--Los Angeles
Hermits--California--Los Angeles
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Gallagher, Lura, (Reverend)
Gallagher, Jim
Parsons, F. C
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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