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. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank Bandit Fight Told," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: A8. Frank F. Smith refuses to testify in the case charging him with the robbery of the El Monte bank that killed his two accomplices and blew off the finger of Officer Joseph Fritsch, but he is acting as his own attorney in questioning witnesses. Dep. Coroner Monfort, left, questions Frank F. Smith, right. Handwritten on negative: 2/4/36 L2R Dep Coro Monfort Frank F Smith Text from negative sleeve: 3532 - Frank F. Smith Joseph Fritsch F. J. Mountain Bank Bandit 2-4-36 2/8/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12565 ark:/21198/zz002hmkz2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Coroners--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Robberies--California--El Monte Monfort, Frank, 1876-1966 Smith, Frank Forrest, 1891-1970
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