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Title: Confession of Frank Edwards addressed to the Hon. Ruben Schmidt, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 9, 1935
1935-12-09
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Related to the article, "DEATH SHOT CONFESSED: Torn Note Tells Officer Slaying Auto Theft Suspect's Story of Bay City Death Pieced Together by Deputies," Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 1935: A3
Photographed image of a taped together, handwritten letter from Frank Edwards (in Los Angeles County Jail, Tank Hold) to the Honorable Ruben Schmidt. In the letter dated December 8, 1935, Edwards confesses to killing a police officer in San Francisco.
Handwritten on negative: Confession of Frank Edwards 12-9-35
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 4002 -- [stamped:] DEC 11 1935 [end stamped] Confession of Frank Edwards 12-9-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13015
ark:/21198/zz002hn4g0
Subject: Homicides--California--San Francisco
Confessions
Edwards, Frank Lee
Schmidt, Ruben Stephen, 1881-1947
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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