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Accused murderer Frances Mabel Willys with attorneys Torrance C. Welch and Paul Palmer, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Accused murderer Frances Mabel Willys with attorneys Torrance C. Welch and Paul Palmer, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 11, 1935
1935-12-11
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.
Frances M. Willys, common-law wife of Dr. Walter Hammond, has been convicted in his murder. Ms. Willys' claims that she drunkenly acted in self defense by beating him with the hammer. Her attorney Welch took the witness stand to testify on her behalf.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Charge Laid In Killing," Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec 1935: A3.
Welch leans over Willys and her second attorney, who holds a handkerchief over her mouth as Palmer holds a book open for her.
Text from negative sleeve: 4056 - 12/22/35 Attorney Torrance C. Welch (atty) Attorney Paul Palmer (atty) Frances M. Willys (accused of murdering dentist w/hammer) Murder 12/19/35
Handwritten on negative: 122 122 Torrance C. Welch (standing) Paul Palmer Frances M. Willys 12/19/35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13065
ark:/21198/zz002hn66t
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Desks
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Crying
Books
Bookcases--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Welch, Torrance C
Willys, Frances Mabel, b. 1897
Palmer, Paul
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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