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Murder suspect Samuel Whittaker and Dep. Sheriff J. A. Dixon, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Murder suspect Samuel Whittaker and Dep. Sheriff J. A. Dixon, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 24, 1936
1936-03-24
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Samuel Whittaker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife, paying transient James Fagan Culver to shoot her at the hotel the Whittakers were staying at during a fake hold-up
Whittaker (left) stands beside Deputy Sheriff Jasper A. Dixon (right) outside the Grand Jury room.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Killing Case to Link Two," Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar 1936: A2.
4412--- Samuel Whittaker Dep Sher. J. A. Dixon Thad Brown James Culver Whittaker Grand Jury 3/24/36 [stamped:] MAR 26 1936
Handwritten on negative: L2R Samuel Whittaker Dep. Sher. J. A. Dixon 3/24/36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13585
ark:/21198/zz002hnt50
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Dixon, Jasper A
Whittaker, Samuel T., 1876-1937
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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