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. This photograph appeared in "Moriarty Suicide Theory Challenged : Son Revives Murder Idea," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr 1936: A1. Captain Bruce Clark, left, and John Moriarty sit on a sofa upholstered in damask fabric. A blanket is folded on the back of the sofa behind Moriarty. in the background, against the wall is an upright piano. Clark leans forward, holding some papers that he is looking over. Moriarty is laying back on the sofa, hands folded in his lap. Both men wear three piece suits. Moriarty has a watch chain over his vest. Text on negative: Capt Bruce Clark, John Moriarty 7/16/36 Text from negative sleeve: 4922 May 1, 1936 Capt Bruce Clark John Moriarty Moriarty Notes (w/glasses - son of deceased Dr. W.D. Moriarty usc econ prof.) Moriarty Bomb case 4/16/36 Text from newspaper caption: John Moriarty, 30 years of age, son of Dr. and Mrs. William Moriarty, who were killed in a bomb explosion, pictured yesterday with Capt. Clark of West Los Angeles police, left, as he contends his father and mother were murdered in blast. Letters left by dead man aided little in solving mystery.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14116 ark:/21198/zz002j7n9p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pianos Sofas Police--California--Los Angeles Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Clark, Bruce (Bruce Frank), 1895-1975 Moriarty, John (John Singleton), 1907-1998 Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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