John True, state witness at the Monahan murder trial, with an attorney, Los Angeles, 1953

Title: John True, state witness at the Monahan murder trial, with an attorney, Los Angeles, 1953
Date Created: 1953
Date: 1953
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Barbara Graham, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins were convicted of the murder of Mabel Monahan in 1953, during a robbery attempt in her home, and were executed two years later. John True and Baxter Shorter participated in the robbery. Shorter confessed when arrested for another charge, and was kidnapped and murdered by Perkins and Santo. During the trial, John True was a state witness in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
John True (left) seated beside an attorney during the Mabel Monahan murder trial.

Names: True, John
Monahan, Mabel, 1888-1953
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: C1429_b173_80492-3_single frame
ARK: ark:/21198/zz00256707
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