Roger Otis demonstrates a recording device at the trial of Jack Santo, Emmett Perkins, and Barbara Graham, Los Angeles, 1953

Item Overview

Title

Roger Otis demonstrates a recording device at the trial of Jack Santo, Emmett Perkins, and Barbara Graham, Los Angeles, 1953

Date Created

August 31, 1953

Date

1953-08-31

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

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.
Photo appears with the article "Murder case alibi recording played," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 1953: 2.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: DEMONSTRATION --- Roger Otis, left, police sound technician, shows how miniature wire recorder was used by undercover officer in jail talks with Mrs. Barbara Graham, a defendant in the Monahan murder trial. The others around the table are defendants and their attorneys from let, Atty. S. Ward Sullivan, Defendants John A. Santo, Emmett Perkins, Mrs. Graham, and Attys. Jack Hardy, Benjamin Wolfe.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w negative

Keywords

Genre

still image
black-and-white photographs

Names

Otis, Roger
Hardy, Jack, 1904-1955
Wolfe, Benjamin, 1912-1956
Santo, Jack, 1900-1955
Graham, Barbara, 1923-1955
Monahan, Mabel, 1888-1953
Sullivan, S. Ward
Perkins, Emmett, 1908-1955

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles