Defendant Phillip Shereshewfsky and sister Ida Morsch sit in courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Defendant Phillip Shereshewfsky and sister Ida Morsch sit in courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: October 21, 1935
Date: 1935-10-21
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Shereshewfsky was facing trial for the death of his and his sister's elderly landlord, William E. Simpson. An argument between the man and Shereshewfsky turned violent, when Simpson fell down and died from a skull fracture. Shereshewfsky is referred to with a surname of "Pearl" in early newspaper articles relating to the trial. Additionally his first name is spelled as "Philip" or "Phillip" in various articles. The family possibly used both last names interchangeably. As for Simpson, his birth year and age are suspect. His census and official records do not correspond to the age the articles cite.
Related to article, "Youth Faces Death Trial: Judge Declares Testimony Meager But Denies Plea to Release Newsboy." [Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1935]
Defendant Phillip Shereshewfsky sits in court next to his sister Ida Pearl Morsch, who holds onto his arm. A few men sit close-by, perhaps as part of their legal team. There are several men farther away sitting or standing on the defendant's side of the aisle, who are most likely part of the court audience.
Caption: Text from nitrate negative: 2600-- 10/29/30, L to R Philly Pearl (Defendant), Ida Morsch (sister), 10-21-35, murder trial
Handwritten on nitrate negative: L to R Philly Pearl, Ida Morsch, 10-21-35
Text from newspaper caption: Phillip Pearl, 17-year-old newsboy, held for trial on a murder charge, as he appeared in court yesterday with his sister, Ida Morsch.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Shereshewfsky, Phillip, b. ca. 1918
Simpson, William E., $d. ca. 1865-1935
Morsch, Ida, b. ca. 1914
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Trials (Manslaughter)--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9092
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh3cx
Manifest url

Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .