Frank F. Smith in court for fatal bank robbery, El Monte, 1936

Description: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank Bandit Fight Told," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: A8.
Frank F. Smith refuses to testify in the case charging him with the robbery of the El Monte bank that killed his two accomplices and blew off the finger of Officer Joseph Fritsch, but he is acting as his own attorney in questioning witnesses.
Frank F. Smith, standing in the center, appears in court regarding the robbery of Southern County Bank in El Monte.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3532 - Frank F. Smith Joseph Fritsch F. J. Mountain Bank Bandit 2-4-36 2/8/36
Handwritten on negative: Frank F Smith 2-4-36

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Smith, Frank Forrest, 1891-1970
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Robberies--California--El Monte

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12566
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmm02
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