Rex Cole recounts fatal shooting of officer in Hollywood building, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Rex Cole recounts fatal shooting of officer in Hollywood building, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: February 17, 1936
Date: 1936-02-17
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph is likely related to the article, Policeman Shot Dead," Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb 1936: 2.
A man is seated in the corner with his collar and hat concealing his face, a reenactment of what Rex Cole, vice-president of the Equitable Investment Corporation, witnessed before Officers Pritchett and Reed were shot by Adam Weil, Mrs. Doris Weil's ex-husband. Doris Weil worked at the office at the time.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Scene of Shooting - Office of Rex Cole -2/17/36
Text from negative sleeve: 3744 Feb 21, 1936 Rex Cole -office scene -Weil case

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12809
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmwcm
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