This photograph appears with the article, “WOMAN AIDE AND BANDITS’ HEAD HUNTED: Gang Linked to Many Hold-ups Survivor in El Monte Gun Battle Reported to Have Confessed to Six,” Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 1936: 1.
Frank F. Smith is the only surviving bandit from the gang that tried to rob the Southern County Bank at Main and El Monte streets. Smith said to officers while in custody, "I don't care, I wouldn't go on relief, so here I am."