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Order Number	00106251
Title	Dorothy Lamour and husband testify in Kay Williams beating case
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 5997
Date	1953
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Description	Photograph caption dated September 8, 1953 reads "Actress Dorothy Lamour and her husband, William Howard, both of whom came to actress Kay Willamss' aid after the alleged beating, arrive at the hearing. Miss Lamour had said previously that Miss Williams was 'in bad shape' after the incident." The caption refers to testimony in a preliminary hearing at a Costa Mesa courtroom against Adolph Spreckels II, heir to the Spreckels sugar fortune. Spreckels had been accused of beating his ex-wife, Kay Williams with her own shoe. Lamour was a close friend of Williams and had been the one to take Williams to the hospital. Spreckels was later found guilty of the beating and served a term of 30 days.
Subject	Lamour, Dorothy,--1914-1996. Lamour, Dorothy,--1914-1996--Trials, litigation, etc. Gable, Kathleen--Trials, litigation, etc. Witnesses--California--Costa Mesa. Courthouses--California--Costa Mesa. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States. Couples--California--Costa Mesa. Costa Mesa (Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection