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Order Number	00106665
Title	Darby Day with parents
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 272
Date	Circa 1926
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	Darby Day Jr. and Bernice Lundstrom were from Chicago. He was the son of the wealthy head of the Life Insurance Underwriter's Association and she was a 21 year-old divorcee looking for another husband. They met in 1924, married and moved to Beverly Hills, California to escape the cold Chicago winters. Her family and his mother also moved to Beverly Hills. Lundstrom grew demanding and erratic in the marriage, insisting on a separate home for herself and threatening suicide. In February, 1925, Lundstrom threw nitric acid into Day's face at his home. The acid permanently damaged his face and he lost vision in one eye. Lundstrom was later arrested and stood trial. Defense experts claimed she had the mind of a ten-year-old, but when the jury saw the gruesome photos of Day's injuries, she was convicted and sentenced to 1 to 14 years. Her appeal was denied and she was sent to San Quentin Prison in Northern California in August, 1926. Day divorced her in December, 1926. Shocking those who knew him, Day made a plea to the Gorvernor to pardon Lundstrom, but he was denied. She served 14 months and was out by the end of 1927. Day died in Santa Monica, California on February 4, 1928 during surgery to remove an abdominal abcess.
Description	Photograph used for an article dated October 28, 1932; the caption reads "'Climaxing a trail of tragedy, the elder Darby Day, Los Angeles millionaire, is under conviction for mail fraud in Missouri and faces a prison term himself. The acid throwing occurred when the girl said she was made desperate by the 'attitude' of her mother-in-law. In 1927, the year his bride was freed from prison, young day was sued for lost love by an actress. In 1928 he died suddenly while under an anesthetic. The Days and their son, his face acid-scarred, are pictured above."
Subject	Day, Darby,--Jr.--Family. Day, Bernice Lundstrom--Trials, litigation, etc. Families--California--Los Angeles. Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles. Crime--California--Los Angeles. Men--California--Los Angeles. Women--California--Los Angeles. Portrait photographs Group portraits 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