Cab driver shot in West Los Angeles, 1952

16 images. Cab driver shot in West Los Angeles, 5 June 1952. Robert Merritt (Officer Sergeant); Oliver Weathers (cab driver, victim, who died of shot wound); Nicholis Janise (Officer); H.M. Tinling (nurse); Mrs. Edith Weathers (wife of victim); James McDade (Yellow Cab Supervisor); Jack Fuller (Police Officer) (off duty); Jesse Burton (sister of Mrs. Weathers); Patty Weathers (daughter of victim); D.F. Mortell (dusting for fingerprints in cab that was abandoned on 11th Street between Hill Street & Olive Street); Lieutenant George Stoner.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Sandusky. Date: 1952-06-05. Assignment: Cab driver shot to death. D42: Left to right: Nurse H.M. Tinling assists Mrs. Edith Weathers and daughter Patty Weathers from room at Santa Monica where Mrs. Weathers collapsed after being informed that husband had died before she arrived. Behind Patty in doorway is Jesse Burton (either sister or sister-in-law to Mrs. Weathers) and Police officer Jack Fuller. D5: In cab leaving hospital, left to right: Jesse Burton; Mrs. Edith Weathers; Patty Weathers; Cab supervisor James McDade. D39: Left to right: Nurse H.M. Tinling; Mrs. Edith Weathers; Yellow Cab Supervisor James McDade. Mrs. Weathers has just been told her husband died while en route to hospital. D40: Police Officer (off-duty) Jack Fuller and Jesse Burton at Santa Monica Hospital. D41: Police Officer (off-duty) Jack Fuller and Patty Weathers, daughter of slain cab driver. Fuller is taking girl into room where mother, hysterical, has already been told Weathers died. 2 shots: Sergeant Robert Merritt and victim and ambulance men. 1 shot of Sergeant Robert Merritt and victim. Victim is Oliver Weathers, at scene of shooting".; Other caption slip reads: :Photographer: Glickman. Date: 1952-06-05. Assignment: Cab found, one used in murder, 11th Street between Hill Street & Olive Street. Assorted shots of cab and surrounding area; Man doing fingerprinting is D.F. Mortell, alongside of him in several pictures; tall man wearing hat is Lieutenant George Stoner. Miscellaneous shots of Mortell dusting for prints in cab. Bullet in hand -- bullet found in cab. G15: Sergeant Merritt looks over body as ambulance men work over victim. G14: Lieutenant Nicholis Janise counts change found at scene, cabbies hat in foreground".