Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Spade Cooley, popular Western-style bandleader and real estate developer, is escorted to Kern county jail to await arraignment on suspicion of murdering his wife, Ella May, Monday night."
[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0289] · Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
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Source context
"Bound For Jail", Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 04-05-61
Subjects recorded by the archive
Business, Economics and Finance - Journalism; Cooley, Spade; Western Swing Band Leader; Daily Oklahoman photographs; COOLEY, SPADE / WESTERN SWING BAND LEADER
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