Caption for this photo in the Journal-Post, March 6, 1931, reads: "Here it is, Jim--the picture you forbade George Cauthen, Journal-Post photographer, to publish under penalty of knocking his head off. The photograph was taken by Cauthen last night in the criminal court room before he was slapped by former Senator Reed. Reed is shown with his back to the camera, talking to J. Francis O'Sullivan, another defense attorney, and Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Reed, just after the picture was taken, berated and cursed Cauthen. 'I want you to understand,' he told the photographer, 'that if this picture is published, I'll knock your---head off.' He then struck Cauthen in the face" (page 26).
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