W. T. Kendrick, Jr., with clients Dominic De Ciolla, Vito Ardito, and Mike Pupillo during their trial for the murder of August Palombo, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

W. T. Kendrick, Jr., with clients Dominic De Ciolla, Vito Ardito, and Mike Pupillo during their trial for the murder of August Palombo, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

April, 1929

Date

1929-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Defense counsel, W. T. Kendrick, Jr. (left) with his three defendants, gangsters, Dominic De Ciollo, Vito Ardito, and Mike Pupillo (left to right) who were charged with the murder of August Palombo, a member of a rival bootleg gang. Photo appears with the article "Oakland Miss First American Woman Pilot to Receive Glider License," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1929: A8.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Three Asserted Chicago Gangsters With the Killing of August Palombo in an underworld feud went on trial yesterday here with special guards about the courtroom to prevent any gangland demonstration. Defense counsel, W. T. Kendrick, Jr., is pictures with the three defendants, Dominic De Ciolla, Vito Ardito and Mike Pupillo, left to right.
Text on negative: W. D. Kendrick, D. De Ciolla Vito Ardito M. Pupillo (back)
Text from negative sleeve: Pupillo, M. Murder Case.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Pupillo, Mike, 1898-1973
Ardito, Vito, 1897-1966
DiCiolla, Domenico, 1902-1931
Kendrick, W. T. (William Taylor), Jr., 1893-1935

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trials, litigation, etc.
Organized crime--California--Los Angeles
Prohibition--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles