Jailer Clem Peoples, prisoner Asa Keyes and Sheriff Frank Cochran at the county jail, Los Angeles, 1930

Item Overview

Title

Jailer Clem Peoples, prisoner Asa Keyes and Sheriff Frank Cochran at the county jail, Los Angeles, 1930

Date Created

March 11, 1930

Date

1930-03-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Former district attorney, Asa Keyes (center), convicted of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation, gets ready to leave the jail for prison. He bids farewell to the jailer, Clem Peoples (left) and is about to leave with Sheriff Frank Cochran, who will escort him to San Quentin prison. Reported in "KEYES LEAVES FOR PRISON, FAMILY PARTING TEARFUL: Ex-Prosecutor Denies Fear That Convicts Will Show Malice; Fight May Still Continue," Nathan, Albert F., Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar 1930: A1.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Frank Cochran, Asa Keyes, Clem Peoples
Text from negative sleeve: Keyes, Asa.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967
Keyes, Asa, 1877-1934
Cochran, Frank P. (Frank Peter), 1863-1949

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles