Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Officer Roy J. Allen, and Officer Fred A. Browne stand in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Officer Roy J. Allen, and Officer Fred A. Browne stand in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Date Created

February 1938

Date

1938-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Kynette can be seen wearing a tie with dots. Officer Allen stands next to Kynette with his hand on his face. Officer Browne can be seen in the background standing behind both Allen and Kynette. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: Kynette, Earl E., Allen, Roy J., Browne, F.A.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Allen, Roy J., 1903-1942
Browne, Fred
Kynette, Earle E.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Police--California--Los Angeles