Deputy Sheriff J. J. Stearns and jailer Clem Peoples examining a handcuff key that was made out a spoon by bank robber Joseph Paul Cretzer, Los Angeles, 1940

Title: Deputy Sheriff J. J. Stearns and jailer Clem Peoples examining a handcuff key that was made out a spoon by bank robber Joseph Paul Cretzer, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created: February 8, 1940
Date: 1940-02-08
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Deputy Sheriff J.J. Stearns and jailer Clem Peoples examining a handcuff key that was made out of a spoon and woodfiber by bank robber Joseph Paul Cretzer. The key was found in Cretzer's mouth by Stearns and Deputy Sheriff Jack Gappel when they were escorting Cretzer to the United States Marshal's office to see his wife.
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [J.J. Stearns (top)Clem Peoples]
Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - Stearns, J. J. - dep. sheriff; Peoples, Clem

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