Attorney Olin Wellborn III waiting to testify before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, Los Angeles, 1933

Title: Attorney Olin Wellborn III waiting to testify before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created: May 3, 1933
Date: 1933-05-03
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Attorney Olin Wellborn III, seated on a bench in a hallway, waiting to testify before the Grand Jury about an investigation into allegations of bribery in the Los Angeles City Attorney election.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Election Plot Charge Shifted; Otto, Kely Figure in Repeated Bribe Deal, Summoned; Chesebro, Haight and Kemp Also Called by Jury; Fitts Traces Asserted Steps Taken Against Werner." 4 May, 1933: A1.
Wellborn worked on the successful campaign of Raymond L. Chesebro. The allegations were that members of the Chesebro campaign had attempted to bribe a member of the Grand Jury into filing charges against City Attorney Erwin Werner while he was running for office. Three men were indicted by the Grand Jury but Wellborn was not one of them.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Wellborne [sic], Olin III, 1933
Handwritten on negative: Olin Wellborne [sic] III

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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