Donald Armstrong, Helen Werner, and Joseph Lewinson in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Donald Armstrong, Helen Werner, and Joseph Lewinson in court, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

February 27, 1935

Date

1935-02-27

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Italo Petroleum Corporation was originally charged with trying to defraud investors, saddle them with heavy losses over the failed purchase of another oil company. The fraud was allegedly conducted through letters mailed to the investors, hence the charge of mail fraud. Justice Gavin Craig, former political figure Helen Werner, and political lobbyist Joseph Weinblatt were all tried for attempting to bribe the U.S. Attorney General on behalf of the Italo Petroleum Corp.
Helen Werner, with her arm in a sling, walks through the hall of the Federal Building with her attorneys Donald Armstrong, left, and Joseph Lewinson, right.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Craig Denies Alto Plot," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1935: 2.
Court proceedings were interrupted on the day that Joseph Weinblatt and Gavin Craig gave their testimonies when Mrs. Werner fell down the stairs of the Federal Building, breaking her wrist. After Mrs. Werner returned from the hospital she was scheduled to take the stand.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Werner, Erwin P. + Helen no contact prints made
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Donald Armstrong Mrs Helen Werner Joe Lewinson 2/27/35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Werner, Helen W., 1887-1947
Armstrong, Donald, 1898-1975
Lewinson, Joseph L., 1884-1977

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

City council members--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles