Meyer Golas demonstrates his lock picking skills to Captain Clem Peoples and deputy sheriff William J. Bright, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Meyer Golas demonstrates his lock picking skills to Captain Clem Peoples and deputy sheriff William J. Bright, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

January 1936

Date

1936-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Golas holds a wooden block between the door and the frame, Captain Peoples standing behind him and pointing at the lock, with Bright standing behind Peoples and watching.
Meyer Golas, convicted several days ago of burglary, admitted stealing a revolver from a court bailiff's locker during his trial. This has caused Sheriff Biscailuz to order an investigation into the handling of prisoners in the Superior Court rooms. Golas was able to steal the revolver after he used a wooden wedge and a slender wood-screw to pick a lock on the prisoners' room door.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Finding Of Revolver Frustrates Jail Break," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1936: 3.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L2R Meyer Golas Clem Peoples Capt Bill Bright 1-29-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3478 - Meyer Golas - while waiting transfer, broke into jury room + stole concealed gun Clem Clem Peoples Capt Bill Bright Jail Escape 1-29-36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967
Golas, Meyer, 1905-1938
Bright, William John, 1884-1943

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Uniforms
Law enforcement--California--Los Angeles