Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.'s Santa Monica hideout, 1936

Description: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Robinson's Pose Told," Los Angeles Times, 15 May 1936: 13
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr. and his wife kidnapped Alice Speed-Stoll, wife of oil compnay executive Berry V. Stoll, in Louisville, Kentucky and held in Indianapolis for a $50,000 ransom. The Robinsons allegedly spent a brief few months in Santa Monica, California. Mrs. Robinson was apprehended by FBI when she retrieved ransom money. Thomas Robinson, Jr. was arrested in 1936 in Glendale, California.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Thos H Robinsons home in Santa Monica 5/13/36
Text from negative sleeve: 5251 -- (kidnapper) Thos H. Robinsons Jr Santa Monica Hideout (Glendale?) (society) Alice Stoll Kidnapping in Louisville 5/13/1936 [stamped:] MAY 17 1936

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