Newly elected city attorney Raymond Chesebro with two attorneys who worked on his campaign, Los Angeles, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Newly elected city attorney Raymond Chesebro with two attorneys who worked on his campaign, 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

Notes

Description

Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Election Plot Charge Shifted; Otto, Kely Figure in Repated [sic] Bribe Deal, Summoned; Chesebro, Haight and Kemp Also Called by Jury; Fitts Traces Asserted Steps Taken Against Werner." 4 May, 1933: A1.
On the right, Raymond L. Haight, chairman of the election campaign for newly elected Los Angeles City Attorney Raymond L. Chesebro, stands with Chesebro, center, and attorney Olin Wellborn III, left, at the Los Angeles Grand Jury. The three men were called to testify before the Grand Jury about allegations that they were involved in a plot to bribe a Grand Jury member into filling false charges against recently ousted City Attorney Erwin P. Werner during the election for city attorney. The charges were never filed. Werner lost the election to Chesebro. Neither Chesebro nor Willborn were indicted as a result of the investigation. Haight was indicted on charges of bribery but a judge later dismissed the charges against him for lack of evidence. Chesebro went on to serve five terms as city attorney.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: R. Haight, Ray Chesebro, Olin Wellborne [sic] III
Text from negative sleeve: Wellborne [sic], Olin III, 1933

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Haight, Raymond L., 1897-1947
Wellborn III, Olin, 1896-1965
Chesebro, Raymond L., 1880-1954

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles