Subject: Threats / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Crime - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: An extortion letter received by retired chiropractor Dr. A.M. Foote threatening members of his family and demanding immediate payment. Several other celebrities were targeted as well, such as actress Anna May Wong and producer David O. Selznick.
Date:: [circa March 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: An extortion letter received by actress Anna May Wong threatening members of her family and demanding immediate payment. Several other celebrities were targeted as well, such as Dr. A.M. Foote and producer David O. Selznick.
Date:: [circa March 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A threatening letter sent to District Attorney Buron Fitts before he was shot while driving by a mystery assailant. It reads, "Keep your eyes on the road to liberty." Buron Fitts regularly received such threats, and all these letters were studied extensively after the assassination attempt.
Date:: [circa March 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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