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Description:: Betty Carroll seated in a chair with her legs crossed. One hand is in her lap and the other is near her shoulder. Betty was She was Harry Thomas' partner, who was a criminal that was shot to death by police in 1927. Photo appears with the article, "Six Accused in Green Murder: "Mile Away" Thomas Named in One of Complaints Police Seek Others Also as Result of Killing Possible Blood Stains Found on Rifle Analyzed," Los Angeles Times, 06 Feb. 1927: 5.
Date:: February 5, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Betty Carroll wearing a fur coat looking down and holding a handkerchief to her nose. She was Harry Thomas' partner, who was a criminal that was shot to death by police in 1927. Photo appears with the article, "Girl Reveals Thomas Plan: "Mile-Away" on Liquor Hunt at Time of Death Dispels Rumors Hijacker "Framed" by Police Three Other Men Hunted as Gangster's Partners," Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 1927: A2.
Date:: April 22, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to "Death Party Recounted by Sailor," Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr 1935: 1.
Date:: April 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Seema Matlin is posing next to a window with wired glass. She is wearing a checked dress with a belt and a cardigan. Her right arm is raised and her hand grasps a window bar. Her left arm is bent and her hand rests on her waist. She is smiling at the camera.
Date:: September 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: James Fagan Culver denies shooting 44-year-old Ethel E. Whittaker in an attempted hotel robbery. He was obtained by police in a building next door to Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker's hotel at 624 South Alvarado Street with three bullet wounds.
Date:: March 18, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe district attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately indicted in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:: [between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob Berman (alias Jack Bennett) was charged with participation in a plot to bribe district attorney Asa Keyes to dismiss charges against himself and colleagues for his role in the over-issue of Julian Oil Corporation stock in 1927. He was also separately indicted in cases of embezzlement and forgery; the latter trial took place between 1928-1930. In those later trials, Berman testified for the State against Julian Petroleum.
Date:: [between 1928-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Smith Group Surrenders," Los Angeles Times, 03 Mar 1936: A2.
Date:: March 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: George and Albert sit in two separate chairs, each of them handcuffed by one wrist to the arm of their respective chairs. A group of men stand behind them, their faces cut off by the top of the frame.
Date:: February 18, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Monroe Butler is seated in a chair by the door. He is photographed from above the waist.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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