Deputy Sheriff J.J. Stearns and jailer Clem Peoples examining a handcuff key that was made out of a spoon and woodfiber by bank robber Joseph Paul Cretzer. The key was found in Cretzer's mouth by Stearns and Deputy Sheriff Jack Gappel when they were escorting Cretzer to the United States Marshal's office to see his wife.
(left to right) Police captain Clement Peoples, Sam Williams, and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz tasting something with a large spoon at the Los Angeles County Jail.
George Rochester grasps the bars of a cell with a cigar between his lips. Clem Peoples stands on the other side of the bars and holds out a large key to Rochester.
Photograph appears with the article "BURIED BASTILLE DOORS OPENED AGAIN: Office Alterations Expose Barriers Used Fifty Years Ago," Los Angeles Times, 04 Dec. 1929: A11.
Los Angeles County Jailer Clem Peoples with child dancer Joyce Horne prepare for the annual Elks Temple Old Clothes and Canned Food Benefit. Peoples was chairman of the entertainment committee and Horne a scheduled performer.
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.
Former district attorney, Asa Keyes (center), convicted of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation, gets ready to leave the jail for prison. He bids farewell to the jailer, Clem Peoples (left) and is about to leave with Sheriff Frank Cochran, who will escort him to San Quentin prison. Reported in "KEYES LEAVES FOR PRISON, FAMILY PARTING TEARFUL: Ex-Prosecutor Denies Fear That Convicts Will Show Malice; Fight May Still Continue," Nathan, Albert F., Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar 1930: A1.
Former district attorney, Asa Keyes (center), convicted of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation, gets ready to leave the jail for prison. He bids farewell to the jailer, Clem Peoples (left) and is about to leave with Sheriff Frank Cochran, who will escort him to San Quentin prison. Reported in "KEYES LEAVES FOR PRISON, FAMILY PARTING TEARFUL: Ex-Prosecutor Denies Fear That Convicts Will Show Malice; Fight May Still Continue," Nathan, Albert F., Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar 1930: A1.
Clem Peoples and Eugene Biscailuz, in suits and ties, Peoples holding paper, standing opposite about 11 men in jail work clothes standing in a long row, in long corridor of cells
Eugene Biscailuz, holding paper, and Clem Peoples, speaking on telephone, both in suits and ties, standing at counter with drawers, with about 16 men gathered around them, with wire walls and door marked COURT in background, pipes and alarm light on ceiling
Los Angeles County Jailer Clem Peoples (left) and county jail inmate Fred Beaty, former Los Angeles County Supervisor. Beaty was in jail on a misdemeanor that he confessed to so he could receive medical care for his rheumatoid arthritis.