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.