Chinese civic leaders Peter Soohoo and Dr. S.J. Lin reassure Captain of Detectives Bert Wallis that gang warfare will not escalate in the Los Angeles Chinese community. From left to right, Dr. Lin, Bert Wallis, and Peter Soohoo.
Chinese civic leaders Peter Soohoo and Dr. S.J. Lin reassure Captain of Detectives Bert Wallis and Chief Joseph Taylor that gang warfare in the Chinese Los Angeles community will not escalate, despite recent skirmishes.
Reported with similar photographs in "Burglary Bribe Studied by Grand Jury: High Police Officials Called Before Body Investigating Long-Dormant Political Feud in Department High Police Summoned Before Grand Jury," Los Angeles Times, 25 May 1935: 1. Browse this issue
In the front row, from left to right, Jerry Lamoreaux and Cecil R. Russell sit slumped in chairs upon their arrest on suspicion of kidnapping. Both cross their arms in front of them and either close their eyes or cast them downward. Behind them, from left to right, Norris Stensland, Joe Taylor, Floyd C. Britton, Blayney Matthews and William Bright stand in a row behind them. All but Floyd C. Britton are police. Floyd C. Britton is also arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.
6 men in suits and ties, standing, smiling, some with arms on each other's shoulders, behind desk with blotter, probably in Judge Samuel R. Blake's office, with Judge Blake's certificate on wall at right and window with drawn blinds at left
Winnie Ruth Judd and Chief Detective Joseph Taylor face an officer on the opposite side of a counter during her arrest at a police station. Other men, including two policemen, are behind them.
Winnie Ruth Judd, murder suspect, gives herself up. Immediately to the right are defense council members Richard Cantillon (L) and Louis Russill (R). Chief Detective Joseph Taylor (center) wears a hat. Reported in "MRS. JUDD GIVES SELF UP; ADMITS SHE KILLED PAIR: Both Slain in Self-Defense, Says Woman Who Asserts "Sammie" Shot Her in Hand First," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1931: 1
Chief Detective Joseph Taylor (left) watches as Winnie Ruth Judd is arrested; she watches the officer on the other side of the counter as he writes. She is accompanied by her lawyers, Louis P. Russill (directly behind her) and Richard Cantillon (R). The room is filled with other men.
Group portrait of men gathered at the desk of on older man. Chief Detective Joe Taylor is among them, 3rd from left. This photograph is related to the investigation of the double murder committed by Winnie Ruth Judd.