At left, Willard James Turntine wears prison garb as he is escorted through the jail. He walks away from camera, but turns his head towards camera. Beside him at right, guard Floyd Mellor stands on the near side of the barred jail door as he escorts Turntine back to the jail. Turntine was in custody as a witness and for allegedly abetting Harry Thompson in selling U. S. Navy secrets to foreign powers.
Turntine has been arrested and brought to the Los Angeles County Jail in relation to Harry Thompson. The two threatened to reveal secrets in relation to the United States Navy.
Turntine has been arrested and brought to the Los Angeles County Jail in relation to Harry Thompson. The two threatened to reveal secrets in relation to the United States Navy.
Turntine has been arrested and brought to the Los Angeles County Jail in relation to Harry Thompson. The two threatened to reveal secrets in relation to the United States Navy.
Turntine looks at something out of the camera's line of vision. March 1936's calendar is visible on the wall behind him while he is watched by others from behind the bars of a jail door.
