Members of California law enforcement gather to begin the search for the kidnapped William F. Gettle, Los Angeles, 1934

Title: Members of California law enforcement gather to begin the search for the kidnapped William F. Gettle, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created: May 1934
Date: 1934-05
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Some of the men appear in both this photograph and image uclamss_1429_4881.
The 26 men on the right side of the room gather around Biscailuz's desk. Most of these men are unidentifiable, except for Biscailuz, who stands behind the desk.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE
Text from newspaper caption: Law Enforcement Agents Hear Sheriff Biscailuz Outline Plans for Kidnap Hunt All law enforcement agencies in Southern California, including Federal secret service operatives, sheriffs and their deputies in every county, the police forces of every city and town, the southern divisions of the State Highway Patrol and the township constabulary, are co-operating in the greatest man-hunt in the history of the Southland, which has for its main objective the safe return of William F. Gettle, millionaire Beverly Hills mining man, to his home, and as its second objective the capture not only of the two men who abducted Gettle Wednesday night from his country place in Arcadia, but also the accomplices who are believed to be working with them. Sheriff Biscailuz is the directing head of the man-hunt, and in the photograph above some of the fifty leaders of the various law enforcement agencies who gathered in his office yesterday are shown listening to him outline plans on how to make their co-operation most effective.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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