Reverend Ethel Duncan arrested for tax evasion, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Reverend Ethel Duncan arrested for tax evasion, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 21, 1935

Date

1935-12-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Reverend Duncan sits at a desk as her lawyer Richard Cautillon leans over and points to a document in front of her.
Similar photograph appears with the article, ""Evangelist Booked On Tax Charge," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec 1935: A12.
Radio evangelist Reverend Ethel Duncan was arrested on federal charges of income tax evasion, which was filed against she and ex-husband Lloyd M. Prewitt for failing to file a return on their 1931 gross income of $86, 000.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4281 - (Rev.) Ethel Duncan - radio broadcasts Richard Cautillon (lawyer) (Income Tax Evasion) -> w/husband Lloyd M. Prewitt 12/?/35 [stamped:] Dec 31 1935
Handwritten on negative: Ethel Duncan Richard Cautillon

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Duncan, Ethel, b. 1894
Cautillon, Richard, Lawyer

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Taxes--California--Los Angeles
Evangelists
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Crimes--California--Los Angeles