Truman Steele George is apprehended for sending threatening mail to the Vail family, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: Truman Steele George is apprehended for sending threatening mail to the Vail family, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: April 1, 1936
Date: 1936-04-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice set up a trap for Truman Steele George, who had been sending threatening mail to the family of Mrs. Laura Perry Vail. George testified that he had been subjected to spells of mental incapacity and was under the possession of another when he wrote the letters.
George sits on a bench resting his head in one hand, looking downcast.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Extortion Guilt Fixed," Los Angeles Times, 01 Apr 1936: A3.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4542 - Laura Perry Vail w/Dept. of Justice agent (widow of William Banning Vail, pioneer rancher) Truman S. (Steel) F. George (Arkansas handyman at Vail home) Extortion 3/31/36 [stamped:] Apr 1- 1936
Handwritten on negative: Truman S. George 3/31/36

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13736
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hp0cz
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