Subject: Questioning--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: William Bioff (left) with Judge Isaac Pacht at an investigation of the affairs of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Bioff, IATSE's business agent was questioned regarding suspicions of organized crime within the alliance.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Detectives and Captain questioning Thomas Dugger about picture. Thomas Dugger was convicted of 11 felonies and ultimately hung for his crimes in San Quentin. He was convicted of mainly assaulting women, and his nick name was "ape man" because of his shoulders and gnarled hands and black eyes.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Deputy Sheriff Gilbert Blasdell and Arthur "Shorty" Smith seated at a table. Deputy Sheriff Blasdell has a pen in hand pointing towards some papers while Mr. Smith looks down towards the papers. A calendar from Behrendt Levy Co. Insurance hangs behind them on the wall. Arthur "Shorty" Smith was arrested by sheriff Blasdell and was detained as a witness in the murder case of the sisters Nina and May Martin in late 1925.
Date:: [between 1925-1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Todd Inquiry Nearing End," Los Angeles Times, 07 Jan 1936: A1.
Date:: January 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Patton (left) questioning Oehm (right). Patton holds a receipt in hand and wears a hat. Oehm is groomed like Hitler and wears a tie with a swastika on it. Henry Oehm was originally from Germany.
Date:: October 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Sidney Blair (left) is seated next to Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Frank Dewar (center) and Norris G. Stensland (right). The three men are wearing suits and Mr. Blair is wearing a hat. Mr. Blair appears to be in the middle of being questioned by Mr. Stensland who is writing something down on a notepad. They are in a room that has photographs and rifles in a rack on the wall. Sidney Blair was involved in the McCartney divorce case, where he aided Grant McCartney in framing evidence against his ex-wife. Sidney Blair was indicted on charges of conspiring false evidence and assault. He was sentenced to San Quentin on May 19, 1924. Related to the article "Fear of Gun is Blair Plea," Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 1924: A1.
Date:: 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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