Title supplied bu cataloger. Photograph caption dated October 5, 1942 reads, "Joseph G. Arbello [sic], with club used in fracas." Arballo was also known as Jose G. Arballo. Accompanying newspaper article reads, "Two men were viciously assaulted and robbed early today by so-called 'Panchecos' - Mexican youths wearing flashy 'zoot suits' - in a bloody climax to a week-end of renewed youthful gang violence that left one youth dead -- killed with a 2 by 4 club during a flight that involved members of the Channing Street and Mateo street gangs."
Diaz, Andrew.--Death and burial Arballo, Jose G Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Clothing and dress--California--Los Angeles Gangs--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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