Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz takes the first swing with the ax as his department destroys various gambling equipment. Looking on is Undersheriff Pete Pitchess. The equipment was confiscated in the last two years by the Sheriff's Department. Cases involving the apparatus have all been disposed of in the courts. Photograph dated November 10, 1955.
Biscailuz, Eugene W.,--1883-1969 Pitchess, Peter J.,--1912-1999 Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Sheriff's Department--Employees Gambling--California--Los Angeles Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County Pinball machines--California--Los Angeles Gambling and crime--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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