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Title: Howser libel suit aide held on bribe charge
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1949
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph article dated July 21, 1949 reads, "Walter H. Lentz, hired by Attorney General Fred N. Howser as a private investigator in Howser's $300,000 libel suit against Columnist Drew Pearson, was under bond today on a federal charge of obstructing justice. Federal officials said others were being questioned. A witness in the libel suit, J. Thomas Mulloy told FBI men that Lentz' intermediaries offered him $18,000 to change his story and make it more favorable to Howser. The libel action is a federal court case, since it was filed in the District of Columbia; hence it was the FBI which investigated and arrested Lentz. Bond was fixed at $5000 and Lentz' arraignment was set for next Monday here." Photograph caption reads, "Gang shooting brings tragedy to this Burbank home. Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Chisam, Dee Davis' parents."; See image #00132718 for additional photo in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00132719
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d038_f26_i5
CARL0005574350
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/63393
Subject: Dwellings--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Criminal investigation--United States--Cases
Private investigators--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Libel and slander--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Lawyers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Arraignment
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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