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Title: Murder victim William Cassidy
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Photo used for several articles in 1928 and 1929.
Gangsters Mike Pupillo and Vito Ardito are charged with the murder of 65 year old William J. Cassidy, shown here. Cassidy, a tinsmith, had aided the Los Angeles Police Department as an informer on liquor law violators in Sonoratown. He was an active member of Aimee Semple McPherson's congregation and wanted to stop the rum-runners. Cassidy was "taken for a ride" as revenge for providing information to police. His bullet-riddled body was later found near the intersection of Fair Oaks and Alta Loma Drives in the hills of Altadena.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00068679
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2198.
CARL0000072981
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24270
Subject: Cassidy, William J
Murder victims--California--Los Angeles
Murder--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Pupillo, Mike
Ardito, Vito

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