Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.In this photograph, Graves shakes hands with Jack Cappell, the County Jail turnkey, bidding him goodbye. Cappell was a driver for the Board of Supervisors during the time Graves held office. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Graves, Sidney T.; Cappell, Jack.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002544m6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People Bribery--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Crime Legal Graves, Sidney T. (Sidney Thomas), 1882-1958 Cappell, Jack
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