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House where William F. Gettle was kept during his kidnapping, La Crescenta, 1934

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Title: House where William F. Gettle was kept during his kidnapping, La Crescenta, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 16, 1934]]
1934-05-16
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The house in La Crescenta where William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was held during his five day kidnapping in May of 1934. Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in this La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Gettle kidnap house at La Crescenta
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0025463d
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Crime
Houses--California--La Crescenta
Kidnappings--California
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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