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District Attorney Buron Fitts and John Klein, announcing the creation of a "gang squad" designed to rid Los Angeles of gangsters and racketeers, Los Angeles, November 17, 1937

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Title: District Attorney Buron Fitts and John Klein, announcing the creation of a "gang squad" designed to rid Los Angeles of gangsters and racketeers, Los Angeles, November 17, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: November 17, 1937
1937-11-17
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.
District Attorney Buron Fitts (standing) announces a new "gang squad" created to drive out Los Angeles gangsters and racketeers. The squad consists of six men, including leader John Klein (seated), formerly assigned to special duty with the grand jury. The group is also working with two police officers, one from Chicago and the other from New York, who will help to identify gangsters who have moved in from the east
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Fitts, Buron; Klein, John
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: John Klein & Buron Fitts
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0025gkp0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
People
Committees--American--California--Los Angeles
Safety
Gangs--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Law enforcement--California--Los Angeles
Klein, John
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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