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Title
Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
February 1938
1938-02
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.
Kynette can be seen in the center of the photo wearing eyeglasses. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Earle Kynette.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027zcw9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Police--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Kynette, Earle E
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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