Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. One man in hat stands on railing and peers into window while the other one looks out over another railing to the street. The address of the building they are at reads: "1924". Former Redondo Beach school superintendent Elliot B. Thomas has been sentenced to serve one to fourteen years at San Quentin Penitentiary for the forgery of pay vouchers drawn against the County Treasury. He has misappropriated approximately $10,000. He also faked his own kidnapping before he returned and confessed. Text from negative sleeve: THOMAS, ELLIOTT B. KIDNAP CASE, [stamped:] 1932 Text from newspaper caption: Listening to Sentence Elliot B. Thomas, right, standing beside his attorney, George Penney, while judge sentences former school head for forgery.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3767 ark:/21198/zz002cpf81
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Forging--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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