US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Attorney Olin Wellborn III, seated on a bench in a hallway, waiting to testify before the Grand Jury about an investigation into allegations of bribery in the Los Angeles City Attorney election. Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Election Plot Charge Shifted; Otto, Kely Figure in Repeated Bribe Deal, Summoned; Chesebro, Haight and Kemp Also Called by Jury; Fitts Traces Asserted Steps Taken Against Werner." 4 May, 1933: A1. Wellborn worked on the successful campaign of Raymond L. Chesebro. The allegations were that members of the Chesebro campaign had attempted to bribe a member of the Grand Jury into filing charges against City Attorney Erwin Werner while he was running for office. Three men were indicted by the Grand Jury but Wellborn was not one of them. Text from negative sleeve: Wellborne [sic], Olin III, 1933 Handwritten on negative: Olin Wellborne [sic] III
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4311 ark:/21198/zz002cq311
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Grand juries Wellborn III, Olin, 1896-1965
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