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Title
Indicted realtor Joseph Weinblatt and his attorney surrender to US Marshals, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
October 17, 1934
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
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.
Weinblatt and two others were indicted on charges of conspiracy to bribe federal officials who were prosecuting a stock fraud case involving Italo Petroleum Corp. Weinblatt was accused of conspiring with Federal Appellate Court Justice Gavin Craig and Mrs. Helen Werner, wife of ex-city attorney for Los Angeles Erwin Werner.
Realtor Joseph Weinblatt, with his attorney Hugo Harris, at the door of the U.S. Marshal's office just before he turned himself in.
Related to the article, "Early Italo Trial Asked; Start Possible Next Week; Mrs. Werner Seeks Speed; Weinblatt Reposts Bail; Outside Judge Sought." Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 1934: 2.
Text from negative sleeve: Weinblatt, Joseph, 1934
Handwritten on negative: Joseph WeinblattAtty Hugo Harris
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4315
ark:/21198/zz002cq353
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Weinblatt, Joseph, 1884-1959
Harris, Hugo, 1885-1947
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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