Image / Ernest T. Von Buelow after being convicted of extortion, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: Ernest T. Von Buelow after being convicted of extortion, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: August 25, 1933
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.
Extortionist Ernest T. Von Buelow handcuffed after being convicted of attempting to extort money from wealthy polo player Eric Pedley.
This photograph (cropped) appears with the article, "Pedley Threat Suspect Guilty; Von Buelow Convicted on Extortion Counts; Five to Twenty-five-year sentence possible; polo star helps trap man in $500 conspiracy," Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 1933: A2.
Von Buelow was convicted of sending several extortion letters to Eric Pedley threatening to throw acid on the face one of Pedley's children if he wasn't given $500.
Handwritten on negative: E. T. Von Buelow
Text from negative sleeve: Von Buelow, E. T.Extortion, 1933
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4373
ark:/21198/zz002cq552
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Von Buelow, Ernest T., b. 1887
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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