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Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

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Title: Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)
Date Created and/or Issued: May 1934
1934-05
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in a La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Page 1-2 of letter have identifiers: uclamss_1429_4877 & uclamss_1429_4878
Text from negative sleeve: Gettle, William F. Kidnap case.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4879
ark:/21198/zz002ctsvf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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