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Title: Kidnapper James Kirk handcuffed and awaiting trial, Arcadia, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [May 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.
James Kirk handcuffed and awaiting trial to plead guilty in the kidnapping of wealthy Beverly Hills business man, William F. Gettle. Gettle was kidnapped from his country home in Arcadia, May 9, 1934.
Text from negative sleeve: Kirk, James (Gettle kidnapping)
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5354
ark:/21198/zz002cvc7s
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings
Kidnappings--California--Arcadia
Gettle, William F., 1887-1941
Kirk, James F
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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