Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Orison R. Ruddy's name occasionally spelt Orrison R. Ruddy in the LA Times. Left to right: Detective Theodore Mailheau, L. A. Landon, bank manager, and Orison R. Ruddy, auditor to J. K. Fronk. Also an unidentified, out of focus man stands in the background to the right of Ruddy. Only Mailheau's face can be seen in the upper left corner. Landon sits mostly in profile, looking to the right of the picture. Ruddy is looking straight into the camera. The county grand jury investigates into the disappearance of J. K. Fronk, missing finance company head, who is rumored to be involved in a "check kiting" scheme which defrauded several banks of almost $400,000. A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article "New Names in Fronk Case," Los Angeles Times, 09 Jan 1926: A1. Text from related newspaper caption: Witnesses Heard Above is Nell G. Brockett, secretary to the missing financier, J. K. Fronk. Below, left to right are Assistant Captain of Detectives Mailheau, Orison Ruddy and L. A. Landon. Text from negative sleeve: Landon, L.A.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5440 ark:/21198/zz002cvg6q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Fraud--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Banking--California--Los Angeles Mailheau, Theodore, 1887-1965 Ruddy, Orison Robert, 1899-1961 Landon, L.A
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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