Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Portrait photograph of Martin A. Leach wearing a three piece double breasted suit. This photograph appears in "Frenzied Man's Life Savings Gone; Fires Shot at Promoter," Los Angeles Times, 07 Dec 1927: A2. Martin A. Leach was the president of the Leach Biltwell Motor Car Company and the head of the Pacific Southwest Loan and Mortgage Corporation and the National Loan Company. He was shot in his office by Louis Richert, one of his investors. He was previously arrested for fraud but the charges were dismissed, but then was later again arrested for fraud for selling worthless mortgage notes. He was convicted in 1933 and finally incarcerated in 1938 after hiding for five years. Handwritten on negative: Martin A. Leach Text on negative sleeve: Leach, Martin A.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5456 ark:/21198/zz002cvgr0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fraud--California--Los Angeles Shootings--California--Los Angeles Leach, Martin A. (Martin Andrew), 1879-1962
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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