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Title: Envelope addressed to Captain Herman Cline, [1926]
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1926]
1926
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.
From the envelope: "Capt. Herman Cline, Chief of Detectives, Los Angeles, California--Pls Forward..."
Herman Cline was arrested for a hit and run while drunk which resulted in the death of a woman and child. Cline was involved in spearheading the case against Aimee Semple McPherson that charged her with faking her own kidnapping previously to this horrific event. Cline tried to outrun police after striking the car, but to no avail and was arrested in Azusa.
Text from negative sleeve: Mc Pherson, Aimee Semple Telegrams Notes [handwritten:] X [...] 2 [handwritten on sticky
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6354
ark:/21198/zz002cwjqw
Language: English
Subject: Drunk driving--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Cline, Herman H
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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