Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell stands in a courtroom near special investigator Dick Lucas (seated to O'Donnell's left with his legs crossed) and several unidentified men sitting in the audience. He wears a checked suit and is holding his coat over his left arm and his hands are crossed in front of him, holding his hat. He is receiving his sentence for pleading guilty for vagrancy. Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell, a Chicago beer runner, was visiting Los Angeles when he was charged with vagrancy. On a mutual agreement, he agreed to leave Los Angeles instead of going to jail. Text on negative sleeve: O'DONNELL, EDWARD J. (SPIKE) CHICAGO HOOD 1926/7 [the 6 and the 7 are typed over each other] A different photo of Spike O'Donnell was taken on the same day and appears in "O'Donnell Quits City: Jail for 'Spike' if He Returns," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1934: A1.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6879 ark:/21198/zz002cx5tk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sentences (Criminal procedures)--California--Los Angeles Gangsters--Illinois--Chicago Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Criminals--Illinois--Chicago Detectives--California--Los Angeles O'Donnell, Spike (James Edward O'Donnell), 1889-1962 Lucas, Richard James
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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