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Title
Captain Cato and Detective Barr question William Hawkins in Pridham Blackmail case, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Detective Cato and Detective Barr of the LAPD questioning William Everett Hawkins, the suspect of a blackmail case in which he a chauffeur accused of extorting his employer R. W. Pridham.
Related to article "SCORE INDICTED BY GRAND JURY: Chaffeur Accused of Pridham Blackmail Threat, Similar Charge Made Against Sam E. Roberts, Martin Durkin Named Again in Dyer Act Case" Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar 1926: A3.
Handwritten on negative: Capt. of Det. Ray Cato, Det [...]Walter Barr, Wm Everett hawkins Pridham Black Mail case
Text from negative sleeve: Pridham, R.W., M.M., 1928
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7255
ark:/21198/zz002cxmsb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Cato, E. Raymond (Emery Raymond), 1889-1984
Hawkins, William Everett
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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