Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Monroe Butler and E. P. Hayward were both vice-presidents of the California Reserve Company, which collapsed. They and three other officers, along with three sales managers were charged with criminal conspiracy, violation of the Corporate Securities Act, forgery, and grand theft. Charges against Butler and Hayward were eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence. Related to several articles in the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1930s dealing with the alleged crimes by officers of the California Reserve Company. Monroe Butler and E. P. Hayward sit in a room in theater-style chairs, possibly a courtroom. An unidentified man stands in the background. Text on negative sleeve: Butler, Monroe. Bldg. & Home League. 1933. Handwritten on negative: L2R Monroe Butler & E. P. Hayward.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1288 ark:/21198/zz002dbqjz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Conspiracy--California--Los Angeles Forging--California--Los Angeles Theft--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles California Reserve Company Butler, Monroe Hayward, E. P
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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