Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Helen Werner, with her arm in a sling, walks through the hall of the Federal Building with her attorneys Donald Armstrong, left, and Joseph Lewinson, right. The Italo Petroleum Corporation was originally charged with trying to defraud investors, saddle them with heavy losses over the failed purchase of another oil company. The fraud was allegedly conducted through letters mailed to the investors, hence the charge of mail fraud. Justice Gavin Craig, former political figure Helen Werner, and political lobbyist Joseph Weinblatt were all tried for attempting to bribe the U.S. Attorney General on behalf of the Italo Petroleum Corp. A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Craig Denies Alto Plot," Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb 1935: 2. Court proceedings were interrupted on the day that Joseph Weinblatt and Gavin Craig gave their testimonies when Mrs. Werner fell down the stairs of the Federal Building, breaking her wrist. After Mrs. Werner returned from the hospital she was scheduled to take the stand. Text from negative sleeve: Werner, Erwin P. + Helen no contact prints made Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Donald Armstrong Mrs Helen Werner Joe Lewinson 2/27/35
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2620 ark:/21198/zz002dcdw7
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Lewinson, Joseph L., 1884-1977 Armstrong, Donald, 1898-1975 Werner, Helen W., 1887-1947
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