Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Captain S. J. McCaleb, Detective Lieutenant A. J. Bergeron disguised as a women, Work N. Caldwell (suspected of attacking women), and Detective Lieutenant W. L. Lanier. Reported in the article "Officer Dons Female Garb. Decoy Traps Suspect in Attacks on Women," Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 1935: 2. Handwritten on negative: Dt. Lt. W. L. Lanier. Work N. Caldwell, Dt. Lt. A. J. Bergeron, Capt. S. J. McCaleb Text from negative sleeve: Work N. Caldwell (suspect). Capt. S. J. McCaleb, Dt. Lt. W. L. Lanier, Dt. Lt. A. J. Bergeron. Suspicion of attack. 8/18/35.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_10037 ark:/21198/zz002ddsjt
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Subject
Criminals--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles McCaleb, S. J. (Stanford Joseph), 1892-1959 Bergeron, A. J. (Arthur Joseph), 1898-1953 Lanier, W. L. (William Leonard), 1899-1984 Caldwell, Work M., 1904-1962
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