Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Count Von Moltke sits at a table, another man sitting beside him partially out of frame. Von Moltke was brought to Los Angeles from Huntington, West Virginia, on counts of forgery. His wife is hitchhiking from Huntington to be with him. In 1931 Von Moltke was serving a 1-15 year sentence for burglary which he was paroled from last December. Photograph appears with the article, "Count Held in Forgery," Los Angeles Times, 03 July 1935: 3. Text from negative sleeve: 1111 - Count Carl Von Moltke Bad Checks 7/2/35 [stamped:] Jul 17 1935 Handwritten on negative: 104 104 Count Carl Von Moltke 7/2/35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7420 ark:/21198/zz002df3q6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Nobility--Chile Criminals--California--Los Angeles Von Moltke, Carl, b. 1890 or 91
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