Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Likely related to the articles, "KIDNAP HUNT ON IN DESERT: Weyerhaeuser Gang Capture Believed Near as Auto Flees Pursuers KIDNAP HUNT TURNS SOUTH Desert Highways Blocked as Armed Suspect Trio Heads Into Wilds," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jun. 1935: 1, and, "DESERT CAR HUNT PUSHED: New Clews Hint Kidnap Link Man at Depot Resembles Fugitive and Cafe Owner Tells of Money Swap," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jun. 1935: 4 At center, Willard Roy stands behind the counter at the Green Spot Cafe in Victorville. Bills traced to the ransom from the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping were tracked back to the Green Spot Cafe. Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 1266-- R. S. Snedigar, Louis H. Miller, Carl Mc New Victorville- Weyerhauser Bills 7/30/35 [stamped:] AUG 1- 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7645 ark:/21198/zz002dfcgf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Victorville Investigation--California--Victorville Ransom--American--California--Victorville Money--United States Kidnappings Cafes--California--Victorville Roy, Willard, b. 1894 Weyerhaeuser, George H. (George Hunt)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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