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Title
W. Foxall MacElree is arrested with the help of his father James Paul MacElree, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
July 31, 1935
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the article, "Father Aids Son Arrest," Los Angeles Times, 28 July 1935: 3.
J. Paul MacElree stands next to his son, who clasps his hands in front of himself.
When police apprehended the younger MacElree on Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards he was found with $208 on him, part strapped to his arm and the rest taped to his ankle. His father claims that the charges are a result of a mix-up in the books of the Sheriff's office and the money found on his son is his own.
Text from newspaper caption: W. Foxall MacElree, former deputy sheriff of West Chester, Pa., left, accused of absconding with $3000 of county funds, and his father J. Paul MacElree who came here to assist police in arresting his son.
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R W. Foxall Mac Elree J Paul Mac Elree 7/26/35
Text from negative sleeve: 1333- W. Foxall Mac Elree J Paul Mac Elree Fugitive 1-27-35 [stamped:] Jul 31 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7808
ark:/21198/zz002dfk3n
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sons--American--California--Los Angeles
Fathers--California--Los Angeles
MacElree, James Paul, 1887-1972
MacElree, W. Foxall, b. 1911
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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