Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is similar to a different photograph published with the article noted. The caption of the photograph published with the article reads: “Dr. Ralph Waldo Wagner, psychologist, astrologer and sports impresario, is shown here telling Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, left, and Joseph E. P. Dunn, right, head of the local division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, details of an extortioner’s [sic] plot demanding $10,000 from him on threat of death”. This photograph may be associated with the article, “Plotters Threaten Death-to Rancher; Demand $10,000: Extortioners [sic] Peril Rich Sportsman but Evade Intricate Man-Trap of Two Score Officers DOCTOR THREATENED IN EXTORTION PLOT,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 1935. Handwritten on negative: Joseph Dunn, Ralph Wagner, Eugene Biscailuz. Text from negative sleeve: 1445—Joseph Dunn, Ralph Wagner, Eugene Biscailuz, Wagner Xtortion [sic] plot. [Stamped:] AUG 8-1935.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7976 ark:/21198/zz002dfrwz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ranchers--California--Santa Clarita Extortion--California--Santa Clarita Law enforcement--California--Santa Clarita Dunn, Joseph E.P Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969 Wagner, Ralph Waldo
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