Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is associated with the article, “DEATH NOTE DISCLOSED: Threat Letters Undisguised Two Sent by Mail and One Dropped Over Gate of Wagner Ranch,” Los Angeles Times 5 Aug. 1935: 3. This photograph appears with the article, “Rich Rancher Examines Plot Note—Pay-off Scene Mapped—Package Placed,” Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 1935: 24. Boxer Hank Hankinson’s birth name was Ellsworth F. Hankinson. Handwritten on negative: XX, Hank Hankinson, Ralph Wagner, Ernie Wagner. Text from negative sleeve: 1445—Ernie Wagner, Dr. Ralph Wagner, Hank Hankinson. Ralph Wagner Xtortion [sic] Plot. [Stamped:] AUG 8-1935. Text from newspaper caption: VICTIM OF DEATH THREAT READS $10,000 DEMAND: Extortionists wrote a series of threatening notes to Dr. Ralph Waldo Wagner, wealthy sports enthusiast and ranch owner, demanding $10,000. Here are Ernest Wagner, adopted son; Dr. Wagner and Hank Hankinson, prize-ring notable. Dr. Wagner’s ranch is a mecca for sports figures.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7984 ark:/21198/zz002dfs5k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Extortion--California--Santa Clarita Ranchers--California--Santa Clarita Boxers (Sports)--United States Hankinson, Hank, 1913-1943 Wagner, Ernie Wagner, Ralph Waldo
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