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Blayney Matthews discusses extortion case with Dr. G. M. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Blayney Matthews discusses extortion case with Dr. G. M. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 28, 1935
1935-09-28
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 of Dr. G. M. Sweeney and Chief of Police Blayney Matthews sitting together at a desk. Dr. Sweeney was recently threatened with extortion by Thomas Glynn, Katherine Haywood, and Betty Barnes (not pictured).
This photograph may be associated with the article, “Three Accused of Attempt to Extort Money,” Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 1935: 15.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. G. M. Sweeney, Blayney Matthews
Text from negative sleeve: 2366—Dr. G. M. Sweeney, Katherine Haywood, Betty Barnes, Blayney Matthews, Extortion 9/26/35, [Stamped:] OCT 3-1935.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8808
ark:/21198/zz002dgrkr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Extortion--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Sweeney, G. M. (George Madison), 1893-1957
Matthews, Blayney F., 1894-1962
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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