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Deputy Sheriff Johnny Homes arrests William J. “Curley” Guy for murder, Glendale, 1938

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Title: Deputy Sheriff Johnny Homes arrests William J. “Curley” Guy for murder, Glendale, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: November 16, 1938
1938-11-16
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
William J. “Curley” Guy was arrested for the 1932 murder of Long Beach yachtsman Walter Wanderwell, along with his accomplice Eddie de Larm. Guy was turned to immigration officials due to his illegal re-entry to the United States following the 1932 charges.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Guy Clears Up Name Mystery,” Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov 1938: A1.
Deputy Sheriff Johnny Homes (left) leads “Curly” Guy (right) into a police vehicle.
Handwritten on negative: Curly Guy, Dep. Sheriff Johnny Homes
Text from negative sleeve: 14927--- Curly Guy – “soldier of fortune” murdered Capt. Walker, employer on yacht in Long Beach, 1932 (Dt. Lt.) G. W. Cooke (Glendale Police) (Dt. Lt.) A. C. Candy (Glendale Police) Dep Sheriff Johnny Homes Eddie De Larm – aviator/adventurer linked to Curly in Glendale 11/16/38 [stamped:] NOV 18 1938
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11714
ark:/21198/zz002h8j4p
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminals--California--Glendale
Police--California--Glendale
Guy, William James, d. 1941
Homes, Johnny
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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