Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Jolin holds a sledge hammer over the basement's concrete wall. Photograph appears with the article, "Bookies Gone When Police Raid Wilshire Area Flats," Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec 1938: A3. When the police, lead by Captain E. E. Norgaard and composed of Lieutenants Jolin, Arthur Bergeron, Ted Morton, Daniel Driscoll, W. C. Burris and B. G. Anderson broke into the apartment at 113-115 S. Edgemont St. on a tip they found electric adding machines, canceled checks signed by Herman Byrens, a sound-proof basement room, and 22 telephones - but no persons on the premises. Text from negative sleeve: 15148 - Bookie Raid 113 So Edgemont [stamped:] Dec 24 1938 TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 12-16-38 Text from newspaper caption: Detective Lieutenant W. J. Jolin using a sledge hammer to get into bookmaking headquarters.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11861 ark:/21198/zz002h8q5m
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Police raids--California--Los Angeles Basements--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Jolin, William Joseph, b. 1895 or 96-1981
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