Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Bookies Gone When Police Raid Wilshire Area Flats," Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec 1938: A3. Jolin and another man carry a box of telephones out of the apartment, stepping amongst broken chairs while two other men, presumably also detectives, watch in the background. 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
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11862 ark:/21198/zz002h8q64
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Police raids--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Telephones Furniture Jolin, William Joseph, b. 1895 or 96-1981
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