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Title: John S. Schnepp and James, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
John S. Schnepp was wanted for embezzlement in Illinois later to be found in LA delivering newspapers under a different name. Schnepp claimed he was suffering from amnesia, but the jury didn't buy it and he served two years in prison when returned to Illinois by detectives.
John S. Schnepp (right) holding hat in his lap and James (left). Both men are seated and smiling.
Text from negative sleeve: Schnepp, John S., 1935
Handwritten on negative sleeve: former mayor of Springfield, Ill., embezzlement, lost memory, wandered to LA
Handwritten on negative: John S. Schnepp, Thomas ...
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11575
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Subject: Embezzlement
Schnepp, John Samuel, 1866-1954
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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