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Meyer Golas demonstrates his lock picking skills to Captain Clem Peoples and deputy sheriff William J. Bright, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Meyer Golas demonstrates his lock picking skills to Captain Clem Peoples and deputy sheriff William J. Bright, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1936
1936-01
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Golas holds a wooden block between the door and the frame, Captain Peoples standing behind him and pointing at the lock, with Bright standing behind Peoples and watching.
Meyer Golas, convicted several days ago of burglary, admitted stealing a revolver from a court bailiff's locker during his trial. This has caused Sheriff Biscailuz to order an investigation into the handling of prisoners in the Superior Court rooms. Golas was able to steal the revolver after he used a wooden wedge and a slender wood-screw to pick a lock on the prisoners' room door.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Finding Of Revolver Frustrates Jail Break," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1936: 3.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Meyer Golas Clem Peoples Capt Bill Bright 1-29-36
Text from negative sleeve: 3478 - Meyer Golas - while waiting transfer, broke into jury room + stole concealed gun Clem Clem Peoples Capt Bill Bright Jail Escape 1-29-36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12453
ark:/21198/zz002hmg3p
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Prisoners--California--Los Angeles
Jails--California--Los Angeles
Uniforms
Law enforcement--California--Los Angeles
Peoples, Clem, 1888-1967
Golas, Meyer, 1905-1938
Bright, William John, 1884-1943
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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