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Title: William Smetter, defendant in racketeering case, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 03, 1936
1936-03-03
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
William Smetter and ten others were arrested on racketeering charges involving the Santa Anita racetrack. The illegal gambling practice was run from a number of offices in Los Angeles as well as offices in New York and other east coast states.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Game's Lure Told Court," Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 1936: A3.
William Smetter sits in a chair smoking a cigar.
Text from negative sleeve: 3506 --- Wm Smetter - one of defendants, Race Track Racket [stamped:] MAR 4 1936
Handwritten on negative: Wm Smetter
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12498
ark:/21198/zz002hmhnf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Gambling and crime
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Police raids--California
Smetter, William
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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