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. Mr. Hess holds a handgun in one hand and an ace of spades in the other. Handwritten on negative: Atty H. Wm Hess Photograph appears with the article, "Legion Leader Menaced After Series of Threats," Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar 1936: 9. American Legion leader and attorney H. William Hess has been receiving threatening telephone calls from an anonymous person at his home and office, and recently received an envelope in the mail containing an ace of spades, which he takes as a threat to his safety. Text from negative sleeve: 4450 - Atty H. Wm Hess Death Threat - calls + ace card in mail (also Amer. Legion official) [stamped:] Mar 25 1936 Text from newspaper caption: H. William Hess, Los Angeles attorney and American Legion official, yesterday armed himself with an automatic pistol when, after receiving a number of threatening telephone calls, he was mailed an ace of spades, which he regarded as a death symbol.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13632 ark:/21198/zz002hnvss
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Playing cards Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Hess, H. William, (Attorney)
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