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Truman Steele George is apprehended for sending threatening mail to the Vail family, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Truman Steele George is apprehended for sending threatening mail to the Vail family, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: April 1, 1936
1936-04-01
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.
The Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice set up a trap for Truman Steele George, who had been sending threatening mail to the family of Mrs. Laura Perry Vail. George testified that he had been subjected to spells of mental incapacity and was under the possession of another when he wrote the letters.
George sits on a bench resting his head in one hand, looking downcast.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Extortion Guilt Fixed," Los Angeles Times, 01 Apr 1936: A3.
Text from negative sleeve: 4542 - Laura Perry Vail w/Dept. of Justice agent (widow of William Banning Vail, pioneer rancher) Truman S. (Steel) F. George (Arkansas handyman at Vail home) Extortion 3/31/36 [stamped:] Apr 1- 1936
Handwritten on negative: Truman S. George 3/31/36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13736
ark:/21198/zz002hp0cz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Extortion--California--Los Angeles
George, Truman Steele F., 1909-19700
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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