Photo shows two of the agents and one of two stills they found in a chamber behind the secret door "camouflaged" as a stack of boxes. They arrested Al Katz, Thomas E. Estes and Mark Thorn on charges of operating the stills which they said had a daily capacity of 1,000 gallons of alcohol.
Prohibition--California--Los Angeles Liquors--California--Los Angeles Crime--California--Los Angeles Distillation apparatus--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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