"High Powered Rifle Bandit Gang," captured on 28 February 1916.
Entry/Object ID
2016.233.1.2
Description
"High Powered Rifle Bandit Gang," captured 28 February 1916. A photographic print including photographs and text. Eight people were arrested for holding up residents of Los Angeles, stores and markets using rifles: Frank B. Shank, W. J. Shank, Robert Burns, John Roderick Flemming, Eva Douglas, R. E. Renwick, Sidney Grant, Pearl Williams. Includes side and front profiles as well as physical descriptions of the above eight people and aliases. Also includes photograph of Detective Harry J. Raymond responsible for capture and arrest. Includes desription of arrest and an image of a newspaper clipping on their arrest. With minor warping, the photograph is in good condition overall.
