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Jack Dragna, right, jailed for first time
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Description
Order Number
00106450
Title
Jack
Dragna
,
right
,
jailed
for
first
time
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
12197
Date
1952
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
15
cm
.
Notes
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes
.
Historical Data
Jack
Dragna
was the
leader
of the
Sicilian
Mafia
who
was
active
in
both
Italy
and the
United
States
. He was
involved
in
bootlegging
in
California
during
the
Prohibition
Era
. In
1931
, he
succeeded
Joseph
Ardizzone
as the
boss
of the
Los
Angeles
crime
family
after
Ardizzone's
mysterious
disappearance
and
death
.
Dragna
was
dubbed
the "
Capone
of
Los
Angeles
" and was
boss
of the
Los
Angeles
crime
family
from
1931
until
his
death
in
1956
.
Description
First
photograph
caption
dated
June
5
,
1952
reads
"
Mafia
mobster
,
shown
with
officer
,
goes
to
jail
all
because
of a '
bug
'
(microphone)
in a
boudoir.
"
Police
monitored
and
recorded
Dragna
for
two
months
before
arresting
him. He was
charged
with
vagrant-lewd
and
resorting
, and
convicted
of
both
offenses
in
July
,
1951.
;
Second
photograph
caption
dated
June
6
,
1952
reads
"
Gangster
Jack
Dragna
(glasses)
goes
to
county
jail
for
30
day
resorting
sentence.
"
Subject
Dragna, Jack.
Dragna, Jack--Trials, litigation, etc.
Gangsters--United States.
Trials--California--Los Angeles.
Police--California--Los Angeles.
Crimes without victims--California--Los Angeles.
Crime--California--Los Angeles.
Criminals--California--Los Angeles.
Criminal investigation--California--Los Angeles.
Organized crime--United States.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
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http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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