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Order Number	00106457
Title	Frank DeSimone indicted
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 4249
Date	1959
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Frank DeSimone graduated from the University of Southern California Law School and became a lawyer in 1933. Soon after he turned to a life in crime and was an attorney for organized crime figures in Los Angeles. He was the boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1956 to 1967. He was sometimes referred to as "One Eye" because one of his eyes drooped. Desimone was identified as having attended a 1957 Apalachin "crime convention" at the home of a known gangster in New York in November, 1957. That "convention" led to a federal investigation.
Description	Photograph caption dated May 21, 1959 reads "Frank Desimone indicted by federal grand jury."
Subject	DeSimone, Frank A.--Trials, litigation, etc. DeSimone, Frank A. California.--Grand Jury (Los Angeles County). Gangsters--United States. Grand jury--United States. Crime--California--Los Angeles. Criminals--California--Los Angeles. Organized crime--United States. Men--California--Los Angeles. Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection