Haltom City Policeman L. J. Patterson, also a professional wrestler, pictured starting to pull open a locked closet door by force during a raid on the Redmen's Club. The man barely visible behind Patterson is Jessie C. Fleming, charged as a gambling operator. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram morning edition August 24, 1954.
Item: Redmen's Club Police Raid
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Redmen's Club Police Raid. (1954). Retrieved from https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20168595Chicago/Turabian
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-3289
Identifier: 20168595
Title: Redmen's Club Police Raid
Description: Haltom City Policeman L. J. Patterson, also a professional wrestler, pictured starting to pull open a locked closet door by force during a raid on the Redmen's Club. The man barely visible behind Patterson is Jessie C. Fleming, charged as a gambling operator. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram morning edition August 24, 1954.
Date Created: 1954-08-23
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Cities and Towns, Crime and Legal Affairs
Subject Term: Law enforcement officers, Law enforcement, Gambling
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Redmen's Club Police Raid
Description: Haltom City Policeman L. J. Patterson, also a professional wrestler, pictured starting to pull open a locked closet door by force during a raid on the Redmen's Club. The man barely visible behind Patterson is Jessie C. Fleming, charged as a gambling operator. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram morning edition August 24, 1954.
Date Created: 1954-08-23
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Cities and Towns, Crime and Legal Affairs
Subject Term: Law enforcement officers, Law enforcement, Gambling
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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