Beverly Hills home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim. May 1934.

Title: Beverly Hills home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim. May 1934.
Date Created: [circa May 10, 1934]
Date: 1934-05-10
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Beverly Hills home of businessman and millionaire William F. Gettle, at 723 North Linden Drive. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of from his Arcadia ranch house during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Gettle, William F. Home, dog, fake ransom note.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People
Lifestyle
Environment
Houses--California--Beverly Hills
Crime
Kidnappings--California

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002545q7
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Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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