Mrs. Elaine Huddle and Dean Farris, witnesses at the Peter Pianezzi murder trials, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Elaine Huddle and Dean Farris, witnesses at the Peter Pianezzi murder trials, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

between February 5, 1940 and April 20, 1941

Date

1940-02-05/1941-04-20

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Mrs. Elaine Huddle and Dean Farris, witnesses at the trial for the murder of gambler George (Les) Bruneman. Farris was a bartender at the cafe owned by Huddle's husband, where the murder took place. Charged with the killing is ex-convict Peter Pianezzi. Pianezzi allegedly shot Bruneman 16 times and then fatally shot Frank A. Greuzard, a cafe employee who tried to chase after him. Both Farris and Huddle positively identified Pianezzi as the murderer. The murder, which took place on October 25, 1937, is thought to have been gang-related. There were two trials for this case. The first ended in a hung jury, 9-3 for the acquittal of Pianezzi. In the second, Pianezzi received a life sentence for the two murders. Later, at age 80, Pianezzi received a pardon based on innocence.

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. Elaine HuddleDean Farris
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Huddle, Roy; Huddle, Elaine -Mrs.; Pianezzi, Pete; Freedman, Nathan

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Farris, Dean
Huddle, Elaine
Bruneman, George Les (Leslie), 1897-1937

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Shootings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Gangs--California--Los Angeles
Disaster