Maurice Fruchtman, arrested for attempted murder, and Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Maurice Fruchtman, arrested for attempted murder, and Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

July 8, 1935

Date

1935-07-08

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Related to "Suit Leads to Stabbing: City Prosecuter Aide Wounded," Los Angeles Times, 09 Jul 1935: A1.
Name spelled wrong on negative sleeve and negative. Name is Maurice Fruchtman, not Fuchtman.
Maurice Fruchtman (left) and Detective Lieutenant Miles H. Ledbetter stand next to a raised surface. Fruchtman is holding an unfolded sheet of paper and smiling. He wears a collared button-down shirt. Ledbetter is also looking at the paper. He wears a jacket, short striped tie, and a straw hat. An open door is in the background.
Maurice Fruchtman (left) bought an ice pick then stabbed deputy city prosecutor Leonard Husar in Husar's office.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Maurice Fuchtman, Miles Ledbetter
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1170. Maurice Fuchtman, Dt. Lt. Miles Ledbetter. Stabbing 7/8/35 [stamped:] July 17 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972
Fruchtman, Maurice, 1908-1996
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Attempted murder--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles