Violent thief Robert T. Fletcher sits outside courtroom smoking cigarette, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Violent thief Robert T. Fletcher sits outside courtroom smoking cigarette, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 21, 1935

Date

1935-10-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to article, "Victims Face Youth Accused of Brutal Bandit Career: Slugging Robber Suspect Indicted On Four Counts." Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1935
Teenager and violent thief, Robert T. Fletcher, has a smoke as he sits on a wooden bench outside the courtroom. A man and woman and be blurrily seen in the background to the left. Fletcher wears a zippered gingham jacket, white shirt, and loose tie. Fletcher was at trial for attacking and then stealing from women victims. He would assault the women by punching them and taking their valuables as they were incapacitated.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2646-- Robert T. Fletcher - 18 yrs, Robbery Suspect
Text from newspaper caption: Robert T. Fletcher
Handwritten on nitrate negative: Robert T. Fletcher, 10-21-35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Fletcher, Robert T. b. ca. 1918

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings
Violence--California--Los Angeles
Abused women--California--Los Angeles
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Robberies--California--Los Angeles