Lin D. Casper is held in police custody with Norris Gilbert Stensland, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Lin D. Casper is held in police custody with Norris Gilbert Stensland, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 25, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Lin opens his hands, looking up at Inspector Stensland, who puts one arm on the man's chair and leans towards him. Rows of photographs are displayed on the desk in front of Lin.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Man Booked As Slayer," Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb 1936: 15.
Casper, a 27-year-old music teacher, has been arrested on suspicion of murder of a Kentuckian transient, 21-year-old George H. Stephenson, from Monrovia Canyon. Casper has been charged last June for assaulting a motorist on the Ridge Route.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Lin D Casper 2/25/36 Inspector Norris Stensland
Text from negative sleeve: 3790 - Lin D. Casper Norris Stensland Casper -> suspected of killing youth music teacher @ CCC, Camp for transient boys, Monrovia Canyon CCC murder 2-25-36 [stamped:] Feb 28 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles

Names

Stensland, Norris Gilbert, 1891-1956
Casper, Lin D., b. 1909 or 10

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image