Suspects Fred Stettler and Emyt Lentz (Sokolis) in court for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Suspects Fred Stettler and Emyt Lentz (Sokolis) in court for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 23, 1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

25-year-old Swiss chauffeur Gottfried "Fred" Stettler is being held in suspicion of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Dorothea Barbour. Car dealer Emyt Lentz claimed Stettler confessed to the murders then repudiated his story. Lentz was held and then exonerated. Stettler was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of burglary, and one count of arson. The victims were found partially cremated in bed with their skulls smashed.
Date taken from the catalog record of another photograph of Stettler and Lentz, which references the newspaper article rather than the negative sleeve.
Another photograph of Stettler and Lentz taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Dual Killing Quiz Grows," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1936: 9.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Emyt Lantz, Gottfried Stettler
Text from negative sleeve: 3810 --- Emyt Lantz [sic] Gottfried Stettler (aka Fred), Barbour "clock" murder suspects (murder) [stamped:] FEB 28 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Chauffeurs--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles

Names

Sokolis, Emyt L. (Emyt Leon), 1890-1968
Stettler, Gottfried, b. 1911

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image