Detective Lieutenant Edward E. Slope, Detective Lieutenant Charles H. Bridgeman, murder suspect Leroy Drake, and Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Detective Lieutenant Edward E. Slope, Detective Lieutenant Charles H. Bridgeman, murder suspect Leroy Drake, and Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: September 27, 1935
Date: 1935-09-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: In late September, 1935, 19-year-old Thomas Leroy Drake was indicted for the poison-murder of his great-uncle and aunt after he was reportedly dis-inherited from their estate.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: L to R - standing det. Lt. E. E. Slope, Det. Lt. C. H. Bridgeman L to R seated - Leroy Drake - Buron Fitts
Text from negative sleeve: 2341 -- L to R - standing Det. Lt. E. E. Slope, Det. Lt. C. H. Bridgeman, seated L to R Leroy Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts Poison Murder case 9-27-35 [stamped:] OCT 3- 1935

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Slope, Edward E., 1893-1974
Drake, Leroy, b. 1916
Bridgeman, Charles H., 1902-1945
Location: Long Beach (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_8766
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dgq4j
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Rights Country: US
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