Nathan O. Freedman and Dep. Dist. Attorney Arthur Veitch at the Peter Pianezzi murder trials, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Nathan O. Freedman and Dep. Dist. Attorney Arthur Veitch at the Peter Pianezzi murder trials, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

between February 5, 1940 and April 20, 1941

Date

1940-02-05/1941-04-20

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Nathan O. Freedman (left) and Deputy District Attorney Arthur Veitch at one of two trials where ex-convict Peter Pianezzi is charged with a double murder. Freedman is Pianezzi's lawyer. Allegedly, Pianezzi shot gambler George (Les) Bruneman 16 times in a cafe, then fatally shot cafe employee Frank A. Greuzard when he tried to take down Pianezzi's license plate number. The murder, which occurred October 25, 1937 is thought to have been gang-related. Pianezzi's first trial ended with a hung jury, 9-3 for the acquittal of Pianezzi. In the second trial, Pianezzi received a life sentence for the murders. Later, at age 80, Pianezzi was pardoned based on innocence.

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Nathan FreedmanArthur Veitch
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Huddle, Roy; Huddle, Elaine -Mrs.; Pianezzi, Pete; Freedman, Nathan

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Veitch, Arthur, 1884-1968
Freedman, Nathan O., b. 1891 or 2
Bruneman, George Les (Leslie), 1897-1937

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Shootings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Gangs--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Disaster