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Portrait of Joseph Scott, circa 1935

Description:
British-born, Scott was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles with significant dealings with national government, local business, the Los Angeles Times, the Catholic Church, and Charlie Chaplin, amongst other topics. At one time Scott was referred to as “Mr. Los Angeles”.
Date:
[1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Portrait of Joseph Scott, circa 1935

Rheba Crawford and others convening to discuss her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Rheba Crawford with her attorney Joseph Fainer and others, including Willedd Andrews, attorney for Aimee McPherson Semple. Crawford had been dismissed from her post of associate pastor of Angelus Temple by Aimee Semple McPherson, an action which she contested due to specifications in her contract. Crawford is dead center, with Joseph Fainer to her right.
Date:
[circa November 18, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rheba Crawford and others convening to discuss her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

Rheba Crawford discussing her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Rheba Crawford with her attorney Joseph Fainer dealing with legal matters. Crawford had been dismissed from her post of associate pastor of Angelus Temple by Aimee Semple McPherson, an action which she contested due to specifications in her contract. Crawford is center, with Joseph Fainer to her right.
Date:
[circa November 18, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rheba Crawford discussing her lawsuit against Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1937

R. H. W. Schafer, Roland West, Robert Anderson, and Mae Whitehead at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Description:
Taken at grand jury investigation into death of film actress Thelma Todd. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Schafer was the manager of a roadside cafe owned by West and Todd. Anderson was a bartender at the café. Whitehead was Todd’s personal maid. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:
[December, 1935-January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
R. H. W. Schafer, Roland West, Robert Anderson, and Mae Whitehead at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 28, 1936, James Guilty in Girl Case, Suspect Smiles at Verdict, Jury Convicts Barber on All Three Counts of Morals Offenses. … James … sat stolid and emotionless as a jury decreed him guilty of three separate morals offenses involving his 21-year-old niece. … facing the still more serious charge of murdering his wife last August by rattlesnake venom and drowning …
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Roland West and Harvey Priester in audience for grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Description:
Taken at grand jury investigation into death of film actress Thelma Todd. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Priester was Todd’s friend. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:
[December, 1935 - January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Roland West and Harvey Priester in audience for grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935