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Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Description:
Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, showing Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide (right) squad $34 in silver hidden in a potato sack at Stettler's home. Stettler confessed to stealing the money from the Barbours after murdering them with a heavy object and setting a timing device which would set the bodies on fireNote: text on the nitrate sleeves and handwritten on the negative likely transcribed "Bert Wallis" incorrectly as "Bert Wallace"
Date:
February 21, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Berthal Gregory and Marion Fitts, sister and wife of District Attorney Buron Fitts, at a trial concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
Mrs. Berthal Gregory, sister and secretary of District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Mrs. Marion Fitts, Buron's wife, sitting together during a trial. The trial is probably concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, specifically involving the 1931 sale of an orange grove to Buron from his parents.
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Berthal Gregory and Marion Fitts, sister and wife of District Attorney Buron Fitts, at a trial concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, Los Angeles, 1930s

Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. He was defended by Deputy Public Defender William H. Sanson.
Date:
[circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. From left to right, William H. Sanson, Charles H. Hope.
Date:
[circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. From left to right, William H. Sanson, Charles H. Hope.
Date:
[circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Description:
Photo related to November 1935 United States Senate Justice Administration Committee on the controversies surrounding the bankruptcy of Fox West Coast Theaters. Charles L Rawlins was the attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, which was involved in the case.
Date:
[November, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Charles L Rawlins, attorney for the receiver and trustees of the Arizona Edison Company, circa November 1935

Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and District Attorney Buron Fitts with Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:
Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts examine soiled clothing possibly owned by Thomas Edward Dugger. Dugger, known as "Ape Man", was convicted of eleven felonies related to the robbery, kidnapings, and assault of three women. Dugger was indicted on April 4, 1935 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on February 18, 1936.
Date:
Between 1935-1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and District Attorney Buron Fitts with Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese, Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts, and two unidentified men examine the hands of Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:
Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese, Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts, and two unidentified men examine the hands of Thomas Edward Dugger. Dugger, known as "Ape Man", was convicted of eleven felonies related to the robbery, kidnapings, and assault of three women. Dugger was indicted on April 4, 1935 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on February 18, 1936.
Date:
Between 1935-1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese, Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts, and two unidentified men examine the hands of Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

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

Description:
Taken at inquiry into the 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. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:
[December, 1935-January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Director Roland West and R. H. W. Schafer at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

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

Description:
Taken as verdict is read into inquiry of the 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. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:
[December, 1935 - January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Director Roland West and R. H. W. Schafer at grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Dorothy Libaire, theater and film actress of the 1930s, receives a writ of divorce from her husband, director Marion Gering. April 9, 1936.

Description:
Theater and film actress Dorothy Libaire, photographed at the Los Angeles Superior courthouse upon the occassion of her divorce from husband, Russion film and theater director Marion Gering. According to Libaire, her husband believed that people involved in theater should not be married. The two were married on November 28, 1930. Gering directed Libaire in the 1932 film "Madame Butterfly," starring Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant. Libaire played the part of "Peach Blossom." They separated on January 22, 1936.
Date:
April 9, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dorothy Libaire, theater and film actress of the 1930s, receives a writ of divorce from her husband, director Marion Gering. April 9, 1936.

Eddie Cantor and Samuel Goldwyn, defendants in a copyright lawsuit, Los Angeles, April 29, 1936

Description:
Entertainer Eddie Cantor (left) and producer Samuel Goldwyn, defendants (along with Jack Robbins, music publisher) in a copyright suit brought by James J. Donnelly, a Hollywood composer. Donnelly is claiming $100,000 in damages because he wasn't given credit for the use of the song "When My Ship Comes In" in a recent picture.Note: image is mislabeled in the system as 9358, it should be 9258
Date:
April 29, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Eddie Cantor and Samuel Goldwyn, defendants in a copyright lawsuit, Los Angeles, April 29, 1936

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Judge James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor stands next to congressman Thomas Francis Ford, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor stands next to Thomas Francis Ford while wearing a suit. He may be singing. O'Connor was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before becoming a federal judge, President Roosevelt appointed him Comptroller of the Currency in 1933. He served in this position during the Great Depression and resigned in 1938. Ford was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th congressional district from 1933-1945.
Date:
1930s
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Judge James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor stands next to congressman Thomas Francis Ford, Los Angeles, 1930s

Judge William E. MacFaden, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Description:
William E. MacFaden (1913-1992) became the youngest judge in the state of California when he was sworn in as Redondo Beach city judge on July 1934. After he was admitted to the California Bar in 1936, MacFaden opened a family law practice in Redondo Beach, where he served as city attorney from 1941 to 1947. He also was Hawthorne's city attorney from 1944 to 1946. In 1960, MacFaden became a judge in South Bay Municipal Court. Gov. Edmund G. Brown elevated him to the Superior Court bench in 1963. Over the years, he served as presiding judge of the county's juvenile court, family law and mental health departments, and the Torrance Superior Court.
Date:
Between 1934-1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Judge William E. MacFaden, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Judge William E. MacFaden, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Description:
William E. MacFaden (1913-1992) became the youngest judge in the state of California when he was sworn in as Redondo Beach city judge on July 1934. After he was admitted to the California Bar in 1936, MacFaden opened a family law practice in Redondo Beach, where he served as city attorney from 1941 to 1947. He also was Hawthorne's city attorney from 1944 to 1946. In 1960, MacFaden became a judge in South Bay Municipal Court. Gov. Edmund G. Brown elevated him to the Superior Court bench in 1963. Over the years, he served as presiding judge of the county's juvenile court, family law and mental health departments, and the Torrance Superior Court.
Date:
Between 1934-1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Judge William E. MacFaden, Los Angeles, circa 1934

Jury for Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts 1936 perjury trial, circa January 16, 1936.

Description:
Photograph of the jury in Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts' 1936 perjury trial. Pictured are Mrs. Camilla Markey of Altadena, Miss Lottie B. Connelly of Los Angeles, Mrs Harriet Bliss of Santa Monica, Mr. Stanfel S. Forbes Sr. of Los Angeles, Mrs. Josephine Fox of Los Angeles, Mrs. Louise J. Boaz of Los Angeles, Mr. William Douglas of Los Angeles, Mr. Allen A. Bunnell of Pasadena, Mrs. Stella L. Duryea of Los Angeles, Mrs. Louise S. Harwood of Altadena, and Mrs. Edith Isakson of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa January 16, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury for Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts 1936 perjury trial, circa January 16, 1936.

Jury for Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts 1936 perjury trial, circa January 16, 1936.

Description:
Photograph of the jury in Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts' 1936 perjury trial. Pictured are Mrs. Camilla Markey of Altadena, Miss Lottie B. Connelly of Los Angeles, Mrs Harriet Bliss of Santa Monica, Mr. Stanfel S. Forbes Sr. of Los Angeles, Mrs. Josephine Fox of Los Angeles, Mrs. Louise J. Boaz of Los Angeles, Mr. William Douglas of Los Angelse, Mr. Allen A. Bunnell of Pasadena, Mrs. Stella L. Duryea of Los Angeles, Mrs. Louise S. Harwood of Altadena, and Mrs. Edith Isakson of Los Angeles.
Date:
[circa January 16, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury for Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts 1936 perjury trial, circa January 16, 1936.

Law enforcement officials George Fisher, Elizabeth Fiske, and J.W. Buckley surrounded by bags of food, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Law enforcement officials George Fisher (Lieutenant), Elizabeth Fiske (City Mother Policewomen), and J.W. Buckley (Patrolman) surrounded by bags filled with food goods, including Bagdad Coffee. Elizabeth Fiske was with LAPD from 1929-1964 and served on the City Mothers Bureau, a crime prevention division of LAPD staffed entirely by policewomen.
Date:
1930s?
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Law enforcement officials George Fisher, Elizabeth Fiske, and J.W. Buckley surrounded by bags of food, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, at Fitts' 1936 perjury trial.

Description:
Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, pictured at Fitts' perjury trial, circa January 1936. Dist. Atty Fitts was charged with perjuring himself during testimony to a 1931 grand jury, in regards to real estate transactions carried out by his family. His sister and secretary, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, was also a defendant in this case.
Date:
[circa January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, at Fitts' 1936 perjury trial.

Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, a man and a woman standing, possibly witnesses testifying, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man. Three men, seated in the background, are listening to the proceedings.
Date:
[between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, a man and a woman standing, possibly witnesses testifying, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man. Three men, seated in the background, are listening to the proceedings.
Date:
[between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table