In their pursuit of Mrs. Celia L. Holme's murderer, Detectives Miles Ledbetter and Joe Filkas question Ernest LaValle, the winter sports coach at USC and a friend of Mrs. Holmes. From left to right, Ernest LaValle, Joe Filkas, and Miles Ledbetter.
Group portrait of Detective Lieutenant Joe Filkas with members of a special squadron organized to combat criminals who attack women and children. The squadron was organized by Chief Davis following a series of attacks on five women and an 11-year-old girl.
Detective Lieutenant Joseph Filkas appears at a press conference involving the murder of Mrs. Celia L. Holmes. He is probably announcing his discovery of new evidence which was a small white button found near the murder scene.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "MAN KILLED BY ROBBERS: Hardware Storekeeper Hit on Head in Furious Death Struggle," Los Angeles Times, 8 Jul. 1935: 3
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
Attorney Donald A. Rothrock was charged with two counts of attempted murder and one of assault with a deadly weapon when he fired his gun at a restaurant, seriously wounding a waitress.