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Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the DeWitt Clinton Cook murder trial of Cook re-enacting his murder of Anya Sosoyeva, Los Angeles, October 11, 1939

Description:
Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the murder trial of DeWitt Clinton Cook. The film showed Cook (right) re-enacting his murder of dancer Anya Sosoyeva, who he hit on the head with a 2x4. Cook willingly confessed to the murder, as well as the assaults of two other women, Delia Bogard and Myrtle Wagner. This was the first time sound motion pictures were used during a trial in California history. The trial was also considered very unusual because Cook never denied the murder, personally offer a not guilty plea, or put up any defense. Cook was sentenced to death and executed in the San Quentin gas chamber on January 31, 1941, at age 21
Date:
October 11, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the DeWitt Clinton Cook murder trial of Cook re-enacting his murder of Anya Sosoyeva, Los Angeles, October 11, 1939

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Kynette can be seen wearing eyeglasses. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Kynette can be seen wearing eyeglasses. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Kynette can be seen wearing eyeglasses. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazey, who was allegedly murdered by her second husband, George Dazey. At the trial, Sparks testified that he had remained friendly with his ex-wife and the two had occupied the same hotel room in 1934. This aided the prosecution's claim that George Dazey had committed murder because he was unsure of the paternity of a boy born to Mrs. Dazey in 1935.
Date:
February 13, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter 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 Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter (left) and Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide squad (center) $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 and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

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

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Jackson Collins, Beatrice Hard and Charles M. Traux in court for the murder trial of crossing guard Albert Dyer. Dyer had lured three Inglewood girls into the hills, where he strangled them with rope and his hands. He was eventually found guilty and executed. From left to right, Beatrice Hard, Jackson Collins, and Charles M. Truax.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Dorothy Deel and Winifred W. Howard in court for the murder trial of crossing guard Albert Dyer. Dyer had lured three Inglewood girls into the hills, where he strangled them with rope and his hands. He was eventually found guilty and executed. From left to right is Dorothy Deel and Winifred W. Howard, and an unidentified man to the extreme right.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Thomas W. Warner, Jr. sits next to private detective Pearl Antibus who was suing his millionaire father for damages that resulted from a raid on her home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Pearl Antibus can be seen on the other side of the beam. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner, Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner, Sr. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:
April 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Thomas W. Warner, Jr. sits next to private detective Pearl Antibus who was suing his millionaire father for damages that resulted from a raid on her home, Los Angeles, 1938

Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Mrs. Antibus is hidden behind a beam. Thomas Warner, Jr. sits next to the Antibus family. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:
April 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938