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A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Attorney Robert H. Davis and Kenn Touschner, accidental shooter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Attorney Robert H. Davis sits on the left side of the table, leaning forward, arms resting on the table in front of him, hands clasped together. He is looking away from the camera. Kenneth Touschner, who accidentally shot his friend Cleo L. Haskins, Jr., sits on the right, resting his chin in his hands, elbows on the table. His eyes are downcast.
Date:
[between December 14-18, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Attorney Robert H. Davis and Kenn Touschner, accidental shooter, Los Angeles, 1935

Attorney S.S. Hahn with his client Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Attorney S.S. Hahn seated at table with his client, Lorraine Wiseman. Hahn is looking at a stack of papers. Wiseman is looking at him. This photograph was possibly taken in Hahn's office on September 13, 1926, where Wiseman spoke to the press after being arraigned for issuing checks without funds. Wiseman was a co-defendant in the Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy trial, having admitted that she had falsely claimed to be Miss X, the woman believed to in fact be McPherson who had been with Kenneth G. Ormiston at a Carmel rental cottage.
Date:
September 13, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Attorney S.S. Hahn with his client Lorraine Wiseman, co-defendent in McPherson conspiracy trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Attorney Volney P. Mooney and Representative Charles Kramer investigating un-American activities, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Attorney Volney P. Mooney (left), the National Commander of the Disabled Veterans of America, and Representative Charles Kramer holding a document and looking at it. They are at an office desk covered with other documents, glasses, and a glasses case. This photograph was probably taken when Kramer, chairman of the subcommittee investigating un-American activities, held executive sessions to interrogate local Los Angeles groups including Nazis, Communists, and Fascists in Room 306 of the Federal Building on August 1, 1934. Mooney assisted him.
Date:
[August 1, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Attorney Volney P. Mooney and Representative Charles Kramer investigating un-American activities, Los Angeles, 1935

Captain Bert Massey, LAPD officer and Liquor Control Act administrator in Los Angeles County, in court, Los Angeles, 1935?

Description:
Captain Bert Massey, a Los Angeles Police Department officer who also served as administrator of the Liquor Control Act in Los Angeles County, seated at the head of a table in the center of the photo, with two women at each side of the table. Behind Massey is a man in a light-colored suit, seated in a chair. Behind a bench in the background are Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney H. Leslie Wildey on the left and a person whose head is obscured by Massey's. This photograph was possibly taken during a California State Senate committee's July 1935 investigation of favoritism that existed in the issuance of liquor licenses in Los Angeles County. Wildey was appointed to act as an observer during the hearings and report to the grand jury any information that indicated criminal activities.
Date:
[July, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Bert Massey, LAPD officer and Liquor Control Act administrator in Los Angeles County, in court, Los Angeles, 1935?

Councilman James S. McKnight sits at the defense counsel's table with his attorneys, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
From left to right, defense attorneys Roland Swaffield and Mark Jones sit behind the counsel's table with their client, City Council member James S. McKnight. They sit in a row and face towards the right. Documents clutter the table in front of them. A few spectators sit in the gallery in the background at left.
Date:
[circa April 6, 1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Councilman James S. McKnight sits at the defense counsel's table with his attorneys, Los Angeles, 1933

Forrest Murray questions Alonzo B. Murchison during Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping case, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, attorney Forrest Murray stands beside the witness box during the kidnapping case of Aimee Semple McPherson. He stands facing slightly right and holds up the dress worn by McPherson when found in the desert. To the right of him, Alonzo B. Murchison, a native of Douglas, Arizona, sits on the witness stand.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Forrest Murray questions Alonzo B. Murchison during Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping case, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Jerry Giesler, Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, and Marion Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:
February 7, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jerry Giesler, Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, and Marion Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Joseph Scott and family, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1930s

Description:
Joseph Scott, 2 of his sons, Patrick and George, and his wife, Bertha, pose after disembarking from an airplane. Bertha Scott stands at center with her sons standing to either side of her. She holds a cane as she looks to the camera. To the left of Bertha, Patrick Scott stands and looks to camera. At far right, George Scott stands. Both Patrick and George wear their clerical collars. Behind Bertha and between his sons, Joseph Scott stands elevated on a stool at center. He looks to camera. Behind the Scotts, the fuselage of a small aircraft stretches across the image.
Date:
[circa 1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Joseph Scott and family, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1930s

Joseph Scott and Father Superior Augustine, [Los Angeles or Santa Barbara?], [1920-1939]

Description:
From left to right, Attorney Joseph Scott and Father Superior Augustine stand at center. Joseph Scott wears a tuxedo and looks towards Father Superior Augustine at right. The Father Superior wears a habit and rosary beads. He rests his hands to his hips as he looks to the camera. Behind and to the left of Joseph Scott, the door to a men's room stands.
Date:
[between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Joseph Scott and Father Superior Augustine, [Los Angeles or Santa Barbara?], [1920-1939]

Joseph Scott disembarks from a plane, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1930s

Description:
Off-center to the right, Joseph Scott poses while disembarking from an airplane. He stands on the middle step of a step stool near the plane's rear door. Joseph Scott holds a hat in his hand as he looks to camera. Behind him, the plane's fuselage stretches across the image. Text along the side of the plane reads, "[...]ENTRALES. S.A.," and "[...]X[...]."
Date:
[circa 1930s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Joseph Scott disembarks from a plane, Los Angeles vicinity, circa 1930s