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Unidentified man at the residence of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Unidentified man at the residence of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, Beverly Hills, 1934

Fleeta and William Gettle happily embrace after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, "Doctor Gives Gettle Physical Examination to Determine Effects of Kidnapping. Eyes Found Irritated. Ankles Bruises Discovered. Happy Scenes Enacted at Victim's Home as He and Family Hold Reunion. Released Millionaire Lauds Federal County and City Officials' Assistance," Los Angeles Times, 16 May 1935: 6.
Date:
May 15, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Fleeta and William Gettle happily embrace after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Car possibly used in kidnap of C.B. Duncan, Beverly Hills, 1921

Description:
Probably related to article, "Kidnapers of Officer Hunted, Five Armed Autoists Abduct Street Superintendent, Escape is Made in Motor Car Believed Stolen, Plot to Rob Beverly Hills Bank Suspected," Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1921. The article states: "Five armed men believed to have been planning to hold up the First National Bank of Beverly Hills, yesterday morning abducted C.B. Duncan, Superintendent of Streets of Beverly Hills, and after forcing him into an automobile drove to a clump of eucalyptus trees near Culver City, where he was released…"
Date:
1921
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Car possibly used in kidnap of C.B. Duncan, Beverly Hills, 1921

Ensign Leland P. Kimball with wife Helen Werner Kimball and John Werner, Beverly Hills, 1935

Description:
Photograph of (L to R): John Werner (father of the bride), Ensign Leland P. Kimball and new bride, Helen Werner Kimball on their wedding day. The three stand in a living room around a projector placed on a short stand or table, while Werner holds a small hand-held camera. The couple wed at the Werner home in Beverly Hills.
Date:
June 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ensign Leland P. Kimball with wife Helen Werner Kimball and John Werner, Beverly Hills, 1935

Stalker Charles Wesley Brinks with Beverly Hills police chief Charles C. Blair and city recorder M.J. Cavanaugh, Beverly Hills, 1925

Description:
Related to the article “Called Gloria His Queen, Stenographer Arrested at Swanson Home Placed in Psychopathic Ward; Wanted to Live There.” Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 1925: A2. The article states: Charles Wesley Brinks, who would be “king of the League of Nations” with Gloria Swanson as queen, is scheduled to be removed to the psychopathic ward of the General Hospital today for observation as to his sanity. … arrested by Beverly Hills police Sunday night after he appeared at the screen star’s home … Brinks’ arrest disclosed the fact that he has been sought for some time by the Hollywood police as the sender of telegrams to Jesse Lasky in New York in which he besought the film executive to cable Gloria Swanson … “… although she has not answered my letters I know from her actions and her acting in certain motion pictures that she has been co-operating with me all the time,” Brinks said yesterday …
Date:
1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Stalker Charles Wesley Brinks with Beverly Hills police chief Charles C. Blair and city recorder M.J. Cavanaugh, Beverly Hills, 1925

Jack and Ellen Morich serving lunch to members of the press covering the kidnapping of William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jack and Ellen Morich serving lunch to members of the press covering the kidnapping of William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills, 1934

Home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch house during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[May 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, Beverly Hills, 1934

Unidentified man and woman at the residence of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Unidentified man and woman at the residence of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, Beverly Hills, 1934

Three unidentified men at the home of kidnapping victim William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Three unidentified men at the home of kidnapping victim William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills, 1934

Gettle children sit on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
The Gettle children (from left to right, Billy, Betty, Bobby and Jimmy) sit in a line, off-center to the left, on a neatly manicured lawn. Billy sits on a plush elephant toy and Betty holds Rags, their dog, in her lap. A tricycle stands in the yard behind and to the right of Jimmy. The beginnings of a small garden appear to grow in the distance at left. Two women mill about in the background at center.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Gettle children sit on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934