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William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, is reunited with his four children (twins Betty and Bobby, and sons Billy and Jimmy) upon his homecoming.Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire and businessman, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home 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 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills businessman and millionaire, is reunited with his four children after his kidnapping. Gettle 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:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Beverly Hills home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim. May 1934.

Description:
Beverly Hills home of businessman and millionaire William F. Gettle, at 723 North Linden Drive. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of from 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:
[circa May 10, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Beverly Hills home of William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim. May 1934.

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, (center, wearing spectacles) is returned to his home in Beverly Hills after being kidnapped and held for ransom.Gettle, businessman and millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home 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 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Description:
William F. Gettle, (center, dark glasses) is returned to his Beverly Hills home after being kidnapped and held for ransom.Gettle, businessman and millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home 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 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Beverly Hills Chief of Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Gettle family lawyer Ernest E. Noon, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
A photograph of Chief of Beverly Hills Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and lawyer Ernest E. Noon. The three men were involved in the search for kidnapping victim William F. Gettle and the prosecution of the kidnappers after Gettle's safe recovery.Charles C. Blair was the first Chief of Police of Beverly Hills, serving from 1927-1942. Ernest E. Noon was the attorney of the Gettle family. He was intimitely involved with the attempts to recover William F. Gettle, directing via the Los Angeles Times that the kidnappers send any ransom requests to him, as Mrs. Fleeta Gettle was ill with nervous prostration after the kidnapping of her husband and under medical supervision.Buron Fitts was the district attorney of Los Angeles from 1928-1940. Fitts was in charge of co-ordinating the police agencies in their search for Gettle and his kidnappers.
Date:
[circa May, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Beverly Hills Chief of Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Gettle family lawyer Ernest E. Noon, Beverly Hills, 1934

Looking at dart game exhibit at trial of William Freelove, Beverly Hills, October 9, 1935

Description:
Photo related to at the “Lottery Trial” of William Freelove and Howard J. Rile in October, 1935. From left to right are Werner, Contreras, and most likely Roll and Freelove. Werner, former city attorney, was Freelove's defense lawyer. Contreras was a deputy sherriff and Roll the prosecuting district attorney.
Date:
October 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Looking at dart game exhibit at trial of William Freelove, Beverly Hills, October 9, 1935

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire and businessman, is reunited with his four children after his kidnapping. Gettle 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:
May 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Distant view towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, between 1912 and 1934

Description:
View towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, steps and terraced lawn with palm trees from Sunset Boulevard. The hotel, opened in 1912 by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey in the Mediterranean Revival style, and the gardens were designed by the landscape architect Wilbur David Cook.
Date:
[between 1912 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Distant view towards the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, between 1912 and 1934

Man plays with the Gettle family's dog, Rags, in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is possibly related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Man plays with the Gettle family's dog, Rags, in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

District Attorney Buron Fitts, Ernest E. Noon and Beverly Hills Chief of Police Blair pose on the front steps of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
District Attorney Buron Fitts, Ernest E. Noon and Beverly Hills Chief of Police Blair pose on the front steps of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Clara Hitchen walks through the Gettle's yard, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
At center, Clara Hitchen is captured in motion walking briskly along a walkway in the Gettle family's yard. She wears a white nurse's uniform. Clara Hitchen approaches the camera as she pumps her arms and looks towards the right. The walkway stretches behind her to the right. At right, two men at the end of the walkway walk towards the right. Landscaped grounds line both sides of the walkway. Low-trimmed hedges line the right side of the walkway and tall grasses, shrubs and trees rise along the left side. In the background at center, a tall wall is visible lining the grounds.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Clara Hitchen walks through the Gettle's yard, Beverly Hills, 1934

Letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Description:
Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in a La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Date:
May 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Gettle children play on their swing set during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
The Gettle children's activities during their father's kidnapping appear in a similar photograph captioned, “Gettle Children’s Playground Guarded Above is a picture of the playground at the home of William F. Gettle, kidnaped Beverly Hills millionaire, built for the use of the four Gettle children. A corps of guards is now on duty protecting them as they play. Below are the baby footprints of the four Gettle children made in the fresh cement of the Linden Drive home two years ago. Each set of prints is identified with its owner’s name,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Gettle children play on their swing set during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

Ingle Barr, Delpha Barr and George Millovich walk down the sidewalk in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
This photograph is related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares 'Important Information' Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times.
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ingle Barr, Delpha Barr and George Millovich walk down the sidewalk in front of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934

Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Description:
Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in a La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Date:
May 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Address on letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 2)

Two unidentified women hanging laundry on a clothesline at the Gettle house in Beverly Hills, 1935

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:
[May 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Two unidentified women hanging laundry on a clothesline at the Gettle house in Beverly Hills, 1935

Two photographic prints of William F. Gettle hang from a piece of lumber, [Beverly Hills?], about 1934

Description:
A similar portrait of William F. Gettle appears in a small photo spread captioned, "Close-up of Place Where William F. Gettle Was Captured for Ransom In the top row of pictures are, left to right, William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire kidnaped [sic] from his Arcadia estate (photo by Raoul Gradvohl;) the house at 279 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia, from where Gettle was kidnaped [sic] (Wide World photo;) James P. Wolf, personal friend of Gettle, who was with Gettle at the time of the kidnaping [sic] but was bound and gagged and left behind by the two gunmen, and the ladder used by the kidnapers [sic] when they forced the millionaire to climb the high wall and barbed wire surrounding his estate to a waiting motor car (Wide World photo.) Below is the Gettle home at 723 Linden Drive, Beverly Hills," Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 2
Date:
[circa May, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Two photographic prints of William F. Gettle hang from a piece of lumber, [Beverly Hills?], about 1934

Letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 1)

Description:
Gettle was kidnapped from his ranch home in Arcadia on the night of May 9th during a housewarming party, then held in a La Crescenta house by a gang consisting of three men and two women. Police foiled their ransom plot and rescued Gettle on May 14th, following clues recorded on a dictagraph placed on the telephone conversations of a suspected bank robber.
Date:
May 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Letter from kidnap victim William Gettle to his attorney, Ernest E. Noon, May 1934 (page 1)

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

Description:
This photograph is possibly related to the articles, “TENSE EXPECTANCY REIGNS AT HOME OF MILLIONAIRE,” Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1934: 2, and, “PATHOS REIGNS IN GETTLE HOME: Stricken Wife Awaiting Tensely for Tidings Children, Unaware of Crime, Guarded During Play Strangers in House, Actually Officers, Seem Guests,” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1934: 2
Date:
[circa May 9-15, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Gettle children sit and pose on their lawn during William F. Gettle's kidnapping ordeal, Beverly Hills, 1934

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

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

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