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

Description:
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, 1938

Description:
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, 1938

Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on his indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis (seated center), 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on his indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom where he is charged with several misdemeanors, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Description:
Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, Robert Noble (facing left), surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience during this time.
Date:
between November 3, 1937 and March 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom where he is charged with several misdemeanors, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Agnes Thorsen appears at the murder trial of her former employer, Paul A. Wright. January 28, 1938.

Description:
Agnes Thorsen appears in court as a witness in the "white flame" murder trial. Paul A. Wright, Thorsen's former employer, was charged with the murder of his wife and best friend in his Glendale home. Wright claimed to be not guilty by reason of insanity, as a "white hot rage" supposedly overtook him when he witnessed his wife and best friend purportedly embracing while sitting together on the piano bench. Thorsen testified that she had no knowledge of the Wrights quarreling while she was under their employ in early 1937.
Date:
January 28, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Agnes Thorsen appears at the murder trial of her former employer, Paul A. Wright. January 28, 1938.

Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Stanley Barnes at opening of civil suit against Berkeley, December 26, 1935

Description:
Opening day of civil trial arising from a traffic crash in 1935 caused by Berkeley that killed three people. Cohen and Barnes were Berkeley’s lawyers. Berkeley settled the civil suites several days later but faced several criminal trials that ended in deadlocked juries.
Date:
[December 26, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Attorney Milton Cohen, director Busby Berkeley, attorney Stanley Barnes at opening of civil suit against Berkeley, December 26, 1935

William J. Cook and Edward Levine at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:
William J. Cook (left), friend and campaign worker for William G. Bonelli, and Ed Levine, a lobbyist, at the liquor license bribe trial. Both are accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they conspired with at least five others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Date:
between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William J. Cook and Edward Levine at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:
Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:
November 18, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:
Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:
November 18, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Private detective Pearl Antibus testifies against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr., Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
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. 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 testifies against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr., Los Angeles, 1938

John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Case investigating officers Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst are in the background. Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Actress Bebe Daniels on the witness stand during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Actress Bebe Daniels on the witness stand during a trial for 36-year-old war veteran Albert F. Holland. Holland's sanity was questioned after he wrote more than 150 love letters to Daniels and claimed to have married her in Mexico. During the case, Holland ran most of his own defense, including a lengthy cross-examination of Daniel’s husband, actor Ben Lyon. The jury ultimately found Holland to be insane and committed him to the state hospital.
Date:
January 4, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Actress Bebe Daniels on the witness stand during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933

Mrs. Elsie Hinman Bush at divorce hearing against her ex-husband, former Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Description:
Mrs. Elsie Hinman Bush entering court during a divorce battle with her ex-husband, former Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush. The couple was married on Christmas Day 1939 in Las Vegas then separated three days later. Judge Bush filed for divorce against his wife citing a charge of cruelty then Mrs. Bush counter-filed with the same charge; neither party described their charge. It was the 3rd marriage for Mrs. Bush and the 4th for Judge Bush.
Date:
March 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Elsie Hinman Bush at divorce hearing against her ex-husband, former Superior Court Judge Guy F. Bush, Los Angeles, March 4, 1940

Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, questioned by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Betty Flay Hardaker sits during questioning done by Dr. Paul De River, police psychiatrist, at the Los Angeles County Jail. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daugher, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:
February 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, questioned by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Actor Ben Lyon with his wife, actress Bebe Daniels, during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Actor Ben Lyon with his wife, actress Bebe Daniels, during a trial for 36-year-old war veteran Albert F. Holland. Holland's sanity was questioned after he wrote more than 150 love letters to Daniels and claimed to have married her in Mexico. During the case, Holland ran most of his own defense, including a lengthy cross-examination of Lyon. The jury ultimately found Holland to be insane and committed him to the state hospital.
Date:
January 4, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Actor Ben Lyon with his wife, actress Bebe Daniels, during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933

Actor Ben Lyon on the witness stand during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Lyon's wife, actress Bebe Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
Actor Ben Lyon on the witness stand during a trial for 36-year-old war veteran Albert F. Holland. Holland's sanity was questioned after he wrote more than 150 love letters to Lyon's wife, actress Bebe Daniels, and claimed to have married her in Mexico. During the case, Holland ran most of his own defense, including a lengthy cross-examination of Lyon. The jury ultimately found Holland to be insane and committed him to the state hospital.
Date:
January 4, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Actor Ben Lyon on the witness stand during a trial for Albert F. Holland, who wrote 150 love letters to Lyon's wife, actress Bebe Daniels, Los Angeles, 1933

Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, and Norris Stensland, deputy sheriff, studying photographs, LosAngeles, 1935 or 1936

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 10, 1935, Pond Death Confab Held. While tentative plans for an inquest were announced, Robert S. James, beauty-parlor operator, yesterday conferred with Capt. Norris Stensland at the Sheriff’s office in connection with the death of his bride, Mrs. Mary Bush [sic] James, whose partly submerged body was discovered last Monday in the fish pond of her La Crescenta home. …
Date:
August 9, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, and Norris Stensland, deputy sheriff, studying photographs, LosAngeles, 1935 or 1936

Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, January 3, 1931, Sheldon Trial Begins Monday, Gunman Engaged in Fight With Three Policemen, Faces Charge of Attempt to Commit Murder, Battle Brought Action Against Gambling Ships. Trial of Ralph Sheldon, eastern gunman and hoodlum, on three counts of assault to murder three Long Beach policemen in a waterfront gun battle two weeks ago, yesterday was set for next Monday … Sheldon maintained that his true name is James Sherman, the name he gave police when arrested, but the police say they have otherwise identified him. … His indictment grew out gun battle … following the kidnaping of E.L. (Zeke) Caress … on his way to collect $50,000 ransom …
Date:
1930-1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Adolfo Carsi holding up his right hand, perhaps taking an oath, judge at the coroner's jury. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity. Spectators are seated behind him and attorneys are seated at a table in front of him. A man with a camera on a tripod is on the left.
Date:
January 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, January 3, 1931, Sheldon Trial Begins Monday, Gunman Engaged in Fight With Three Policemen, Faces Charge of Attempt to Commit Murder, Battle Brought Action Against Gambling Ships. Trial of Ralph Sheldon, eastern gunman and hoodlum, on three counts of assault to murder three Long Beach policemen in a waterfront gun battle two weeks ago, yesterday was set for next Monday … Sheldon maintained that his true name is James Sherman, the name he gave police when arrested, but the police say they have otherwise identified him. … His indictment grew out gun battle … following the kidnaping of E.L. (Zeke) Caress … on his way to collect $50,000 ransom …
Date:
1930-1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ralph Sheldon in court, Los Angeles, 1930 or 1931

Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 28, 1936, James Guilty in Girl Case, Suspect Smiles at Verdict, Jury Convicts Barber on All Three Counts of Morals Offenses. … James … sat stolid and emotionless as a jury decreed him guilty of three separate morals offenses involving his 21-year-old niece. … facing the still more serious charge of murdering his wife last August by rattlesnake venom and drowning …
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James sitting in the witness stand with a map of his home behind him. An unidentified man is visible in front of him. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:
[circa May 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Murder suspect Robert S. James sitting on the witness stand with a plan of his house behind him, Los Angeles, 1936

Mariposa County Judge W.A. Scott with section of tree grown around revolver, Los Angeles or Pasadena, 1931

Description:
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article "Ghost Gang Relic Found: Forgotten Revolver Grows in Tree," November 16, 1931, describing how bandit Charley Jack simulated a gang of attackers along the Mammoth Trail by hiding guns and coats in tree branches; the son of an attack victim later discovered an abandoned gun grown into a tree
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mariposa County Judge W.A. Scott with section of tree grown around revolver, Los Angeles or Pasadena, 1931

Joan Dix wins lawsuit against Frank Tipper for injuries in car crash, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
View of Joan Dix seated on desk, in jacket, holding right wrist. Joan Dix was a screen actress and dancer who complained she suffered from headaches and dizzy spells which had prevented her working because of a collision between her car and Frank Tipper's, as reported in the article, "Suit Winner: Dancer Wins Crash Cash." Los Angeles Times 3 Sept. 1935.
Date:
September 2, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Joan Dix wins lawsuit against Frank Tipper for injuries in car crash, Los Angeles, 1935

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Harold G. Ferguson outside courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
At the time this photograph was taken, Harold G. Ferguson had served in San Quentin State Prison for the grand theft of investment funds in the 1929 sale of the Malibu La Costa beachfront properties--faciliated by his former real estate company the Harold G. Ferguson Corporation. After his release, Ferguson testified at this 1935 trial, in which the Malibu investors were ultimately denied the recovery of $443,000 from the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association and the Marblehead Land Company, the third-party companies Ferguson used to broker the Malibu deals.
Date:
October 14, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Harold G. Ferguson outside courtroom, Los Angeles, 1935

Actresses Lona Andre, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing, Grace Bradley and actor Baby Le Roy meet with Judge Marshall McComb to obtain contract approvals, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:
A similar photograph appears with the caption "Infant Star Voices Approval of Judicial Procedure; Judge McComb fixes up papers for young actor who, pencil in hand, awaits chance to sign. Surrounding the pair are, left to right, Lona Andre, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing and Grace Bradley," with the article, "Baby Leroy's Screen Contract Approved, Four Comedy Actresses Also Signed by Studio for Film Jobs," Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1933.
Date:
September 19, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Actresses Lona Andre, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing, Grace Bradley and actor Baby Le Roy meet with Judge Marshall McComb to obtain contract approvals, Los Angeles, 1933

William P. Carr, Deputy Prosecutor, stands next to a still, Los Angeles, 1930-1933

Description:
William P. Carr, Deputy Prosecutor, stands next to a still composed of a metal can, a metal cylindrical container with a gauge on top and a funnel. According to the annotation to the negative sleeve, there is come connection between the still and the Angelus Temple. On the wall behind Carr is a calendar advertising an insurance provider called the Seyler-Day Co.
Date:
[between 1930-1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
William P. Carr, Deputy Prosecutor, stands next to a still, Los Angeles, 1930-1933

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:
June 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Commission member, Thomas Perry, stands between fellow commissioners William G. Hale and Thomas C. Ridgway, who are both seated at a table strewn with documents. The California Code Commission, tasked with revising and codifying laws from thousands of specific state statutes, met to outline its objectives. Members were chosen from the legal and academic community. Commissioners included: President Thomas Caldwell Ridgway, former president of the California bar association; Vice-chairs, USC Dean William Green Hale and Perry Evans of San Francisco; Secretary Fred B. Wood; Don G. Bowker of Los Angeles; Gerald Hanna Hagar of Oakland; Berkeley's Professor Alexander Marsden Kidd; Stanford's Professor William B. Owens, and Norris N. Montgomery of Santa Barbara. Hagar and Kidd's names are misspelled in the Los Angeles Times caption and nitrate negative captions.
Date:
October 5, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
State code commissioners William G. Hale, Perry Evans, and T.C. Ridgway, Los Angeles, 1935