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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's kidnappers leave the L.A. county courthouse after being charged with the crime of extortion through the mails. May 28, 1934.

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William F. Gettle's three kidnappers, Larry Kerrigan (center left, in dark hat), James F. Kirk (at Kerrigan's left) and Roy A. Williams (at Williams' left) leave the Los Angeles County court house. The trio had pled guilty to the kidnapping of William F. Gettle, wealthy Beverly Hills businessman, and received life sentences at San Quentin penitentiary. However, they were then charged with the crime of attempted extortion through the mails. If convicted of said crime, they would lose the possibility of parole. May 28, 1934.
Date:
May 28, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle's kidnappers leave the L.A. county courthouse after being charged with the crime of extortion through the mails. May 28, 1934.

William F. Gettle's kidnappers leave the L.A. County courthouse after being charged with the crime of extortion through the mails. May 28, 1934.

Description:
William F. Gettle's three kidnappers, Larry Kerrigan (center left, in dark hat), James F. Kirk (at Kerrigan's left) and Roy A. Williams (at Williams' left) walk through Los Angeles after leaving the county court house, bound once again for San Quentin penitentiary. The trio had previously pled guilty to the kidnapping of William F. Gettle, wealthy Beverly Hills businessman, and received life sentences at San Quentin penitentiary. However, they were then charged with the crime of attempted extortion through the mails. If convicted of said crime, they would lose the possibility of parole. May 28, 1934.
Date:
May 28, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William F. Gettle's kidnappers leave the L.A. County courthouse after being charged with the crime of extortion through the mails. May 28, 1934.

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

Description:
William J. Cook (left), friend and campaign worker for William G. Bonelli, lobbyist Edward Levine (center), and unknown (last name O'Brien?) at the liquor license bribe trial. Cook and Levine are both accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which they allegedly 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, Edward Levine, and unidentified man at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

William Simpson indicating a point on a map at Albert Dyer's murder trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Chief Deputy District Attorney William Simpson indicates a point on a map at Albert Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right in the back is District Attorney William Simpson, Chief Investigator Eugene Williams, Public Defender William Neeley, Albert Dyer, and Public Defender Ellery Cuff.
Date:
[circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
William Simpson indicating a point on a map at Albert Dyer's murder trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Winifred Westover Hart using a magazine to hide her face from photographers during the George K. Dazey murder trial, where she was a witness, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart, former silent film actress and ex-wife of cowboy actor William S. Hart, using a magazine to hide her face from photographers during the George K. Dazey murder trial. Hart testifed that she had heard screams coming from the Dazey residence on the night George Dazey allegedly murdered his wife, Doris. Hart also said that she had received threats over the telephone after she began telling people about the screams.
Date:
February 9, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Winifred Westover Hart using a magazine to hide her face from photographers during the George K. Dazey murder trial, where she was a witness, Los Angeles, 1940

Witness Dora Van Horn waits to testify during the murder trial of Dr. George K. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Witness Dora Van Horn waits to provide testimony during the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey who was accused of murdering his wife. Mrs. Dazey was found dead as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning and her death was originally ruled a suicide. However, Dr. Dazey was later indicted by a county grand jury for the murder of his wife. Dr. Dazey was eventually acquitted of the charge of slaying his wife.
Date:
February 14, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Witness Dora Van Horn waits to testify during the murder trial of Dr. George K. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Witness Mrs. Adelaide Merritt enters the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Witness Mrs. Adelaide Merritt enters the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey who was accused of murdering his wife. Mrs. Dazey was found dead as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning and her death was originally ruled a suicide. However, Dr. Dazey was later indicted by a county grand jury for the murder of his wife. Dr. Dazey was eventually acquitted of the charge of slaying his wife.
Date:
February 14, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Witness Mrs. Adelaide Merritt enters the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Witness Mrs. Adelaide Merritt enters the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Witness Mrs. Adelaide Merritt enters the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey who was accused of murdering his wife. Mrs. Dazey was found dead as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning and her death was originally ruled a suicide. However, Dr. Dazey was later indicted by a county grand jury for the murder of his wife. Dr. Dazey was eventually acquitted of the charge of slaying his wife.
Date:
February 14, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Witness Mrs. Adelaide Merritt enters the murder trial for Dr. George K. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940