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A. M. Engel, witness in the Gladys G. Fair murder case, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Sister Faces Death Quiz: Row With Slain Woman Told Return From Bay City to Long Beach for Querying Scheduled Today," 23 Aug. 1935: 3.
Date:: August 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Accused murderer William James (Curly) Guy leaving jail after acquittal as Deputy Sheriff Swan Wilson opens the gate, Long Beach, 1933

Description:: William James (Curly) Guy was on trial for the murder of Walter Wanderwell, and was subsequently acquitted. The trial took place in Long Beach, CA.
Date:: [February 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband Richard Peete (on her left) and bailiff Martin Aguirre, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:: Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:: [January 1921-February 1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thomas LeRoy Drake and his date Vula Hayden, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: 20-year-old Sunday school teacher Leroy Drake confesses that he poisoned his aunt and uncle and threw their bodies into the harbor to save them from the indignity of an alleged suicide pact. After the murders he went to the movies with high school sweetheart Vula Hayden.
Date:: November 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Cooper Arms Apartments, view of fire escapes from street level, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Photograph of the Cooper Arms Apartments (455 E Ocean Blvd.), view of the building's fire escapes from street level. The apartments were the home of Gladys Glena Fair, murder victim.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Captain Owen Murphy with Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling, accused of murdering Gladys G. Fair, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling (seated), being questioned by Long Beach Police Captain Owen Murphy in connection with the murder of Dowling's sister, Gladys Glena Fair.
Date:: August 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Apartment of murder victim Gladys G. Fair, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Photograph of the Long Beach apartment belonging to Gladys Glena Fair (Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E Ocean Blvd.), murder victim. A man's arm (probably a detective's arm) is partially viewed behind the open door.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dress draped over a chair in Gladys G. Fair's apartment, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Photograph of dress draped over a chair in the apartment of murder victim Gladys Glena Fair (at the Cooper Arms Apartments (455 E. Ocean Blvd.).
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Accused murderer William James (Curly) Guy in prison, Long Beach, 1933

Description:: William James (Curly) Guy was accused and subsequently acquitted of the murder of Walter Wanderwell. The Trial took place in Long Beach.
Date:: [February 1933?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling with unidentified man, woman and children, copy print, 1935

Description:: Copy print photograph with crop boxes and an arrow over the image of Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling (seated in automobile). Dowling was accused of murdering her sister, Gladys Glena Fair. Exclusionary scratches are placed over the unidentified male and female.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jack Boykin and Police Captain Owen Murphy, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Photograph of John "Jack" Boykin (left), son of accused murderer Florence Boykin Dowling, standing near two parked cars with Captain Owen Murphy of Long Beach Police Department.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting for fingerprints at the Gladys G. Fair crime scene, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Sister Given Death Quiz: Woman Will Be Brought South Kin of Mrs. Gladys G. Fair, Slain at Long Beach, Found in North," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1935: A1.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Detective Sergeant Sibley standing at the door leading to Gladys G. Fair's apartment, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Woman Dies by Bullet: Found Slain in Bathtub Visitor to Rooms of Naval Aide at Long Beach Hunted by Police," 21 Aug. 1935: 3.
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Detective Sergeant Sibley standing near the bathtub where Gladys G. Fair's body was found, Long Beach, 1935

Description:: Detective Sergeant Sibley photographed standing near the bathtub where Gladys G. Fair was found. Fair was shot in her Long Beach apartment (Cooper Arms Apartments, 455 E Ocean Blvd.).
Date:: August 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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A. M. Engel, witness in the Gladys G. Fair murder case, Long Beach, 1935

Accused murderer William James (Curly) Guy leaving jail after acquittal as Deputy Sheriff Swan Wilson opens the gate, Long Beach, 1933

Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband Richard Peete (on her left) and bailiff Martin Aguirre, Los Angeles, 1921

Thomas LeRoy Drake and his date Vula Hayden, Long Beach, 1935

Cooper Arms Apartments, view of fire escapes from street level, Long Beach, 1935

Captain Owen Murphy with Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling, accused of murdering Gladys G. Fair, Long Beach, 1935

Apartment of murder victim Gladys G. Fair, Long Beach, 1935

Dress draped over a chair in Gladys G. Fair's apartment, Long Beach, 1935

Accused murderer William James (Curly) Guy in prison, Long Beach, 1933

Mrs. Florence Boykin Dowling with unidentified man, woman and children, copy print, 1935

Jack Boykin and Police Captain Owen Murphy, Long Beach, 1935

Detective Sergeant W. L. Woodruff dusting for fingerprints at the Gladys G. Fair crime scene, Long Beach, 1935

Detective Sergeant Sibley standing at the door leading to Gladys G. Fair's apartment, Long Beach, 1935

Detective Sergeant Sibley standing near the bathtub where Gladys G. Fair's body was found, Long Beach, 1935

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