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Picture of the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles registry for April, 1931

Description:: Photograph of the registry for April 1st and 2nd at the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles. Names are written on both pages from 8am to 5pm. This may have been used during David H. Clark's murder trial in 1931.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

David H. Clark's gun, bullets and shells, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: David H. Clark was tried for murder.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Copy of grand jury exhibit photograph of Darby Day Jr.'s facial acid burns, Los Angeles, 1925

Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Bullets used as evidence in David Clark murder trial, Los Angeles, 1931

Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notebook belonging to kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Makes His Plea Today: Murderer Expected to Offer Insanity Excuse," 3 Jan. 1928: A2.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Montecito Drive, ransom money drop area in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: Sharply curving street in sparsely populated hilly area, with hills, cliffs, and wash at left, man standing at edge of bank in center, 4 or 5 houses in background
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Second letter in Marty Rosen shooting investigation, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Letter was written to Larceny Bill. Marty Rosen appeared to be involved in some nefarious people and dealings. He discussed his plans to possibly come back to Brooklyn. In the letter he stated: "Did you find out of he went to his brother? If he did, then fuck him anyway with his brother, because if I am back in ... in another week or so, I'll just have to walk up to his brother's office with my rat-a-tat-tat and mow them all down, you know me bill Im built that way ---- on pencial & paper only-ha !ha!"
Date:: October 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Exterior of the storefront hideout of Leroy Anderson, who attempted to kidnap banker Herbert D. Ivey, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Second Man Now Hunted in Ivey Plot: Hideout Reveals Accomplice. Chains, Money and Arms in Slain Ransom Seeker's Quarters Disclosed," 13 Oct. 1935: 1.
Date:: October 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles police captain Howard L. Barlow taking fingerprints, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Related to the article “Fingerprint Work Told, Los Angeles Bureau Leads Nation in Science of Identification.” Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 1934: A3
Date:: March 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified detectives search the room where Rose Marie Happel was murdered, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph depicts detectives examining the trunk where the body of Rose Marie Happel was found (also referred to as Rosabella in the Los Angeles Times). She was murdered by her husband John H. Happel.
Date:: December 5, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Forged checks in Elliot Thomas case, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:: Former Redondo Beach school superintendent Elliot B. Thomas has been sentenced to serve one to fourteen years at San Quentin Penitentiary for the forgery of pay vouchers drawn against the County Treasury. He has misappropriated approximately $10,000.
Date:: November 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Thirteen-point fingerprint comparison purported to belong to William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Description:: Two photographs placed side-by-side, each displaying an enlarged right fingerprint. Thirteen-points of comparison are drawn on each image. The prints were believed to belong to William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year old Marion Parker in December of 1927.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Page in notebook of kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 1928

Description:: Notebook described in the article, "Hickman Makes His Plea Today: Murderer Expected to Offer Insanity Excuse," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1928: A2.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two detectives search for evidence in the apartment of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Accused Slayer's Abode Gives Evidence of Hurried Departure," 21 Dec. 1927: 3.
Date:: December 20, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police dusting for fingerprints in a Ford coup, possibly related to the Hickman kidnap and murder case, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: William Edward Hickman, wanted for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, was captured in Echo, Oregon, after an eight-day manhunt. In his initial confession (given while in Oregon) he named an alleged accomplice who drove a Ford coup. That detail is noted in the article, "Detailed Confession Made by "The Fox": Amazing Account of Conversing With Detectives and Following Police Cars at Rendezvous After Kidnapping Given by Hickman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1927: 1.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Assailant William Hardy with detectives, retracing the crime scene, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
Date:: February 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police forensic chemist Ray Pinker and Detective Miles Ledbetter examine evidence in the murder of Celia Holmes, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to the article, "NEW DRAMA IN SLAYING: Victim's Father Faces Suspect: Parent of Mrs. Holmes Cites Suspicion and Gets Reply From Son-in-Law," Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan 1935: 3.
Date:: [January 21, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ray Pinker and Robert Seares examine a bullet hole in a coat, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Description:: For nearly 40 years Ray Pinker worked for the Los Angeles Police Scientific Investigation Division, the first police forensic lab in the country. The Dragnet character "Raymond Pinker" was named after him. He worked on numerous famous cases, including the Black Dahlia case. Robert Seares would later become Pasadena's chief of police.
Date:: [between 1929-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lieutenant Detective Eugene Bechtel with murder weapons used by Winnie Ruth Judd, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Police Find Lethal Instruments," Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 1931: 8.
Date:: [circa October 20, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Gun thought to have been used by Winnie Ruth Judd, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Gun thought to have been used by Winnie Ruth Judd to murder Anne LeRoi and Hedvig Samuelson in Phoenix, Arizona in October 1931. Photo appears with the article "Police Find Lethal Instruments," Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 1931: 8.
Date:: [circa October 20, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Picture of the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles registry for April, 1931

David H. Clark's gun, bullets and shells, Los Angeles, 1931

Copy of grand jury exhibit photograph of Darby Day Jr.'s facial acid burns, Los Angeles, 1925

Bullets used as evidence in David Clark murder trial, Los Angeles, 1931

Notebook belonging to kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Montecito Drive, ransom money drop area in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Los Angeles, 1933

Second letter in Marty Rosen shooting investigation, Los Angeles, 1935

Exterior of the storefront hideout of Leroy Anderson, who attempted to kidnap banker Herbert D. Ivey, Los Angeles, 1935

Los Angeles police captain Howard L. Barlow taking fingerprints, Los Angeles, 1934

Unidentified detectives search the room where Rose Marie Happel was murdered, Los Angeles, 1934

Forged checks in Elliot Thomas case, Los Angeles, 1932

Thirteen-point fingerprint comparison purported to belong to William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Page in notebook of kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 1928

Two detectives search for evidence in the apartment of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Police dusting for fingerprints in a Ford coup, possibly related to the Hickman kidnap and murder case, Los Angeles, 1927

Assailant William Hardy with detectives, retracing the crime scene, Los Angeles, 1935

Police forensic chemist Ray Pinker and Detective Miles Ledbetter examine evidence in the murder of Celia Holmes, Los Angeles, 1935

Ray Pinker and Robert Seares examine a bullet hole in a coat, Los Angeles, 1929-1939

Lieutenant Detective Eugene Bechtel with murder weapons used by Winnie Ruth Judd, Los Angeles, 1931

Gun thought to have been used by Winnie Ruth Judd, Los Angeles, 1931

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