Genre: glass plate negatives / Subject: Detectives--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Chester Lloyd (left) and William Ashe stand on either side of an Ostrander Seymour Co. letterpress. The image appears on a phot page "Extensive Counterfeiting Plant Is Uncovered on South Main Street," Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 1929: 8.
Date:: November 21, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The two investigating detectives go over the scene of the crime where Kelley hid inside the closet of the maid's room in the Mellus household after murdering Myrtle Mellus. One detective (standing) holds a pistol and grabs onto the back collar of the other detective (crouching) who appears to be reaching for something inside the closet. There are many bloody fingerprints, stains, and smudges on the closet door. Possibly related to the article, "Newly Discovered Evidence Fastens Murder of Mrs. Mellus on Kelly, Investigators State: CLOTHING HELD LINK OF GUILT Dead Woman's Garments Found in Kitchen Body Taken Upstairs After Death, Officers Say Fingerprints Declared of Small Importance," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1928: A3.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Frank Bisbee seated at a desk in an office. He was investigated during a political scandal that occurred in Manhattan Beach. Related article: "POLITICAL PLOT STORIES HEARD: Grand Jury Begins Inquiry on Manhattan Case Liquor Planted in Avey Car, is One of Charges Wife of Bisbee Appears to Tell Her Version," Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1924: A8.
Date:: 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Police detective E. Raymond Cato and two other men posing with guns. They are standing in front of a gun rack.
Date:: [circa 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Los Angeles police detective Charles Reimer fills out paperwork while sitting at a desk. Charles Reimer filed a charge against individuals for the fraudulent kidnapping case of Aimee Semple McPherson. Photograph appears with the article "Manufacturing of False Evidence Ascribed to Defendants in State's Formal Accusations: FELONIOUS PLOT CHARGED TO SEVEN IN COMPLAINT Lengthy Document Reviews Entire McPherson 'Kidnaping' History as Pointing to Conspiracy," Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 1926: 3.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: One of the possible investigating detectives (left) sits on a desk and holds a cigar as he points toward the taxicab driver (right). The man in the middle may be another investigating detective in the trial of Leo Patrick Kelley, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. He stares straight at the camera and has his legs crossed. Possibly related to the article, "Newly Discovered Evidence Fastens Murder of Mrs. Mellus on Kelly, Investigators State: CLOTHING HELD LINK OF GUILT Dead Woman's Garments Found in Kitchen Body Taken Upstairs After Death, Officers Say Fingerprints Declared of Small Importance," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1928: A3.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Detective Ben Cohen, employee of the district attorney office, holds the brief case of former district attorney Asa Keyes. This is probably during the trial of Keyes, accused of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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