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Captain Bert Wallis, LAPD homicide (left), John Edward Healey, recaptured fugitive (center), and Miles H. Ledbetter, detective lieutenant, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Three men sit in chairs in front of a desk. Captain Bert Wallis (left) holds a pipe in both hands and is looking at John Edward Healey (center). Healey has his left hand in his pants pocket. Miles H. Ledbetter also faces Healey, left arm bent, hand on his hip. The desk has a photograph of a man behind bars, possibly Healey, papers, and portfolios.
Date:
[between March 27 and July 13, 1935]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Captain Bert Wallis, LAPD homicide (left), John Edward Healey, recaptured fugitive (center), and Miles H. Ledbetter, detective lieutenant, Los Angeles, 1935

Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
From left to right, Chief James E. Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum walk on the field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and towards camera during an inspection. They are viewed from a slight worm's-eye view. The two men walk between 2 rows of police officers in the near distance at center. A few other officers follow behind them. Chief Davis looks down as he inspects an officer's pistol. The officers under inspection stand in 2 rows that stretch back towards center. They stand at attention, facing right, and holding their pistols in front of them. Additional rows of officers under inspection are visible at far left. The stadium's seats stretch across the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Chief James E. Davis stands in the near distance at center, on the Coliseum's field. He faces towards the left as he handles a rifle during inspection. Officers under inspection stand in a row to the left of Chief Davis. They face towards the right as the line extends back towards center. A second row of police officers is visible standing behind them at left. In the foreground at right, a few other officers stand with their backs to the camera. The stadium's seating lines the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Criminologist Frank Gompert inspects a pistol while Norris Stensland watches, [Los Angeles], about 1931

Description:
Frank Gompert sits, off-center to the right, and hunches over a small table and microscope. He leans towards the left as he holds a pistol beneath the microscope. Below him and on the table sits a pile of bullets and casings, on or near their evidence sleeves. Behind and to the left of Frank Gompert, Norris Stensland sits and watches Frank Gompert handle the small firearm. At left, a typewriter and another pistol sit on the desk next to Norris Stensland. The rest of the laboratory occupies the background.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Criminologist Frank Gompert inspects a pistol while Norris Stensland watches, [Los Angeles], about 1931

Detective Lieutenant Spear receives attempted burglary suspect Jean Colby, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Detective Lieutenant Spear receives attempted burglary suspect Jean Colby from two unidentified uniformed police officers. Spear has a cigar in his mouth. The officer holding Colby's left arm holds a cigarette in his left hand. A map of the Central Police Division hangs on the wall besides Spear.
Date:
August 20, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Detective Lieutenant Spear receives attempted burglary suspect Jean Colby, Los Angeles, 1935

Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)

Description:
Related to multiple articles dealing with Jean P. Peirce, policewoman, who shot and killed O. D. Yancey, policeman, on October 20, 1935. She claimed to have mistaken him for a burglar and shot to frighten him off, accidentally killing him. She was acquitted. The story was covered in the Los Angeles Times from October 21-December 7, 1935.
Date:
October 22, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Jean Peirce, Los Angeles policewoman, charged with manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935 (copy photo)

John F. Starnes Jr. and David Searcy being escorted by Detective Lieutenants C. A. Gillan and R. N. Davis, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
On December 23, 1935, John Starnes Jr. and David Searcy robbed a liquor store and killed the owner by forcing him to drink a pint of brandy. On March 22, 1936, the two were arrested and confessed to the crime. Searcy was eventually found guilty of second degree murder, kidnapping, and second degree robbery. Starnes Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:
March 22, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
John F. Starnes Jr. and David Searcy being escorted by Detective Lieutenants C. A. Gillan and R. N. Davis, Los Angeles, 1936

John F. Starnes Sr. and his son, John F. Starnes Jr., with Detective Lieutenant C. A. Gillan, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
On December 23, 1935, John Starnes Jr. and David Searcy robbed a liquor store and killed the owner by forcing him to drink a pint of brandy. On March 22, 1936, the two were arrested and confessed to the crime. Searcy was eventually found guilty of second degree murder, kidnapping, and second degree robbery. Starnes Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:
March 22, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
John F. Starnes Sr. and his son, John F. Starnes Jr., with Detective Lieutenant C. A. Gillan, Los Angeles, 1936