Genre: news photographs / Resource Type: still image / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 / Date: 1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and District Attorney Buron Fitts with Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts examine soiled clothing possibly owned by Thomas Edward Dugger. Dugger, known as "Ape Man", was convicted of eleven felonies related to the robbery, kidnapings, and assault of three women. Dugger was indicted on April 4, 1935 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on February 18, 1936.
Date:: Between 1935-1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, at Fitts' 1936 perjury trial.

Description:: Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts and Special Prosecutor Clyde Shoemaker, pictured at Fitts' perjury trial, circa January 1936. Dist. Atty Fitts was charged with perjuring himself during testimony to a 1931 grand jury, in regards to real estate transactions carried out by his family. His sister and secretary, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, was also a defendant in this case.
Date:: [circa January, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Home of Buron Fitts, district attorney and 29th Lieutenant Governor, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Home of Buron Fitts, district attorney and 29th Lieutenant Governor of Los Angeles.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese, Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts, and two unidentified men examine the hands of Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese, Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts, and two unidentified men examine the hands of Thomas Edward Dugger. Dugger, known as "Ape Man", was convicted of eleven felonies related to the robbery, kidnapings, and assault of three women. Dugger was indicted on April 4, 1935 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on February 18, 1936.
Date:: Between 1935-1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts arrives in courtroom, circa 1935

Description:: Fitts was Los Angeles County District Attorney between 1928-1940. He was also Lt. Governor of California 1927-1928. Court case in photo unknown.
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts, Los Angeles County District Attorney, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Buron Fitts, Los Angeles County District Attorney, seated at a table and holding a typescript, probably during the trial of Thomas Edward Dugger.
Date:: [between 1935-1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts, Los Angeles County District Attorney, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Buron Fitts, Los Angeles County District Attorney, seated at a table and holding a typescript, probably during the trial of Thomas Edward Dugger.
Date:: [between 1935-1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jerry Giesler, Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, and Marion Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, 1936

Description:: Buron Fitts and his legal team at his perjury trial. From left to right, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, Fitts, Jerry Giesler.
Date:: January 20, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Buron Fitts and legal team Clyde Shoemaker, L. H. Lashbrook, Winthrop O. Gordon, Jerry Giesler, Joe Scott, and William E. Simpson, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Buron Fitts Trial Opens on Charge of Perjury," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1936: 2.
Date:: January 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, Joe Scott, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Buron Fitts and his legal team. From left to right: Fitts, William Simpson, Joe Scott, Jerry Giesler.
Date:: January 27, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Berthal Gregory and her brother, District Attorney Buron Fitts, probably during their perjury trial, with her mother, husband, Los Angeles, 1928-1939

Description:: From left to right, district attorney Buron Fitts, his brother-in-law George Gregory, his mother Ardell Fitts, and his sister Berthel Gregory, possibly during the siblings' perjury trial.
Date:: [between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts at his perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts thanks jury after acquittal, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Deputy Buron Fitts seated with at a desk with Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs around him, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Chief deputy district attorney Buron Fitts (seated, right) with Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs: seated, from left: Deputy George Contreras, and Deputy James McDonald; standing, left to right: Deputy Sheriff Vincent J. Monteleone and investigator Harry Johnson from the District Attorney's office.
Date:: 1930-1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts sits at his desk with flowers, Los Angeles, 1927-1939

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts sits at his desk surrounded by flowers.
Date:: [between 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jerry Giesler questions Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Fist Fight Threatened, by Fitts at His Trial," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb 1936: 1.
Date:: February 5, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Percy V. Hammon, Robert P. Stewart, Eugene Williams, and Willard W. Burgess congratulate Buron Fitts on trial success, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Perjury Charge on Fitts's Sister Will Be Dropped," 9 Feb 1936: 1, 4.
Date:: February 8, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Distric Attorney Buron Fitts in oration, Los Angeles, 1928-1939

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts dramatically orates from a book he holds in his left hand. His right is held in a gesture.
Date:: [between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron and Marion Fitts thank jury after acquittal, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Buron and Marion Fitts thank the jury after a successful trial.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Copy print of portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Copy print negative of two portraits, one of Mr. Buron Fitts, and one of his wife, Mrs. Buron Fitts. Stamp on Mrs. Fitts photograph is partially covered by what appears to be brush strokes, but "L.A." is legible. Mr. Fitts photograph reads "Hartsook Photo."
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts and wife Marion Fitts in his office, Los Angeles, 1927-1939

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts and his wife, Marion Fitts, sit at his desk surrounded by flowers.
Date:: [between 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Buron Fitts with big smile, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts gives a big smile for a portrait.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts and wife Marion at his trial for perjury, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Fitts Trial in Perjury Case Opens," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1936: 1.
Date:: January 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thornwell Rogers, Jerry Giesler, and Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, ca. 1930s

Description:: From left to right: Thornwell Rogers, Attorney Jerry Giesler, and District Attorney Buron Fitts.
Date:: [circa 1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marion and Buron Fitts at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts and his wife Marion Fitts, Los Angeles, 1928-1939

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts and his wife, Mrs. Marion Fitts stand smiling for a photograph as they are about to go through a door, possibly into his office.
Date:: [between 1928-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts testifying at his own perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Threat Made by Fitts to Attack Prosecutor," Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 1936: 1.
Date:: February 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William E. Simpson, Buron Fitts, and Jerry Giesler at perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: In January 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was charged with perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. He was prosecuted by Clyde C. Shoemaker and defended by Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, and William E. Scott with Winthrop O. Gordon as the attorney aid.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Buron Fitts testifying at his own perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Another photograph of Fitts at the witness stand taken on the same day appears with the article, "Threat Made by Fitts to Attack Prosecutor," Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 1936: 1.
Date:: February 4, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Jury to try Buron Fitts during perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: The photograph is possibly related to the article, "Fitts Trial Jury Picked. Panel to Be Kept Under Guard," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 1936: 1, 3.
Date:: February 17, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Buron Fitts among friends after perjury acquittal, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Buron Fitts, center, smiles and greets his friends after a successful trial.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thornwell Rogers and Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, ca. 1930s

Description:: Thornwell, left, and Fitts, right, sit at a desk with scattered papers on it.
Date:: [circa 1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Courtroom at Buron Fitts perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Winthrop O. Gordon, far left, at the counsel table with other attorneys. Buron Fitts sits at the far right, leaned back in his chair.
Date:: January 20, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Worth S. Fitts, Marion Fitts, and Buron Fitts after perjury acquittal, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Buron Fitts gives his wife Marion a kiss to celebrate a successful trial. Fitts’ father, Worth, stands to Marion’s right.
Date:: February 7, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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