Genre: news photographs / Subject: Chauffeurs--California--Los Angeles / Date: 1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 25-year-old Swiss chauffeur Gottfried "Fred" Stettler is being held in suspicion of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Dorothea Barbour. Stettler was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of burglary, and one count of arson. The victims were found partially cremated in bed with their skulls smashed.
Date:: [circa February 21, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Fred Stettler reaches into a bag on the floor. Next to it are a handkerchief filled with coins, potatoes, and the murder weapon.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Fred Stettler sits facing the camera with one arm flung over the back of his chair.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Another photograph of Stettler and Lentz taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Dual Killing Quiz Grows," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1936: 9.
Date:: February 23, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Fred sits on the witness stand, his body facing Frank Monfort. The legs of some of the jury members can be seen sitting on Fred's other side.
Date:: February 25, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 25-year-old Swiss chauffeur Gottfried "Fred" Stettler is being held in suspicion of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Dorothea Barbour. Stettler was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of burglary, and one count of arson. The victims were found partially cremated in bed with their skulls smashed.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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