Genre: news photographs / Subject: Crime - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 14-year-old Mildred Douglas, who, along with friend Donna (or Zelia K.) Thompson, was reported missing. A young girl reported seeing them get into a car with 31-year-old H. B. Millard. When called in for questioning Millard testified that he did pick up Douglas and Thompson but dropped them off when he realized how young they were. Millard reported that the girls told him they were running away from home. Girls fitting the description of Douglas and Thompson were seen in an Ontario auto camp one day later.
Date:: January 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 17-year-old Donald Rogers, also known as Donald Fehrenschild, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: 17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, stands next to Det. Lt. Thad Brown (Brown on left)
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Close-up of Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, sitting against a wall
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, standing in a doorway
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, sitting on the witness stand
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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