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Zelda Smith on witness stand, with Coroner Frank Nance and jury, at arraignment of Harold Wolcott for the Pasadena murder of Helen Bendowski, 1933

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, August 17, 1933, Principal Figures at Inquiry on Penthouse Tragedy. … Mrs. Zelda Smith, who testified as to what she saw and heard on night of slaying. …
Date:: August 16, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wounded suspect, Minton R. Scott in police car after being shot by officers in Los Angeles, Calif., 1947

Date:: January 13, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William Talman, James Baker with attorney C. Richard Maddox during booking for marijuana possession in Los Angeles, Calif., 1960

Date:: March 14, 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is reunited with his children after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:: William F. Gettle, kidnapping victim, is reunited with his four children (twins Betty and Bobby, and sons Billy and Jimmy) upon his homecoming.Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire and businessman, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:: May 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is returned home after his kidnapping, Beverly Hills, 1934.

Description:: William F. Gettle, (center, dark glasses) is returned to his Beverly Hills home after being kidnapped and held for ransom.Gettle, businessman and millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:: May 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

William and Emily Harris, manacled and being escorted to bus by sheriffs in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976

Date:: September 3, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kennedy, Joe
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William A. Hudson testifies before the coroner's jury for murder charges brought against Busby Berkeley for drunk driving, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: William A. Hudson testifies before a coroner's jury for the murder charges against Busby Berkeley. Berkeley had been the cause for a three-car-collision that resulted in two deaths, possibly due to alcohol he had reportedly imbibed at a cocktail party beforehand. Hudson was a student injured in the crash who testified that he had smelled liquor on Berkeley's breath while speaking to him after the crash.
Date:: [circa December 11, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

William A. Hudson testifies before the coroner's jury for murder charges brought against Busby Berkeley for drunk driving, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: William A. Hudson testifies before a coroner's jury for the murder charges against Busby Berkeley. Berkeley had been the cause for a three-car-collision that resulted in two deaths, possibly due to alcohol he had reportedly imbibed at a cocktail party beforehand. Hudson was a student injured in the crash who testified that he had smelled liquor on Berkeley's breath while speaking to him after the crash.
Date:: [circa December 11, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom during an inquest involving his wife's death, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Widower Robert S. James sitting in a courtroom. James had lost his pregnant wife Mary Emma James after she drowned in their fish pool. A jury was unable to discern whether her drowning was accidental or intentional.
Date:: [circa August 16, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers during poison plot trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers, married three just months, seated together at a court proceeding. Olive Bowers was accused of plotting with Elmer M. Archer to poison her husband. The plot was discovered when their conversations were overheard on a 2-party telephone line.
Date:: March, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Wayne Fisher, foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury.

Description:: Wayne Fisher was the foreman of the 1934 Los Angeles County Grand Jury. Fisher was born in Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1892, although he was educated in Los Angeles and graduated from the college of law at the University of Southern California. Fisher was an investment banker and a sport aviator.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Valerie Terrigno with attorney Howard Weitzman leaving court after her embezzlement conviction in West Hollywood, Calif., 1986

Date:: March 15, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Becker, David
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: An unidentified detective keeping guard by the jail cell of infamous murderer Robert S. James. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Unidentified detective keeping guard by murderer Robert S. James's jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: An unidentified detective keeping guard by the jail cell of infamous murderer Robert S. James. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tony Cornero on the deck of his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Tony Cornero on the deck of his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tony Cornero, gambling ship operator entering jail cell, 1946.

Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thomas W. Warner Jr. testifies in his suit against Pearl Antibus, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Thomas W. Warner Jr., son of millionaire automobile parts manufacturing magnate Thomas W. Warner Sr., pictured on the stand. Warner Jr. had brought a suit against Pearl Antibus, a private investigator, whom he had hired to determine if his fiancee, Jean MacDonald, loved him for himself or was only interested in his fortune. Antibus investigated by placing a dictaphone in MacDonald's home. The sum total of her services came to $2500, $1500 of which was still owed to her. Warner disputed the amount, which he asserted he had never agreed to, and thus brought suit against Antibus. Superior Judge Stutsman ruled on April 14 that, as Antibus had successfully completed her services and determined that Warner's fiancee did love him, she thus was owed the full amount. He further opined that, after viewing Jean MacDonald on the stand, that "she is well worth that $1500 and more."
Date:: April, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Warner, Jr. sits next to private detective Pearl Antibus who was suing his millionaire father for damages that resulted from a raid on her home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Pearl Antibus can be seen on the other side of the beam. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner, Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner, Sr. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Warner, Jr. sits next to private detective Pearl Antibus who was suing his millionaire father for damages that resulted from a raid on her home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Pearl Antibus can be seen on the other side of the beam. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner, Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner, Sr. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Warner, Jr. sits next to detective Pearl Antibus who was suing his millionaire father for damages that resulted from a raid on her home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas W. Warner, Jr. sits next to detective Pearl Antibus who was suing his millionaire father for damages that resulted from a raid on her home, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:: April, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Thomas Edward Dugger, also known as "Ape Man", stares at hands while on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Thomas Edward 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

Thomas Edward Dugger, also known as "Ape Man", poses while on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Thomas Edward 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

Thomas Edward Dugger, also known as "Ape Man", poses while on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Thomas Edward 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

Thomas Edward Dugger, also known as "Ape Man", on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936

Description:: Thomas Edward 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

Sol Zemansky waits in a chair at the grand jury trial on gambling conditions, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Sol Zemansky at the grandy jury trial on gambling conditions in Los Angeles. Zemansky refused to testify voluntarily at the trial and was later subpoenaed to testify. Zemansky was businessman who owned pawn shops and loan companies, including Provident Loan Association.
Date:: January 29, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Socialite Henry L. Satterlee, a suspect in the Everett-Stephens murders, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: New York socialite Henry L. Satterlee. Satterlee was brought in for questioning as a suspect for the Inglewood Everett-Stephens murders. Albert Dyer, a crossing guard, later confessed to the crime.
Date:: [circa July 3, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sirhan Sirhan surrounded by sheriff deputies and lawyer Michael A. McCowan, Calif., 1969

Date:: January 8, 1969
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Malmin, John
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Singer Eartha Kitt with her fiance Bill McDonald and police officer recovering stolen items at pawnshop in Los Angeles, Calif., 1960

Date:: May 24, 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hackley, Gene
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, being transferred to San Quentin Penitentiary.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he exits the Los Angeles County Jail on his way to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, being transferred to San Quentin Penitentiary.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves, covering his face with a newspaper as he is transferred from L.A. County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.In this photograph, Graves shakes hands with Jack Cappell, the County Jail turnkey, bidding him goodbye. Cappell was a driver for the Board of Supervisors during the time Graves held office.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:: A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right.
Date:: March 30, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sidney Cochin (aka The Nutty Housewife) wearing dress and heels in jail cell in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1949

Date:: circa 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom where he is charged with several misdemeanors, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Description:: Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time.
Date:: between November 3, 1937 and March 24, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the DeWitt Clinton Cook murder trial of Cook re-enacting his murder of Anya Sosoyeva, Los Angeles, October 11, 1939

Description:: Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the murder trial of DeWitt Clinton Cook. The film showed Cook (right) re-enacting his murder of dancer Anya Sosoyeva, who he hit on the head with a 2x4. Cook willingly confessed to the murder, as well as the assaults of two other women, Delia Bogard and Myrtle Wagner. This was the first time sound motion pictures were used during a trial in California history. The trial was also considered very unusual because Cook never denied the murder, personally offer a not guilty plea, or put up any defense. Cook was sentenced to death and executed in the San Quentin gas chamber on January 31, 1941, at age 21
Date:: October 11, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ruth Smith, mother of kidnaped baby, San Bernardino or San Francisco, 1930

Description:: This image is duplicated in filmstrip negative uclamss_1429_2942
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, waving from car window, 1935 or 1936

Description:: Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:: 1935 or 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, walking in hallway, Los Angles, 1935 or 1936

Description:: Robert S. James, in suit and tie, carrying hat and coat, smiling, walking in hallway, with doors and drinking fountain in background
Date:: 1936 or 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, and Norris Stensland, deputy sheriff, studying photographs, LosAngeles, 1935 or 1936

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 10, 1935, Pond Death Confab Held. While tentative plans for an inquest were announced, Robert S. James, beauty-parlor operator, yesterday conferred with Capt. Norris Stensland at the Sheriff’s office in connection with the death of his bride, Mrs. Mary Bush [sic] James, whose partly submerged body was discovered last Monday in the fish pond of her La Crescenta home. …
Date:: August 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 28, 1936, James Guilty in Girl Case, Suspect Smiles at Verdict, Jury Convicts Barber on All Three Counts of Morals Offenses. … James … sat stolid and emotionless as a jury decreed him guilty of three separate morals offenses involving his 21-year-old niece. … facing the still more serious charge of murdering his wife last August by rattlesnake venom and drowning …
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James and Samuel Silverman, both in suits and ties, standing, with chalkboard or easel at right, bailiff and another man behind them, man at rolltop desk in foreground, crowded courtroom in background
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert S. James, convicted in Lois Wright morals case and suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, at sentencing, with lawyer Samuel Silverman, 2 filmstrip images, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: These 2 images are duplicated in uclamss_1429_0080 and uclamss_1429_0081
Date:: June 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Robert Noble, self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, awaiting bail in County Jail, Los Angeles, November 3, 1937

Description:: Robert Noble in County Jail awaiting bail. Noble, a self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, was arrested as he entered court to face misdemeanor charges, on a warrant that officers had been trying to serve for days. He was seized and booked and went to jail to await his $1000 bail to be made. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were originally arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time
Date:: November 3, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Robert Noble, man accused of running a pension scheme, sits in court during his misdemeanor trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Robert Noble, man accused of running a pension scheme, sits in court during his misdemeanor trial. Noble was in court for multiple misdemeanor charges. Approximately 1000 persons who were mainly followers of his pension scheme that offered the elderly with $25 a month pension for a small investment showed their support outside the courthouse.
Date:: November 3, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Richard W. Miller, convicted spy at Terminal Island prison, Calif., 1986

Date:: July 30, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Davis, Larry
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Richard Ramirez (aka The Night Stalker) with attorney Joseph Gallegos in Los Angeles, Calif., 1985

Date:: October 10, 1985
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Schneider, Iris
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Richard Ramirez (aka The Night Stalker) smiling at camera as he is escorted by sheriffs from court in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: March 5, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Atkins, Lacy
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

R. H. W. Schafer, Mae Whitehead, and Roland West in audience for grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Description:: Taken at grand jury investigation into death of film actress Thelma Todd. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Schafer was the manager of a roadside cafe owned by West and Todd. Whitehead was Todd’s personal maid. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:: [December, 1935 - January, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Reverend Joseph Jeffers of Kingdom Temple with his followers after being released on bail in Los Angeles, Calif., 1939

Date:: April 11, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ray Splivalo and Harriet Jordon with Rheba Crawford during the preliminary trial for her criminal libel case, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Ray Splivalo and Harriet Jordon sit with Rheba Crawford during the preliminary trial for her criminal libel case. Crawford accused Dan McNally, editor, and Jonathan Perkins, writer of criminal libel. Crawford was known as the "Angel of Broadway" due to her Salvation Army work in New York City. She was an associate of Aimee Semple McPherson and served as the director of the State Department of Social Welfare.
Date:: September 06, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko, sits in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko, sits in court. Johnson became jealous after Takaoko began seeing another man. After stabbing her new lover, William J. Bachand, with an ice pick, Johnson came to Takaoko's home and cut her throat with a butcher knife.
Date:: August 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko. Johnson became jealous after Takaoko began seeing another man. After stabbing her new lover, William J. Bachand, with an ice pick, Johnson came to Takaoko's home and cut her throat with a butcher knife.
Date:: [circa August 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko. Johnson became jealous after Takaoko began seeing another man. After stabbing her new lover, William J. Bachand, with an ice pick, Johnson came to Takaoko's home and cut her throat with a butcher knife.
Date:: [circa August 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Raymond E. Johnson, confessed murderer of young dancer Midi Takaoko, sits next to William Bachand. Johnson became jealous after Takaoko began seeing another man. After stabbing her new lover, William J. Bachand, with an ice pick, Johnson came to Takaoko's home and cut her throat with a butcher knife.
Date:: August 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Ransom instructions, Mary B. Skeele kidnapping case, 1933

Description:: This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 7, 1933, Mrs. Skeele Ransom Demands Told in Notes
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Portrait of Betty Flay Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: Portrait of Betty Flay Hardaker. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Sergeant Howard Hudson kneeling by draped body of actress Rhea (Ginger) Mitchell in Los Angeles, Calif., 1957

Date:: September 17, 1957
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police officer stands with R.F. McGarry, member of the Black Legion secret society, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Police officer stands with R.F. McGarry, member of the Black Legion secret society. Black Legion was an organization that had ties to the Ku Klux Klan and operated mainly in Detroit, Michigan in the 1930s. The organization targeted African-Americans and slayed Silas Coleman on May 25, 1935.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police detective Howard Nutt examining typewriter used in Mary B. Skeele kidnap case, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Date:: February 9, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Kynette can be seen wearing eyeglasses. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette (center) was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, 1938

Description:: Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:: February 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Photographs of William F. Gettle, likely used in connection to his kidnapping case, circa May 9, 1934.

Description:: Photographs of businessman and millionaire William F. Gettle, likely used in relation to his kidnapping case of May 9-14, 1934. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
Date:: [circa May 9, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pete Schneider, with wife Alma, on trial for manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Pete Schneider, with wife Alma, on trial for manslaughter on May 16, 1935. Schneider was accused of causing the death of G.A. Schnabel in a beer parlor fight on February 17, 1935.Peter Joseph Schneider, known as Pete Schneider (August 20, 1895 - June 1, 1957) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914-1918) and New York Yankees (1919). He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: May 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pete Schneider on trial for manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Pete Schneider on trial for manslaughter on May 16, 1935. Schneider was accused of causing the death of G.A. Schnabel in a beer parlor fight on February 17, 1935. Peter Joseph Schneider, known as Pete Schneider (August 20, 1895 - June 1, 1957) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914-1918) and New York Yankees (1919). He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: May 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pete Schneider on trial for manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Pete Schneider on trial for manslaughter on May 16, 1935. Schneider was accused of causing the death of G.A. Schnabel in a beer parlor fight on February 17, 1935. Peter Joseph Schneider, known as Pete Schneider (August 20, 1895 - June 1, 1957) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914-1918) and New York Yankees (1919). He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: May 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pete Schneider on trial for manslaughter, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Pete Schneider on trial for manslaughter on May 16, 1935. Schneider was accused of causing the death of G.A. Schnabel in a beer parlor fight on February 17, 1935. Peter Joseph Schneider, known as Pete Schneider (August 20, 1895 - June 1, 1957) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914-1918) and New York Yankees (1919). He was born in Los Angeles, California.
Date:: May 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Peter Dailey puts a pen through a bullet hole in the window of a bus, 1969.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is clus1429_b629_250535_9
Date:: March 5, 1969
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kennedy, Joe
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Peter Dailey and an unnamed female examine bullet holes in bus, 1969.

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is clus1429_b629_250535_9
Date:: March 5, 1969
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kennedy, Joe
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Patty Hearst in handcuffs, escorted by two women at inmate entrance of Criminal Court Building in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976

Date:: May 28, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Malmin, John
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Patrick Smythe receiving medical attention due to an injury suffered when his getaway car crashed after an attempted kidnapping and robbery, Los Angeles, 1964

Date:: March 4, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nola Hahn pictured at the grand jury trial on gambling operations, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Nola Hahn pictured during the grand jury trial on gambling operations in Los Angeles County. Hahn was summoned as a witness due to his role as the operator of Club Continental.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder victim Midi Takaoko, 1936

Description:: Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, August 12, 1936, "Nipponese Girl Slain, Actress Victim of Jealousy, Her Throat Cut in Love Triangle Involving Two American Men." … Midi Takaoko, beautiful 25-year-old Japanese actress, is dead … Police immediately began a search for Raymond Johnson, 39-year-old cook … William J. Bachand … heard her screams … Bachand told police he had planned to marry Miss Takaoka [sic] and that Johnson had been extremely jealous. …
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder victim Dwight Faulding on beach, [1937?]

Description:: Related to the article, "Mad Pirate Terror Reign on Yacht Told, Harrowed Survivors Recount Killing of Faulding and Morgan. Mutinous murder and a piratical five-day reign of terror on the high seas aboard the blood-soaked pleasure schooner Aafje were disclosed by harrowed survivors," Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1938. the artivle states: "…stories of the death of Dwight L. Faulding, Santa Barbara hotel man and owner of the craft, shot by Jack Morgan, crazed houseboy and seaman. Morgan was later clubbed to death by two deckhands and his body thrown to the sharks … formal murder charges were filed against Robert Horne and George Spernak, young deckhands … These charges, authories unofficially admitted, are intended as a legal formality..."
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder victim Dwight Faulding and fiancee Gertrude Turner, [1937?]

Description:: Gertrude Turner, in light dress, and Dwight Faulding, in open shirt and jacket, both standing on flagstone path in formal garden, with arbor of pillars and brick arches in background
Date:: [1937?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspects Violet and Otis Shields in court, 1935

Description:: Murder suspect Violet Shields, bent forward on her husband's arm, and Otis Shields, both seated at table in court, with lawyers at right and in foreground and spectators in background
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspects Violet and Otis Shields in court, 1935

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times articles, June 11, 1935, Couple Protest Innocence in Youth’s Death, Littlerock Ranch Pair Held in Youth’s Slaying. Steadfastly denying any connection with the death of Milton Shoup, 19-year-old Pasadena youth, Otis T. Shields and his wife, Violet R. Shields, ranchers of Littlerock, were held in the County Jail last night on suspicion of murder … and August 2, 1935, Court Drops Death Case, Rancher Shields Accused of Shooting Milton Shoup Given Freedom
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing next to an unidentified man in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Murder suspect Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Robert S. James standing between two unidentified men in court. He was most likely testifying in his own defense for the murder trial of his wife Mary Emma James. He purportedly had an affair with his niece, which spurred him to tie down his wife and have a rattlesnake bite her, and then later drown her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Date:: [circa May 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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