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A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. B. Murchison testifies during Aimee Semple McPherson's preliminary hearing, Los Angeles, circa 1926

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

Police officers on trial for bribery, Harry M. Hill, Leonard F. Sale and Thomas B. Washburn, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Police officers on trial for accepting bribes, from left: Harry M. Hill, Leonard F. Sale and Thomas B. Washburn. Reported in "Three Policemen Arrested on Indictments for Accepting Bribes: SHERIFF SEEKS ANOTHER TRIO Heavy Guard Placed Around Home of Informer Machine-Gun Auto Feared Seeking McDonald Grand Jury Votes True Bills in Bootleg Graft," Los Angele Times, 12 Sep. 1929: A2.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Police officers on trial for bribery, Harry M. Hill, Leonard F. Sale and Thomas B. Washburn, Los Angeles, 1929

Three plain-clothed police men crouched behind a car aiming their guns, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Description:
Three plain-clothed police men are crouched behind an unmarked Chrysler police car aiming their guns. The two men closest to the camera each wield machine guns of differing lengths. The man closest to the camera is Officer Oscar Bayer. The man furthest from the camera, nearly standing straight up, holds a revolver. The car's license plate reads "E17652." The car is parked in a lot with two billboards stationed. The billboard on the left reads "More Room - More Comfort More Value," advertising Dodge Brothers Motor Cars. The billboard on the right is an advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
Date:
1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Three plain-clothed police men crouched behind a car aiming their guns, Los Angeles, circa 1925

P. D. Ackerman, fingerprinting a gun from the Julia Graham suicide case, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
P. D. Ackerman is sitting behind a desk, applying fingerprint powder with a brush onto one of three guns found on the site of Julia Graham's suicide. Two candlestick phones are on a table next to him. Part of a calendar for July 1935 can be seen on the wall behind him. Underneath a clear protective desk cover, there appear to be sheets of phone numbers to various police agencies.
Date:
July 15, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
P. D. Ackerman, fingerprinting a gun from the Julia Graham suicide case, Los Angeles, 1935

Captain Bert Massey, LAPD officer and Liquor Control Act administrator in Los Angeles County, in court, Los Angeles, 1935?

Description:
Captain Bert Massey, a Los Angeles Police Department officer who also served as administrator of the Liquor Control Act in Los Angeles County, seated at the head of a table in the center of the photo, with two women at each side of the table. Behind Massey is a man in a light-colored suit, seated in a chair. Behind a bench in the background are Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney H. Leslie Wildey on the left and a person whose head is obscured by Massey's. This photograph was possibly taken during a California State Senate committee's July 1935 investigation of favoritism that existed in the issuance of liquor licenses in Los Angeles County. Wildey was appointed to act as an observer during the hearings and report to the grand jury any information that indicated criminal activities.
Date:
[July, 1935?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Bert Massey, LAPD officer and Liquor Control Act administrator in Los Angeles County, in court, Los Angeles, 1935?

Norris Stensland, Joe Taylor, Blayney Matthews and William Bright pose with suspects arrested for the kidnapping of John and Elaine Jeske, Los Angeles, [1934]

Description:
In the front row, from left to right, Jerry Lamoreaux and Cecil R. Russell sit slumped in chairs upon their arrest on suspicion of kidnapping. Both cross their arms in front of them and either close their eyes or cast them downward. Behind them, from left to right, Norris Stensland, Joe Taylor, Floyd C. Britton, Blayney Matthews and William Bright stand in a row behind them. All but Floyd C. Britton are police. Floyd C. Britton is also arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.
Date:
[circa July 28, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Norris Stensland, Joe Taylor, Blayney Matthews and William Bright pose with suspects arrested for the kidnapping of John and Elaine Jeske, Los Angeles, [1934]

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

Police officer W. C. Brooks fingerprints Harper McDowell, a man with twelve fingers, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Police officer W. C. Brooks grasps Harper McDowell's right hand with both of his hands. McDowell holds both of his hands up, all 12 fingers are covered in fingerprint ink. McDowell is sitting at a table, looking at the camera. Both men are smiling slightly. Fingerprinting instructions are taped to the wall next to McDowell.
Date:
[circa January 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Police officer W. C. Brooks fingerprints Harper McDowell, a man with twelve fingers, Los Angeles, 1936

Protester John Bulnarski arrested during L. A. Railway strike, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions.
Date:
December 3, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Protester John Bulnarski arrested during L. A. Railway strike, Los Angeles, 1934

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

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

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