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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

Private detective Pearl Antibus shields her face as she appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, 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
Private detective Pearl Antibus shields her face as she appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Case investigating officers Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst are in the background. Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis, 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury's decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
John Frank Reavis awaiting the decision on his indictment for the murder of Alice "Jerry" Burns, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Cowboy film extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in Gower Gulch, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Description:
Cowboy extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at an inquest for Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, who is charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in “Gower Gulch.” Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Allegedly, Blackjack shot Tyke with a .45, but many of the hundreds of Gower Gulch extras who came to the inquest testified that Tyke had started the fight and was “doped up” at the time.
Date:
February 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Cowboy film extras Joe Phillips and Harry Willingham at hearing of Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke in Gower Gulch, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Casino on Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

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Casino on Tony Cornero’s 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
Casino on Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, Los Angeles, 1946

Tony Cornero's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, anchored offshore of Los Angeles, 1946

Description:
Tony Cornero’s 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's newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill or Lux, anchored offshore of Los Angeles, 1946

Film extras from Gower Gulch supporting Jerome (Blackjack) Ward at hearing on the murder of Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Description:
Extras from Gower Gulch at an inquest supporting their friend Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, who is charged with the murder of Johnny Tyke. Gower Gulch is the name given to the area near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street where film extras hang out waiting for work; many of the nearby studios produce westerns so often actual working cowboys come here to break into the film business. Allegedly, Blackjack shot Tyke with a .45, but many of the hundreds of Gower Gulch extras who came to the inquest testified that Tyke had started the fight and was “doped up” at the time.
Date:
February 27, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Film extras from Gower Gulch supporting Jerome (Blackjack) Ward at hearing on the murder of Johnny Tyke, Los Angeles, February 27, 1940

Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:
Claude Parker, former Racing Commissioner, smoking a cigarette and preparing to testify during an investigation of political corruption in the horse racing community. Parker announced that he resigned from his position as commissioner when he found out Hollywood Park was promised winter racing dates after making a $150,000 donation to the Democratic State Central Committee
Date:
March 5, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, questioned by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Betty Flay Hardaker sits during questioning done by Dr. Paul De River, police psychiatrist, at the Los Angeles County Jail. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daugher, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:
February 23, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, questioned by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Myrtle Takaoka and her brother Hal Takaoka in court at a preliminary hearing involving the murder of their dancer sister, Midi Takaoka. Judge Irvin Taplin was presiding. The dancer's throat was cut by her jilted lover, waiter Raymond Johnson. Johnson later was sentenced to life in prison.
Date:
August 19, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Hal and Myrtle Takaoka, siblings of slain dancer, at a preliminary hearing for their sisters' murder, Los Angeles, 1936

Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

Description:
After the murder and assault convictions of 17 Mexican American youths in the Sleepy Lagoon murder case, the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee advocated for the defendants until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions as a miscarriage of justice.
Date:
Oct 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Sleepy Lagoon murder case acquittal

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 Mary Emma James murder case, and Norris Stensland, deputy sheriff, studying photographs, LosAngeles, 1935 or 1936

Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Adolfo Carsi holding up his right hand, perhaps taking an oath, judge at the coroner's jury. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity. Spectators are seated behind him and attorneys are seated at a table in front of him. A man with a camera on a tripod is on the left.
Date:
January 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Adolfo Carsi, who murdered his wife, at the coroner's jury, Los Angeles, 1935

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