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Accused murderer Fred Stettler and Det. Lt. Thad Brown in Los Angeles, 1936

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

Accused murderer Fred Stettler in Los Angeles, 1936

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

Accused murderer Fred Stettler in Los Angeles, 1936

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

Accused murderer Fred Stettler in Los Angeles, 1936

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

Accused murderer Fred Stettler on the witness stand in Los Angeles, 1936

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

Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, showing Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter (left) and Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide squad (center) $34 in silver hidden in a potato sack at Stettler's home. Stettler confessed to stealing the money from the Barbours after murdering them with a heavy object and setting a timing device which would set the bodies on fireNote: text on the nitrate sleeves and handwritten on the negative likely transcribed "Bert Wallis" incorrectly as "Bert Wallace"
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, showing Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter (center) and Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide squad (right) $34 in silver hidden in a potato sack at Stettler's home. Stettler confessed to stealing the money from the Barbours after murdering them with a heavy object and setting a timing device which would set the bodies on fireNote: text on the nitrate sleeves and handwritten on the negative likely transcribed "Bert Wallis" incorrectly as "Bert Wallace"
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Description:: Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, showing Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide (right) squad $34 in silver hidden in a potato sack at Stettler's home. Stettler confessed to stealing the money from the Barbours after murdering them with a heavy object and setting a timing device which would set the bodies on fireNote: text on the nitrate sleeves and handwritten on the negative likely transcribed "Bert Wallis" incorrectly as "Bert Wallace"
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Fred Stettler sitting between two unidentified men in Los Angeles, 1936

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

Accused murderer Helen Wills Love with Veda Sullivan and juror Mary Plettner at Love's trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Mary Plettner (left), juror for the Helen Wills Love (right) murder trial, and Vada Sullivan, apparently a court officer (center). Mrs. Plettner was excused from her juror duties when she was found to be drunk on grain alcohol. Judge Smith found Plettner in contempt of court but delayed her sentence until the next day because of her condition.
Date:: March 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airport executive, shot his wife and his best friend while they sat together on a piano bench. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: [circa January 13, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Actress Anna May Wong sitting at desk with Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts reviewing extortion letters, Los Angeles, 1937

Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

Description:: Adolfo Carsi seated at the witness stand and looking at the judge at the coroner's jury. Two men are seated behind him. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity.
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 Carsi

Description:: Adofo Corsi seated in a chair during the coloner's jury proceedings. Carsi had strangled his wife, Florence Carsi, because he suspected her of infidelity.
Date:: January 31, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Albert Dyer murder trial juror Harby Harold breaks the tension for fellow jurors Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly, Los Angeles, August 1937

Description:: Juror Harold Harby (bottom left) lifts his foot in the air to break the tension during the Albert Dyer trial. Fellow jurors (left to right) Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly laugh. The trial was for Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: between August 25 and 27, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer on trial for the murder of three Inglewood girls, Los Angeles, August 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls, at his trial. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Extra deputy sheriffs were on guard outside the trial to control the crowds of angry and thrill-seeking people they expected would come to witness the trial of this heinous crime. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer on trial for the murder of three Inglewood girls, Los Angeles, August 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls, at his trial. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Extra deputy sheriffs were on guard outside the trial to control the crowds of angry and thrill-seeking people they expected would come to witness the trial of this heinous crime. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer on trial for the murder of three Inglewood girls, Los Angeles, August 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls, at his trial. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Extra deputy sheriffs were on guard outside the trial to control the crowds of angry and thrill-seeking people they expected would come to witness the trial of this heinous crime. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with a pitcher of water during a break in his murder trial, Los Angeles, August 1937

Date:: August 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyer Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Albert Dyer and his lawyer Ellery Cuff at Dyer's murder trial. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Albert Dyer and public defender Cuff.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Dyer with his lawyers William Neeley and Ellery Cuff in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Child-murderer Albert Dyer with his lawyers Ellery Cuff and William Neeley in court. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. He was eventually found guilty and executed. From left to right, Albert Dyer, Ellery Cuff, and William Neeley.
Date:: [circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with gambling equipment confiscated during a police raid on 1019 N. Doheny Rd., Los Angeles, January 1938

Description:: Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with equipment confiscated from a police raid on the residence at 1019 North Doheny Road on the night of January 4, 1938. The house was apparently operating as a casino for two weeks before tuxedo-clad policemen infiltrated the party and confiscated gambling equipment, $1755 in cash, and arrested seven men. Almost a hundred others, including high profile film actors and producers, were found at the residence.
Date:: January 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attempted murder suspect Lorraine Hewitt sits between detectives Thad Brown and Aldo Corsini, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Attempted murder suspect Lorraine Hewitt sits between detectives Aldo Corsini and Thad Brown. Hewitt had shot her boyfriend Joseph Walsh at a dinner party in front of numerous witnesses. Walsh refused to name her as the shooter, and was charged with perjury.
Date:: [circa October 29, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Attorneys, witnesses, and family members gather during the trial of Patrolman W.H. Redding who was accused of murdering longshoreman Norman Gregg. Gregg who was known as "Big Bill" was shot by Patrolman W.H. Redding, and his death created an uproar amongst longshoremen. Traffic was blocked by demonstrations, and a shrine was constructed around the scene of the shooting.
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Betty Hickman in court waiting to serve as a witness in the manslaughter trial of Busby Berkeley, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Betty Hickman in court waiting to serve as a witness in the manslaughter trial of Busby Berkeley. Choreographer Berkeley was on trial for a fatal three-car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway.
Date:: September 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bizarrely decorated clock which concealed money stolen by accused murderer Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Bizarrely decorated clock belonging to Fred Stettler, a Swiss chauffeur accused of the murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour. Stettler showed police $25 in bills hidden in the clock and confessed to having stolen the money from the Barbours after murdering the couple with a heavy object and setting the bodies on fire
Date:: between February 21 and February 29, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bombing defendant Earle E. Kynette in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Earle E. Kynette, in suit and tie, head bandaged, seated, with six other people partially visible in background
Date:: June 27, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendant Earle E. Kynette in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Earle E. Kynette, in suit and tie, head bandaged, seated, with six other people partially visible in background
Date:: June 27, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendants Earle E. Kynette and Roy J. Allen, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: A similar photograph appears in Los Angeles Times article, April 13, 1938, “Candid Camera Records Changed Appearance of Kynette,” with caption: Detective Lieutenants Fred A. Browne, left, and Roy J. Allen, co-defendants with Kynette in attempted bomb assassination of Investigator Harry Raymond, former detective.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne and Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Fred A. Browne and Earle E. Kynette sitting in chairs in suits and ties, with two other men in foreground, and law books in background. Another man at top left and blurred area at right appear in possible double exposure.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen, seated, in suits and ties, with attorney Bowman near center, hand to face, among about 8 other people, with bookcase, fan, flag, and door in background
Date:: April 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bombing defendants Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen, seated, in suits and ties, with attorney Bowman near center, hand to face, among about 8 other people, with bookcase, fan, flag, and door in background
Date:: April 12, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Boy Scout Albert Portune testifies for the court regarding the discovery of the bodies of murdered children Jeanette Stevens and Melba and Madeline Everett. August 12, 1937.

Description:: Inglewood Boy Scout Albert Portune testifies for the court in the murders of children Jeanette Stevens (age 8), Melba Everett (age 9), and Madeline Everett (age 6). Portune was one of four scouts who discovered the bodies of the three girls in the Baldwin Park ravine; the four were part of a larger search group comprised of Boy Scouts. August 12, 1937.
Date:: August 12, 1937.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boy Scout Frank Portune testifies for the court regarding the discovery of the bodies of murdered children Jeanette Stevens and Melba and Madeline Everett. August 12, 1937.

Description:: Inglewood Boy Scout Frank Portune testifies for the court in the murders of children Jeanette Stevens (age 8), Melba Everett (age 9), and Madeline Everett (age 6). Portune was one of four scouts who discovered the bodies of the three girls in the Baldwin Park ravine; the four were part of a larger search group comprised of Boy Scouts. August 12, 1937.
Date:: August 12, 1937.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Boy Scout Frank Portune testifies for the court regarding the discovery of the bodies of murdered children Jeanette Stevens and Melba and Madeline Everett. August 12, 1937.

Description:: Inglewood Boy Scout Frank Portune testifies for the court in the murders of children Jeanette Stevens (age 8), Melba Everett (age 9), and Madeline Everett (age 6). Portune was one of four scouts who discovered the bodies of the three girls in the Baldwin Park ravine; the four were part of a larger search group comprised of Boy Scouts. August 12, 1937.
Date:: August 12, 1937.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bullets used to shoot District Attorney Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: The bullets District Attorney Buron Fitts was shot with by a mystery assailant. A reward was immediately offered for the identity of the would-be assassin.
Date:: [circa March 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Buron Fitts leaving the hospital after recovering from an assassination attempt, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: District Attorney Buron Fitts leaving the hospital after recovering from being shot in the elbow by a mystery assailant. A reward was immediately offered for the identity of the would-be assassin.
Date:: [circa March 10, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Busby Berkeley, mother, and lawyer Jerry Giesler in courtroom for Berkeley's vehicular manslaughter trial, Los Angeles, California, 1935

Description:: Possible motion hearing
Date:: [1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:: March 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:: March 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:: March 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien on the witness stand during the liquor license bribe trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Cafe operator Agnes O'Brien who was a witness at the liquor license bribe trial. O'Brien testified that she had paid money to the Board of Equalization in the hopes of having her liquor license reinstated, but never received the reinstated license. Defendants in the bribe trial included several high-ranking officials such as state board of equalization member William G. Bonelli and chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton.
Date:: March 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Captain Bert Wallis questions John Binan over the homicide of Louise Appier, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Bert Wallis, head of LAPD Homicide Squad, fills out paperwork with John Binan. John Binan was the manager of the Virginia Ballroom and the body of Louise Appier was found slain in his apartment. After questioning, John Binan was later released.
Date:: March 20, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope entering court for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. He was defended by Deputy Public Defender William H. Sanson.
Date:: [circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles H. Hope in court for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope in court for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool.
Date:: [circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint murder trial with Robert S. James, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Ex-sailor Charles H. Hope in court with public defender William H. Sanson for his joint trial with Robert S. James. Hope aided James in the murder of Mary Emma James, by supplying deadly rattlesnakes for James and then helping him carry his wife's body outside and into a fish pool. From left to right, William H. Sanson, Charles H. Hope.
Date:: [circa May 7, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton with attorney James Flanagan at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct. 1939 - May 1940

Description:: Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton (right) with attorney James Flanagan at the liquor license bribe trial. Templeton is charged with involvement in a liquor license pay-off scandal in which he allegedly conspired with at least six others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton with his attorney Richard H. Sampson at the liquor license bribe trial, Oct 1939 - May 1940

Description:: Chief liquor control officer Merle Templeton (right) and his attorney, Richard H. Sampson at the liquor license bribe trial. Templeton is accused of involvement in a liquor license bribe scandal in which he allegedly conspired with at least six others to extort money from liquor retailers under threat of causing them to lose their liquor license
Date:: between October 24, 1939 and May 29, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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