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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

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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

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

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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

Detective Lieutenants B.G. Anderson and Tommy Bryan investigating the murder of soldier Lawrence G. Marple, Los Angeles, January 4, 1940

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Detective Lieutenants B.G. Anderson and Tommy Bryan from the homicide division investigating the murder of soldier Lawrence G. Marple. The man being held for the murder is discharged Navy officer Jack Rhyanne, who admitted to beating and choking Marple in his hotel room. Rhyanne is also being questioned about the earlier murder of Robert M. Byrne
Date:
January 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Detective Lieutenants B.G. Anderson and Tommy Bryan investigating the murder of soldier Lawrence G. Marple, Los Angeles, January 4, 1940

Detective Lieutenants B.G. Anderson and Tommy Bryan investigating the murder of soldier Lawrence G. Marple, Los Angeles, January 4, 1940

Description:
Detective Lieutenants B.G. Anderson and Tommy Bryan from the homicide division investigating the murder of soldier Lawrence G. Marple. The man being held for the murder is discharged Navy officer Jack Rhyanne, who admitted to beating and choking Marple in his hotel room. Rhyanne is also being questioned about the earlier murder of Robert M. Byrne
Date:
January 4, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Detective Lieutenants B.G. Anderson and Tommy Bryan investigating the murder of soldier Lawrence G. Marple, Los Angeles, January 4, 1940

Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Private detective Pearl Antibus appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr. Thomas Warner, Jr. sits next to the Antibus family. Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner 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 appears in court with her daughter Norma Thelan and son Robert Antibus during her trial against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr, Los Angeles, 1938

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

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

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

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 and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home

Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on Reavis's indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis (seated center), 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. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). 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
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on Reavis's indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on his indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis (seated center), 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. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). 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
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on his indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

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

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