Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Subject: Crime and Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Crowd at the inquest for Louis R. Payne who was convincted for the murder of his mother and brother. Louis Rude Payne, 21 years of age, used a camping axe to kill his mother, 45-year-old Carrie L. Payne, and 15-year-old brother Robert in their Westwood mansion home.
Date:: June 6, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: District attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear with their attorneys Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler to contend the charges of perjury brought against them by the grand jury. From left to right, standing, Buron Fitts, Joseph Scott, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, and Jerry Giesler.
Date:: [circa November 2, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The grand jury during a case against Racine Oil Co. President Jack Allen. Allen, along with three others originally, was accused of evading the state gasoline tax by insisting that gas had been exported out of state, when it was really sold to local retailers. The case was eventually dismissed
Date:: between December 4, 1929 and March 6, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Jury foreman John P. Buckley at the Los Angeles County Grandy Jury trial where District Attorney Buron Fitts was indicted on charges of perjury and bribery.
Date:: December 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The kidnappers of William F. Gettle plead guilty to his abduction. From left to right standing between their lawyers, they are Roy A. Williams, Larry Kerrigan (real name Loren W. Feltus) and James F. Kirk. Gettle, wealthy Beverly Hills businessman, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming 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 15, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The nineteen members of the Los Angeles County Grand Jury for the year 1934. The jury first met on February 20, 1934, after some trouble in the selection process.
Date:: [circa February 20, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Louis Payne sits in a courtroom on trial for the murder of his mother and brother. Louis Rude Payne, 21 years of age, used a camping axe to kill his mother, 45-year-old Carrie L. Payne, and 15-year-old brother Robert in their Westwood mansion home.
Date:: between June and July 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Louis Payne sits with his father, Lucius F. Payne, and an unidentified man after being charged for the murder of his mother and brother. Louis Rude Payne, 21 years of age, used a camping axe to kill his mother, 45-year-old Carrie L. Payne, and 15-year-old brother Robert in their Westwood mansion home.
Date:: between June and July 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Louis Payne sits with his father, Lucius F. Payne, and an unidentified man after being charged for the murder of his mother and brother. Louis Rude Payne, 21 years of age, used a camping axe to kill his mother, 45-year-old Carrie L. Payne, and 15-year-old brother Robert in their Westwood mansion home.
Date:: between June and July 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Louis Payne sits with his father, Lucius F. Payne, on the day of his inquest for the murder of his mother and brother. Louis Rude Payne, 21 years of age, used a camping axe to kill his mother, 45-year-old Carrie L. Payne, and 15-year-old brother Robert in their Westwood mansion home.
Date:: June 6, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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