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17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

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17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with the murder of 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker. Although he insisted that he was shooting at doves on the hillside, Rogers's bullets fell near Marilyn, her two brothers, and several other children playing in the grass. When she started to run home for help, Marilyn was shot under the eye and died immediately.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
17-year-old Donald Rogers, charged with shooting and killing 11-year-old Marilyn Bunker, Los Angeles, 1940

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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:
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Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

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Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazey, who was allegedly murdered by her second husband, George Dazey. At the trial, Sparks testified that he had remained friendly with his ex-wife and the two had occupied the same hotel room in 1934. This aided the prosecution's claim that George Dazey had committed murder because he was unsure of the paternity of a boy born to Mrs. Dazey in 1935.
Date:
February 13, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazey, who was allegedly murdered by her second husband, George Dazey. At the trial, Sparks testified that he had remained friendly with his ex-wife and the two had occupied the same hotel room in 1934. This aided the prosecution's claim that George Dazey had committed murder because he was unsure of the paternity of a boy born to Mrs. Dazey in 1935.
Date:
February 13, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alexander Sparks, the first husband of Doris Dazay, at the murder trial of George Dazey, Los Angeles, 1940

Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940

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George Wallace (alias Robert M. Nixon) with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney. Wallace is accused of blackmailing lawyer and horse owner Neil S. McCarthy. McCarthy received four letters, allegedly from Wallace, threatening to maim his race horses with poisoned-needle darts if he didn’t pay up. Wallace testified that he had written the letters, but he had been acting on behalf of a gang of “tough eggs” that were behind the scheme.
Date:
[February 14, 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alleged blackmailer George Wallace, alias Robert M. Nixon, with U.S. Marshal William S. Sweeney, Los Angeles, 1940