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Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:
A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.
Date:
March 30, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Description:
A photograph of Sidney T. Graves as he awaited transfer from the Los Angeles County Jail to San Quentin Penitentiary. Graves was convicted of bribery a year before, after accepting a sum of $80,000 in connection with the high San Gabriel dam project. At that time, Graves had been a county Supervisor. He was sentenced to one to fourteen years imprisonment for his crime.The other men in the photo are unidentified. Graves is seated, right.
Date:
March 30, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Sidney T. Graves, former L.A. County Supervisor, awaiting imprisonment in San Quentin.

Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom where he is charged with several misdemeanors, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

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Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time.
Date:
between November 3, 1937 and March 24, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly Robert Noble, surrounded by some of his followers in the courtroom where he is charged with several misdemeanors, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the DeWitt Clinton Cook murder trial of Cook re-enacting his murder of Anya Sosoyeva, Los Angeles, October 11, 1939

Description:
Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the murder trial of DeWitt Clinton Cook. The film showed Cook (right) re-enacting his murder of dancer Anya Sosoyeva, who he hit on the head with a 2x4. Cook willingly confessed to the murder, as well as the assaults of two other women, Delia Bogard and Myrtle Wagner. This was the first time sound motion pictures were used during a trial in California history. The trial was also considered very unusual because Cook never denied the murder, personally offer a not guilty plea, or put up any defense. Cook was sentenced to death and executed in the San Quentin gas chamber on January 31, 1941, at age 21
Date:
October 11, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Screenshot from a film used by the prosecution at the DeWitt Clinton Cook murder trial of Cook re-enacting his murder of Anya Sosoyeva, Los Angeles, October 11, 1939

Robert Noble, self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, awaiting bail in County Jail, Los Angeles, November 3, 1937

Description:
Robert Noble in County Jail awaiting bail. Noble, a self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, was arrested as he entered court to face misdemeanor charges, on a warrant that officers had been trying to serve for days. He was seized and booked and went to jail to await his $1000 bail to be made. Noble was a radio personality who gained loyal followers from an old age pension plan he promoted. Noble and his followers were originally arrested on October 17, 1937 while staging a demonstration near radio station KMTR. Noble was charged with holding a parade without permit, blocking the sidewalk and refusing to disperse on police command. After a lengthy trial, Noble spent five days in jail, he planned to use the time to prepare speeches for a gubernatorial campaign. He said he was pleased that he would have a captive audience at this time
Date:
November 3, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Robert Noble, self-proclaimed benefactor of the elderly, awaiting bail in County Jail, Los Angeles, November 3, 1937

Robert Noble, man accused of running a pension scheme, sits in court during his misdemeanor trial, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Robert Noble, man accused of running a pension scheme, sits in court during his misdemeanor trial. Noble was in court for multiple misdemeanor charges. Approximately 1000 persons who were mainly followers of his pension scheme that offered the elderly with $25 a month pension for a small investment showed their support outside the courthouse.
Date:
November 3, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Robert Noble, man accused of running a pension scheme, sits in court during his misdemeanor trial, Los Angeles, 1937

R. H. W. Schafer, Mae Whitehead, and Roland West in audience for grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Description:
Taken at grand jury investigation into death of film actress Thelma Todd. Todd was found in the garage of film director West, her business partner and lover, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Schafer was the manager of a roadside cafe owned by West and Todd. Whitehead was Todd’s personal maid. Todd's death was eventually ruled an accident.
Date:
[December, 1935 - January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
R. H. W. Schafer, Mae Whitehead, and Roland West in audience for grand jury hearings into death of actress Thelma Todd, circa 1935

Ray Splivalo and Harriet Jordon with Rheba Crawford during the preliminary trial for her criminal libel case, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Ray Splivalo and Harriet Jordon sit with Rheba Crawford during the preliminary trial for her criminal libel case. Crawford accused Dan McNally, editor, and Jonathan Perkins, writer of criminal libel. Crawford was known as the "Angel of Broadway" due to her Salvation Army work in New York City. She was an associate of Aimee Semple McPherson and served as the director of the State Department of Social Welfare.
Date:
September 06, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ray Splivalo and Harriet Jordon with Rheba Crawford during the preliminary trial for her criminal libel case, Los Angeles, 1935