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A. J. Wallace, Friend W. Richardson, C. C. Young, William D. Stephens and Buron Fitts pose during a party rally for Herbert Hoover, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
From left to right, A. J. Wallace, Friend W. Richardson, C. C. Young, William D. Stephens and Buron Fitts pose during a party rally for Herbert Hoover's Presidential campaign. The men stand in a row and look forward. Governor Young and Lieutenant Governor Fitts both wear "DELEGATE" ribbons on their lapels. The group appears to stand in a hallway. Behind them, a wall stretches across the background and a door stands, off-center to the left.
Date:
[circa April 4, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
A. J. Wallace, Friend W. Richardson, C. C. Young, William D. Stephens and Buron Fitts pose during a party rally for Herbert Hoover, Los Angeles, 1928

Attorneys Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, William J. Clark and Robert P. Stewart during the Asa Keyes bribery trial, Los Angeles, circa 1928

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From left, district attorneys Buron Fitts and William Simpson, special prosecutor William J. Clark (standing) and district attorney Robert P. Stewart in a courtooom during the trial of former attorney Asa Keyes, charged with accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation. The courtroom appears to be relatively empty, with only five other people near the public gallery in the courtroom.
Date:
[1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Attorneys Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, William J. Clark and Robert P. Stewart during the Asa Keyes bribery trial, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Attorneys Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, William J. Clark and Robert P. Stewart during the Asa Keyes bribery trial, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Description:
From left, district attorneys Buron Fitts and William Simpson, special prosecutor William J. Clark (standing) and district attorney Robert P. Stewart in a courtroom during the trial of former attorney Asa Keyes, charged with accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Corporation. The courtroom appears to be relatively empty, with only five other people near the public gallery in the courtroom.
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Attorneys Buron Fitts, William E. Simpson, William J. Clark and Robert P. Stewart during the Asa Keyes bribery trial, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Beverly Hills Chief of Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Gettle family lawyer Ernest E. Noon, Beverly Hills, 1934

Description:
A photograph of Chief of Beverly Hills Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and lawyer Ernest E. Noon. The three men were involved in the search for kidnapping victim William F. Gettle and the prosecution of the kidnappers after Gettle's safe recovery.Charles C. Blair was the first Chief of Police of Beverly Hills, serving from 1927-1942. Ernest E. Noon was the attorney of the Gettle family. He was intimitely involved with the attempts to recover William F. Gettle, directing via the Los Angeles Times that the kidnappers send any ransom requests to him, as Mrs. Fleeta Gettle was ill with nervous prostration after the kidnapping of her husband and under medical supervision.Buron Fitts was the district attorney of Los Angeles from 1928-1940. Fitts was in charge of co-ordinating the police agencies in their search for Gettle and his kidnappers.
Date:
[circa May, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Beverly Hills Chief of Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Gettle family lawyer Ernest E. Noon, Beverly Hills, 1934

Buron Fitts at his perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
On February 7, 1936, District Attorney Buron Fitts was acquitted of perjury regarding a 1931 testimony over the sale of a Claremont orange grove. Mrs. Berthall Gregory, Fitts’ sister, sold the grove to Lucien C. Wheeler. Fitts reportedly falsified the amount of money he received through the sale. The perjury trial lasted three weeks.
Date:
February 7, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Buron Fitts at his perjury trial, Los Angeles, 1936