Mrs. Berthal Gregory, sister and secretary of District Attorney Buron Fitts, and Mrs. Marion Fitts, Buron's wife, sitting together during a trial. The trial is probably concerning financial transactions within the Fitts family, specifically involving the 1931 sale of an orange grove to Buron from his parents.
District Attorney Buron Fitts with wife, Mrs. Marion Fitts, and great-niece (whom they later adopted as a daughter), Mary Lou Spear, at a polling station. Mr. & Mrs. Fitts drop their ballots into the "General Tickets" ballot box. One woman sits with records book, while another woman and man stand watching.
District Attorney Buron Fitts and his wife, Mrs. Marion Fitts stand smiling for a photograph as they are about to go through a door, possibly into his office.
Copy print negative of two portraits, one of Mr. Buron Fitts, and one of his wife, Mrs. Buron Fitts. Stamp on Mrs. Fitts photograph is partially covered by what appears to be brush strokes, but "L.A." is legible. Mr. Fitts photograph reads "Hartsook Photo."
District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear in a crowded courtroom with Mrs. Marion Fitts and their attorneys Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler. Seated left to right is Buron Fitts, Mrs. Marion Fitts, and Berthal Gregory. Standing in the back, left to right, is Joseph Scott and Jerry Giesler.
District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister Mrs. Berthal Gregory appear in a crowded courtroom with his wife Marion Fitts and their attorneys. Seated, left to right, is Buron Fitts, Mrs. Marion Fitts, and Mrs. Berthal Gregory. Standing in the back, left to right, is Jerry Giesler, Joseph Scott, Roland Swaffield, Harold Judson, and Jack Gilchrist.
Three questions the Women's Breakfast Club asked Governor Merriam were, "Before you marry will you consult the Women's Breakfast Club?" "Do you know that anything you say will be held against you?" and "Will you, at a moment's notice, come to a board meeting, a bridge-tea, a dance, and will you allow the whole breakfast club to come to the Governor's mansion as your guest at any time?"
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.
Related to the article, "Fitts and Sister Indicted on Charges of Perjury. Judge Rules Bail Bonds Needless. Hearing for Pair Next Friday." Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 1934: 1.
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.
Women close to Los Angelse District Attorney Buron Fitts, at his trial for perjury. From left to right are his wife, Mrs. Buron (Marion) Fitts, wife of Dept. Dist. Atty. Mrs. Eugene (Winifred) Blalock, and mother of Buron Fitts, Mrs. Ardell Fitts.