Names: Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: On December 23, 1935, John Starnes Jr. and David Searcy robbed a liquor store and killed the owner by forcing him to drink a pint of brandy. On March 22, 1936, the two were arrested and confessed to the crime. Searcy was eventually found guilty of second degree murder, kidnapping, and second degree robbery. Starnes Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: March 22, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The cluttered desk of Lieutenant C. C. Johnson stretches across the bottom edge. Behind it and off-center to the left, Lieutenant C. C. Johnson sits, facing slightly towards the right, as he holds a telephone. To the right of him, a typewriter sits atop an extension of the desk. A large widow is inset along the back wall behind Lieutenant Johnson.
Date:: January 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Capt. Tom Murray, Detective with the LAPD, smiling and flipping through booklet on his desk. There is a list of phone numbers for different departments in Los Angeles, including hospitals and L.A.P.D. Patrol Divisions Sub-Stations.
Date:: [between 1920 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph appeared in "Moriarty Suicide Theory Challenged : Son Revives Murder Idea," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr 1936: A1.
Date:: April 16, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Frank Gompert sits, off-center to the right, and hunches over a small table and microscope. He leans towards the left as he holds a pistol beneath the microscope. Below him and on the table sits a pile of bullets and casings, on or near their evidence sleeves. Behind and to the left of Frank Gompert, Norris Stensland sits and watches Frank Gompert handle the small firearm. At left, a typewriter and another pistol sit on the desk next to Norris Stensland. The rest of the laboratory occupies the background.
Date:: [circa 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This photograph is related to the event described in the article, “Public Police Inspection Set for This Year,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1927: A11
Date:: May 2, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Likely related to the article, "Large Dope Find Made By Officers," Los Angeles Times, 15 Jun. 1935: 2
Date:: [circa June, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: On December 23, 1935, John Starnes Jr. and David Searcy robbed a liquor store and killed the owner by forcing him to drink a pint of brandy. On March 22, 1936, the two were arrested and confessed to the crime. Searcy was eventually found guilty of second degree murder, kidnapping, and second degree robbery. Starnes Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Date:: March 22, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Police officers stand in rows across the width of the field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They are viewed from above. The rows shorten in length as they extend back towards the left side of the field. A dirt track wraps around the field. In the foreground, stadium seating spans the lower left corner as it slopes down towards the field. A few spectators occupy the seats. Empty stadium seating stretches across the background.
Date:: May 2, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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