Dt. Lt. Sanderson talking with Policewoman Peirce. Photo related to Peirce’s accidental shooting of Officer Yancey in October 1935. Peirce was put on trial for manslaughter in December 1935 and eventually acquitted.
Detective Lieutenant Leroy Sanderson escorts Thomas Edward Dugger. Dugger, known as "Ape Man", was convicted of eleven felonies related to the robbery, kidnapings, and assault of three women. Dugger was indicted on April 4, 1935 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on February 18, 1936.
Dt. Lt. Sanderson talking with Policewoman Peirce. Photo related to Peirce’s accidental shooting of Officer Yancey in October 1935. Peirce was put on trial for manslaughter in December 1935 and eventually acquitted.
Detectives and Captain questioning Thomas Dugger about picture. Thomas Dugger was convicted of 11 felonies and ultimately hung for his crimes in San Quentin. He was convicted of mainly assaulting women, and his nick name was "ape man" because of his shoulders and gnarled hands and black eyes.
35-year-old William Focher was mistakenly shot by police, believed to have held up the Olympic Auditorium. He got into an altercation with Lou Daro and Det. Lt. Sanderson claimed officers believed Focher and his companion John Moore were bandits.
Marlborough School graduates, left to right, Misses Elsie Jane Shirey, Nancy McKinnie, Barbara Bekins, Nathalie Whiting, Natalie Hill, and Virginia Sanderson at Nathalie Whiting's luncheon at the Los Angeles Country Club.
Seated, from left to right, are: Al Corsin; Hazel Glab, widow of murder victim John I. Glab; and Detective Lieutenant T. K. Shannon. Detective Leroy E. Sanderson stands beside Shannon and appears to be taking notes.