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Description:: Fred Stettler sits facing the camera with one arm flung over the back of his chair.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 25-year-old Swiss chauffeur Gottfried "Fred" Stettler is being held in suspicion of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Dorothea Barbour. Car dealer Emyt Lentz claimed Stettler confessed to the murders then repudiated his story. Lentz was held and then exonerated. Stettler was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of burglary, and one count of arson. The victims were found partially cremated in bed with their skulls smashed.
Date:: February 23, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Fred sits on the witness stand, his body facing Frank Monfort. The legs of some of the jury members can be seen sitting on Fred's other side.
Date:: February 25, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Fred Stettler reaches into a bag on the floor. Next to it are a handkerchief filled with coins, potatoes, and the murder weapon.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: From left to right: Det. Lieut. Miles Ledbetter, fred Stetter, Capt. Bert Wallis
Date:: [circa February 21, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Three men stand before a doorway. From left to right: Gottfried "Fred" Stettler, Captain Bert Wallis, Detective Lieutenant Ledbetter.Det. Lt. Ledbetter holds the murder weapon in his hand.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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