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Los Angelest Dist. Attorney's office investigator, Lloyd Yarrow, testifies about the arrest of George K. Thornton, accused of accepting bribes. July 30, 1937.

Description:
Los Angeles District Attorney's investigator, Lloyd Yarrow, testifies in the bribery trial of George K. Thornton. Thornton, a California Board of Equalization officer, was charged with accepting money from Santa Barbara cafe owner Agnes O'Brien, for reinstatement of her liquor license.
Date:
July 30, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Los Angelest Dist. Attorney's office investigator, Lloyd Yarrow, testifies about the arrest of George K. Thornton, accused of accepting bribes. July 30, 1937.

Paul McDonald, Joe Shapiro and Charles Forbes wait in the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
At center, from left to right, Paul McDonald and Joe Shapiro sit behind a table or desk in the District Attorney's office after being brought in for questioning on racketeering charges. At far right, Claude Forbes leans over the table and reaches for McDonald. McDonald and Forbes appear to be in a fight. McDonald swings his arm upward towards Forbes. Meanwhile, Forbes grabs at a handkerchief or cloth held by McDonald. Between them, Shapiro sits back with his eyes closed. A wall and window at right stretch behind them.
Date:
[circa February 27, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Paul McDonald, Joe Shapiro and Charles Forbes wait in the District Attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1936

John Moore speaking with Lou Daro after the death of William Focher, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Shortly after an altercation with wrestling promoter Lou Daro 35-year-old William Focher was shot by police officers after they had confused him for a bandit. After several hours of being treated at the hospital he died. Moore was in company of Focher at the time of the shooting and was held in jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
Date:
July 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
John Moore speaking with Lou Daro after the death of William Focher, Los Angeles, 1935

Journalists and investigative reporters at the crime scene during the Zeke Caress Trial, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Description:
Investigative reporters standing outside the house on Templeton St. where Zeke Caress, his wife, Helen Caress, and his chauffeur, Tadashi Wakabayashi, were held captive at 4700 Templeton St. in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Zeke (E. L., Ezekiel Logan) Caress, his wife Helen Caress, and Tadashi Wakabayashi, their chauffeur, were kidnapped from their Hollywood Hills home on December 20, 1930. They were held in a house near El Sereno, and freed after their abductors were captured by on their way cash the ransom checks.
Date:
[circa 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Journalists and investigative reporters at the crime scene during the Zeke Caress Trial, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Ted Allen finds a secret compartment in an automobile used by Joe Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The camera looks through the open rear passenger door of an automobile and towards investigator Ted Allen. At left, Ted Allen sits inside the car, facing right. He bends forward as he lifts the floorboard off a secret compartment tucked behind the front passenger seat. The front passenger door remains closed at right. A couple of other men stand on the far side of the car in the background.
Date:
December 13, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Ted Allen finds a secret compartment in an automobile used by Joe Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Unpaved road in a hillside area photographed in relation to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips, 1922

Description:
Unpaved road in a hillside area photographed in relation to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips. Three automobiles are parked on the road. Four men are gathered on the right side of the road with about 14 bystanders watching them from the left side of the road.
Date:
[1922]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Unpaved road in a hillside area photographed in relation to the investigation of the murder of Alberta Meadows by Clara Phillips, 1922

Nita Carson standing on a street smiling, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Nita Carson wearing a dress, standing in the middle of a dirt road. In the background are some parked automobiles and buildings. A similar photograph appears with the article, "Young Case Mystery Woman Found: Blonde To Give Testimony Miss Nita Carson Declared, Unwittingly, to Have Caused Quarrel Ending in Young Tragedy," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1925: A2.
Date:
August 19, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Nita Carson standing on a street smiling, Los Angeles, 1925

Milo Warner and Ruth Borman awaiting release from jail, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Milo Warner and Ruth Borman awaiting release from jail. They spent a week in jail and she was eventually indicted for kidnapping her biological child. However, on Dec. 16, 1932 a judge threw out the kidnapping indictment and returned custody of the child to Borman. See Los Angeles Times article, "Court Upholds Young Mother," 17 Dec. 1932: A10.
Date:
November 3, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Milo Warner and Ruth Borman awaiting release from jail, Los Angeles, 1932

Room in the home of murder victim Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920-1921

Description:
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:
[between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Room in the home of murder victim Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920-1921

Margaret Domiano reported her estranged husband's invovlement in a ten-year-old murder to the police, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
After an argument that resulted in Thomas Domiano physically assaulting his wife Margaret, she called the police to disclose to the police his involvement in a ten-year-old Chicago murder, resulting in his arrest. He had been living under the alias James D. Cello since the shooting.
Date:
December 5, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Margaret Domiano reported her estranged husband's invovlement in a ten-year-old murder to the police, Los Angeles, 1935

Burton J. McKinnell waiting to be questioned at police headquarters, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Burton J. McKinnell, brother of Winnie Ruth Judd at police headquarters the day the he was questioned. At this time, murder suspect Winnie Ruth Judd was in hiding. A similar photograph appears with the article, "Relatives of Hunted Woman as They Awaited Quiz," Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 1931: 9.
Date:
October 20, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Burton J. McKinnell waiting to be questioned at police headquarters, Los Angeles, 1931

Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband and a bailiff, Los Angeles, 1921

Description:
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:
[January 1921-February 1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court by her husband and a bailiff, Los Angeles, 1921

Police dusting for fingerprints in a Ford coup, possibly related to the Hickman kidnap and murder case, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
William Edward Hickman, wanted for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, was captured in Echo, Oregon, after an eight-day manhunt. In his initial confession (given while in Oregon) he named an alleged accomplice who drove a Ford coup. That detail is noted in the article, "Detailed Confession Made by "The Fox": Amazing Account of Conversing With Detectives and Following Police Cars at Rendezvous After Kidnapping Given by Hickman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1927: 1.
Date:
1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Police dusting for fingerprints in a Ford coup, possibly related to the Hickman kidnap and murder case, Los Angeles, 1927

Undersheriff Frank Dewar, murder suspect Lowell Bell and Deputy Sheriff William J. Bright, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Murder suspect Lowell Bell seated at a desk beteeen undersheriff Frank Dewar (left) and deputy sheriff William J. Bright. Photo appears with the article "Las Confesses Teuber Murder: Ex-Sailor's Admissions to Reopen Inquiry San Diego Girl Hanging May Be Cleared Up Story Has Flaws but Clews Will Be Checked," Los Angeles Times, 02 Oct. 1931: A5.
Date:
Ocotber 1, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Undersheriff Frank Dewar, murder suspect Lowell Bell and Deputy Sheriff William J. Bright, Los Angeles, 1931

Captain Bert Wallis and Lt. Det. Miles Ledbetter with murder suspect Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

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. 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:
[circa February 21, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Bert Wallis and Lt. Det. Miles Ledbetter with murder suspect Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

Police Captain Ralph Davis with abortion case witnesses Rose Marie Heddens, Clara Fournelle and Leo Fournelle, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Police Captain Ralph Davis (far left) with Rose Marie Heddens (wife of Harley Heddens), Clara Fournelle (Rose's sister), and her husband Leo Fournelle. The three were held as material witnesses in the case against Harley Heddens, accused of performing an illegal abortion leading to the death of Ruth Attaway. Rose Maire Heddens was later charged with her husband. The four are seated at table strewn with papers. Captain Davis holds a "Daily Police Bulletin," while Heddens and the Fournelles attempt to hide their faces from the camera.
Date:
August 21, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Police Captain Ralph Davis with abortion case witnesses Rose Marie Heddens, Clara Fournelle and Leo Fournelle, Los Angeles, 1935

Investigators Chester Horn and Ben Cohn investigate a trunk alledgedly owned by Kenneth G. Ormiston, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Related to the articles, "LINK TRUNK TO FIND IN CARMEL: Crochet on Towel and Wash Rag Held Identical Officers Tracing Gowns as McPherson Clews More Strands of Red Hair Found in Ornaments," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov. 1926: A1, and, "LIST GIVEN OF TRUNK'S CONTENTS Keyes Checks Garments in Container Thought to Belong to Ormiston," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov. 1926: A2
Date:
[circa November 1, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Investigators Chester Horn and Ben Cohn investigate a trunk alledgedly owned by Kenneth G. Ormiston, Los Angeles, 1926

Criminologist Frank Gompert inspects a pistol while Norris Stensland watches, [Los Angeles], about 1931

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Criminologist Frank Gompert inspects a pistol while Norris Stensland watches, [Los Angeles], about 1931

George Contreras, county investigator, and Asa Keyes, district attorney, at a crime scene in a basement, Los Angeles, 1924-1929

Description:
Photograph of George Contreras (left), Los Angeles County investigator, holding what appear to be bone fragments, and district attorney Asa Keyes, seated behind a trench in a basement. A shovel with torn fabric draped over it is on the left and a man behind them holds a candle.
Date:
[between 1924-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
George Contreras, county investigator, and Asa Keyes, district attorney, at a crime scene in a basement, Los Angeles, 1924-1929