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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