A very similar photograph appears with the article, “RICHFIELD OIL OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF THEFT: Court Clears Trio on Conspiracy Charge but Holds Case Proven on Defalcation Counts RICHFIELD TRIO FOUND GUILTY Court Delivers Verdict in Long-Fought Case One to Six Counts Assessed on Grand Theft Charges Conspiracy Accusation Held Not Proven by Judge,” Los Angeles Times, 17 May 1932: A1
Bottom photograph related to several stories covered from 1935-1936 about the pirating of the Monte Carlo gambling ship, and $26,000 was stolen. Carl Carrillo and several other men were found guilty. Carrillo was sentenced to eight years in prison (and then an additional two more years later for smuggling liquor).
From left to right, Clarence M. Fuller and Clifford Thoms stand side-by-side behind an office desk. Both men face slightly right. Clarence Fuller tilts his head to his left as he holds his hands in front of him while grasping his hat. His right hand appears to be bandaged. To the right of him, Clifford Thoms looks to camera and stands with his hands behind his back. In front of the two men, the low desk is cluttered with paperwork. Bookshelves line the wall at left, behind Clarence Fuller. Behind Clifford Thoms, a few telephones sit on a low table.
Madeline Morris, a dancer, wears an open coat while sitting on a wooden bench against a wall. She is presumably sitting in the hallway of a local courthouse or jail (possibly Lincoln Heights Jail). Morris was drunk driving and drove through a red light, resulting in a crash that injured Catherine Manchester, a passenger in the other car.
16-year-old Rosa Kiralla told the court that Lee R. Carr, father of her baby born last December, assaulted her in her home on multiple times, and after the baby was born with the help of Kiralla's mother and Carr's wife Mrs. Sarah Carr, Mr. Carr took the baby on the assertion that the baby was dead and the body needed to be disposed of.
Families of the W.P.A. members slain and witnesses crowded in the courtroom to listen to the inquest of Charles Layman, former W.P.A. employee, who shot and killed six workmen at a site near La Brea Avenue and Exposition Boulevard.