In late September, 1935, 19-year-old Thomas Leroy Drake was indicted for the poison-murder of his great-uncle and aunt after he was reportedly dis-inherited from their estate.
Police chemist Ray Pinker, left, is bent over a piece of wood and appears to be scraping a blood sample from it as Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst, right, aids him.
Detective Inspector Dwight Longuevan, seated on the witness stand with notebook in hand, photographed during judicial proceedings for William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of 12-year-old Marion Parker.
from left to right: Samuel Whittaker, H. M. Swanson, Det. Lt. Ray Giese, Sgt. C. L. Huff. Swanson, a reporter, talks to Whittaker as he's being booked by Sgt. Huff.
4-year-old Valerie and the Raymonds' maid Charlotte were in the house at the time of the death of Valerie's father Ray Raymond. The girl has not yet been told that her father is dead.