Three men sit in chairs in front of a desk. Captain Bert Wallis (left) holds a pipe in both hands and is looking at John Edward Healey (center). Healey has his left hand in his pants pocket. Miles H. Ledbetter also faces Healey, left arm bent, hand on his hip. The desk has a photograph of a man behind bars, possibly Healey, papers, and portfolios.
Photograph related to the article, "Rich Woman Found Slain: Believed Victim of Robbers, Mrs. Louise Appier's Beaten Body Discovered by Apartment Tenant." Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 1935.
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.
34-year-old Berger Murch died at General Hospital after injuries sustained when he was struck down crossing an intersection at Pico Boulevard and Wellsley Avenue by a car that was being driven by Washburn.
Attempted murder suspect Lorraine Hewitt sits between detectives Aldo Corsini and Thad Brown. Hewitt had shot her boyfriend Joseph Walsh at a dinner party in front of numerous witnesses. Walsh refused to name her as the shooter, and was charged with perjury.
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,