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Description:: William Bioff (left) with Judge Isaac Pacht at an investigation of the affairs of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Bioff, IATSE's business agent was questioned regarding suspicions of organized crime within the alliance.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The two investigating detectives go over the scene of the crime where Kelley hid inside the closet of the maid's room in the Mellus household after murdering Myrtle Mellus. One detective (standing) holds a pistol and grabs onto the back collar of the other detective (crouching) who appears to be reaching for something inside the closet. There are many bloody fingerprints, stains, and smudges on the closet door. Possibly related to the article, "Newly Discovered Evidence Fastens Murder of Mrs. Mellus on Kelly, Investigators State: CLOTHING HELD LINK OF GUILT Dead Woman's Garments Found in Kitchen Body Taken Upstairs After Death, Officers Say Fingerprints Declared of Small Importance," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1928: A3.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Members of the Senate committee, from left to right: Sen. Sanborn Young, Sen. Henry McGuinness, Sen. Ben Hulse, Sgt. Joe Nolan.
Date:: July 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A State Senate committee investigation of liquor and civil service matters will officially start at 10 am in the Assembly Room of the California State Building. Subpoenas were served to approximately sixty witnesses.
Date:: July 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Room inside the deserted Palm Springs cabin where Betty Hardaker hid after murdering her daughter Geraldine Hardaker. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 26, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Picture of two photographs: First one shows a little boy sitting on stair steps, and the bottom one shows a man in a hat.
Date:: July 13, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Det. Lloyd Hurst found a gold ring scattered among ashes that included Rose Spinelli's remains. She is believed to have been murdered by her husband, William Spinelli.
Date:: December, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Terrell, Maurice
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Police Commissioner Thomas Walkup seated at desk, holding a stick-like object in one hand and a cigarette in a cigarette holder in the other. Beside him is Edward Ward, seated in a chair and wearing sunglasses. This photograph was possibly taken when Walkup and Ward testified before a grand jury on June 28, 1932 about the 1930 frame-up of Walkup.
Date:: [June 28, 1932?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: 75-year-old Patrick J. McManus (center) examining what looks like a piece of exposed film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas (left) and William Baker. Filkas and Baker are investigating the mysterious death of McManus's wife Josephine. McManus came home to find his wife had been burglarized, but was still alive. The couple went to bed and in the morning Mrs. McManus was dead. There were bruises on her neck and gashes on her back.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: From left to right: Capt. Stensland, Eric Pedley, and Dep. Sheriff Bess Bailey stand over a typewriter and examine a sheet of paper.
Date:: June, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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