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Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on Reavis's indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

Description:
John Frank Reavis (seated center), 26-year-old trombone player and candy salesman, in the court anteroom awaiting the jury’s decision to indict him in the murder of 17-year-old B-girl Alice “Jerry” Burns. With him are investigating officers in the case, Detective Lieutenant Miles Ledbetter (left) and Det. Lt. Lloyd Hurst (right), and Captain Edgar Edwards (center). Reavis was indicted and after trial received a second-degree sentence of five years to life in San Quentin. His eye and left hand are bandaged as the result of a fight he had prior to his arrest
Date:
February 28, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer John Frank Reavis awaits the decision on Reavis's indictment, Los Angeles, February 28, 1940

D. E. Kammen on the witness stand during a trial concerning the double traffic crash that killed Charles M. Daneri, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
D. E. Kammen on the witness stand during a trial concerning the double traffic crash that killed Charles M. Daneri. Kammen said he was an eye-witness to the second crash, which happened when J. W. Buzzell drove his car into a group of people gathered to help a man injured by a crash with Walter A. Smith. Kammen testified that Buzzell drove into the crowd and over Daneri's legs.
Date:
February 20, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
D. E. Kammen on the witness stand during a trial concerning the double traffic crash that killed Charles M. Daneri, Los Angeles, 1940

Albert Dyer murder trial juror Harby Harold breaks the tension for fellow jurors Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly, Los Angeles, August 1937

Description:
Juror Harold Harby (bottom left) lifts his foot in the air to break the tension during the Albert Dyer trial. Fellow jurors (left to right) Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly laugh. The trial was for Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California
Date:
between August 25 and 27, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Albert Dyer murder trial juror Harby Harold breaks the tension for fellow jurors Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly, Los Angeles, August 1937

View of the courtroom where child-murderer Albert Dyer's trial began, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
A view of the courtroom in which Albert Dyer's murder trial began. Dyer lured three Inglewood girls to the hills, where he strangled them to death with his hands as well as rope. From left to right is Chief Deputy District Attorney William Simpson, Chief Investigator Eugene Williams, Public Defender William Neeley, Albert Dyer, and Public Defender Ellery Cuff.
Date:
[circa August 10, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
View of the courtroom where child-murderer Albert Dyer's trial began, Los Angeles, 1937

Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Female spectator uses binoculars to view court proceedings during the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette, Los Angeles, 1938

Mrs. Hazel Belford Glab appears in court to testify in her defense, in the murder trial of John I. Glab. March 16, 1936

Description:
Mrs. Hazel Belford Glab appears in court to give testimony in her defense on March 16, 1936. Glab was accused of the 1928 murder of her husband, pharmacist John I. Glab. Mrs. Glab had been only recently convicted of forging the will of her late fiancee, wealthy manufacturer Albert Cheney, who died in Las Vegas before the two could be wed. John I. Glab was shot in the home he and Hazel Glab shared, on the evening of June 18, 1928. Mrs. Glab contested that her husband had been shot by her former lover, policeman W. R. McIntyre, and that she had been home listening to the radio with her niece the eve of the murder and had not heard the shot. Glab had been married to the pharmacist for only 16 months.Hazel Glab was convicted of second-degree murder on March 21, 1936.
Date:
March 16, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Mrs. Hazel Belford Glab appears in court to testify in her defense, in the murder trial of John I. Glab. March 16, 1936

Jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne. The captain and his officers were charged with the bombing of the car of private investigator Harry Raymond. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling.
Date:
[circa April 20, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, Los Angeles, 1938

Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:
Jurors Dorothy Deel, Jackson Collins, Winifred W. Howard, Beatrice Hard, and Charles M. Truax in court for the murder trial of crossing guard Albert Dyer. Dyer had lured three Inglewood girls into the hills, where he strangled them with rope and his hands. He was eventually found guilty and executed. In the front from left to right, Dorothy Deel and Jackson Collins. In the back, Winifred W. Howard, Beatrice Hard, and Charles M. Truax.
Date:
[circa August 12, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jurors for the murder trial of Albert Dyer in court, Los Angeles, 1937

Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Kynette can be seen wearing eyeglasses. Captain of Police Earle E. Kynette was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after the vehicle of Harry J. Raymond was bombed on January 14, 1938. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling. Two other officers, Fred Browne and Roy J. Allen, connected with the intelligence unit were also charged with conspiracy to commit murder. However, Fred Browne was eventually acquitted. Kynette and Allen were both found guilty.
Date:
February 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Police Captain Earle E. Kynette sits in court after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Los Angeles, 1938

Jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne. The captain and his officers were charged with the bombing of the car of private investigator Harry Raymond. Kynette was in charge of a special police intelligence unit that had been conducting surveillance on Raymond’s home from a nearby bungalow. Before the car bombing, Raymond had been conducting investigative work on Mayor Shaw and his possible connections with illegal gambling.
Date:
[circa April 20, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury selected for the trial of Police Captain Earle E. Kynette and his subordinate officers Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, Los Angeles, 1938

Dr. George K. Dazey and his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial where Dr. Dazey is accused of the murder of his second wife, Doris S. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1939-1940

Description:
Dr. George K. Dazey with his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial in which Dr. Dazey is accused of murdering his second wife, actress Doris S. Dazey, in 1935. Doris Dazey's death was originally believed to be suicide by monoxide poisoning. However, witnesses claimed that Dr. Dazey had been boasting about committing the "perfect crime" and a night watchman testified to witnessing Dazey carry a woman's body from the house to the garage on the night of the murder. Other factors complicating the trial were the paternity of Doris and George Dazey's child, Doris Dazey's possible mental illness, and false testimonies from some of the witnesses. Dr. Dazey was ultimately acquitted of the crime.
Date:
between December 3, 1939 and March 10, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Dr. George K. Dazey and his attorney, Jerry Giesler, at the trial where Dr. Dazey is accused of the murder of his second wife, Doris S. Dazey, Los Angeles, 1939-1940

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
A view from the juror's bench of accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the stand. Wright, an airline executive, was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, a man and a woman standing, possibly witnesses testifying, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man. Three men, seated in the background, are listening to the proceedings.
Date:
[between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Description:
Unidentified hearing in courtroom with one man seated at table, a man and a woman standing, possibly witnesses testifying, and a police officer standing in background. On the table are papers, small model cars and a small figure of a man. Three men, seated in the background, are listening to the proceedings.
Date:
[between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man and woman testifying (?) during unidentified hearing in courtroom with model cars on table

Jury for the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
The jury for the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright. The airline executive was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Jury for the trial of accused murderer Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Private detective Pearl Antibus testifies against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr., Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Mrs. Antibus sued Mr. Warner Sr. after her home was raided by Buron Fitts and several of his deputies at the request of Mr. Warner. The raid of Mrs. Antibus' home was conducted in order to search for Mr. Warner's son, Thomas W. Warner, Jr. Mr. Warner, Jr. was found hiding inside the home with his girlfriend Mrs. Jean MacDonald. The pair had been hiding in the home from Mr. Warner, Sr. who was opposed to their relationship and was seeking to end all contact between the pair. Mrs. Antibus served as a private detective for Mr. Warner, Jr. and had previously conducted an investigation into the life of Mrs. MacDonald in attempt to determine whether she was truly in love with Mr. Warner, Jr. Mrs. Antibus alleged that the raid left several of her visitors injured and was unnecessarily violent.
Date:
April 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Private detective Pearl Antibus testifies against millionaire Thomas W. Warner, Sr., Los Angeles, 1938