Los Angeles Mirror Reporter's Note: 'barbara payton, 35, shows up at hollywood police station with bruises and scars but refuses to sign report or identify assailants, claiming she doesn't know them. "I don't want the publicity," she said. with her is her current common-law husband, robert a. sherry. police said he had served time once on a forgery conviction."
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, April 11, 1932, "Richfield Trio on Trial Today, Talbot, Fuller and McKee Will Face Court, Theft of $213,267 From Oil Company Asserted, Ex-Officials Deny Charges; Map Stubborn Fight"
Francis Tappaan, in suit and tie, collar up, on witness stand, with Coroner Frank Montfort on bench at left, court reporter in foreground, three men visible in jury box at right
This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, "Carr Takes Former Job, Immigration Director Back in Post Here as Duties of Office Increase," December 27, 1934.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, August 16, 1935, Pond Death Jury Splits, Fatal Causes Undecided, Inquest Conducted in Case of Mrs. Mary E. James; Husband Weeps
This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Judge Joseph P. Sproul, in suit and tie, and teenager or young man Carl Barrow, in uniform, both seated at table, with flags and typewriter in background
Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen, seated, in suits and ties, with attorney Bowman near center, hand to face, among about 8 other people, with bookcase, fan, flag, and door in background
Buron Fitts, Joe Houtenbrink, and Charles Hope, all in casual clothing, standing in office, Houtenbrink with finger raised, Hope with cigarette, with desk and law books in background
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."
Fred A. Browne, Earle E. Kynette, and Roy J. Allen, seated, in suits and ties, with attorney Bowman near center, hand to face, among about 8 other people, with bookcase, fan, flag, and door in background
Robert P. Schuler, Dora A. Stearns, Gustav A. Briegleb, Edgar F. Daugherty, S.T. Montgomery, Herbert Booth Smith, William MacCormack, James A. Francis, and Ray C. Harker, posing in small room with radiator at right; most men in suits and ties, some holding hats, MacCormack in clerical collar, Stearns in dress with lace and fur trim, velvet hat
Marjorie Fairchild, in dotted dress, and Lois Wright, in light dress, walking together in hallway, door reading Women behind them, sign reading District Attorney on wall in center, photographer partially visible at right
James Pemberton, in short-sleeved shirt and suspenders, with cigar, seated in desk chair with desk with phone and papers behind him, papers clipped to wall in background, another man partially visible at right
Man in suit, tie, and hat, with open suitcase on table in front of him, holding small papers in left and and gothic-style upper-case letter B in right hand, papers and clothes visible in suitcase, in small room with alphabetically-labeled cabinets and drawers in background
At the dedication of the Santa Barbara Courthouse, the ceremonial setting of a bronze medallion provided by the Native Sons of Golden West. The participants are shown mixing the ingredients of water from each of the California missions with sand and gravel from each of the counties in California on the main stage in front of the main entrance to the courthouse.