Los Angeles Police Department Captain Bert Wallis at desk, holding a sheet in one hand and writing with a fountain pen in a record book with the other. A pipe is in his mouth.
At center, A. B. Murchison sits on the witness stand during the preliminary trial regarding Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance. He sits facing towards the right and looks at a map unfolded in front of him. Two lawyers stand to the left of the witness box. Behind and to the right of Murchison, Judge Blake sits up at the bench and looks down towards the witness. In the foreground at right, a few lawyers sit at the counsel's table.
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.
Detectives and Captain questioning Thomas Dugger about picture. Thomas Dugger was convicted of 11 felonies and ultimately hung for his crimes in San Quentin. He was convicted of mainly assaulting women, and his nick name was "ape man" because of his shoulders and gnarled hands and black eyes.
Detective Lieutenant Spear receives attempted burglary suspect Jean Colby from two unidentified uniformed police officers. Spear has a cigar in his mouth. The officer holding Colby's left arm holds a cigarette in his left hand. A map of the Central Police Division hangs on the wall besides Spear.
Deputy Chief J.P. Lyons of the Los Angeles Police Department standing possibly in a courthouse and holding his hat above his head. Behind him is a partition glass with a sign reading "AND JURY, 607."
Police officers on trial for accepting bribes, from left: Harry M. Hill, Leonard F. Sale and Thomas B. Washburn. Reported in "Three Policemen Arrested on Indictments for Accepting Bribes: SHERIFF SEEKS ANOTHER TRIO Heavy Guard Placed Around Home of Informer Machine-Gun Auto Feared Seeking McDonald Grand Jury Votes True Bills in Bootleg Graft," Los Angele Times, 12 Sep. 1929: A2.
Oscar Bayer (sitting on right) next to Bertrand M. Steventon. Standing left to right are Claude R. Weaver, Charles Meyers and Jack A. Stambler. Photo appears with article "CITY COMBED FOR BANDITS IN DEADLY GUN BATTLE: One Killed, Four Shot as Bank Robbery Ends in Pistol Battle Through Streets," Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 1925: 1. Image published in newspaper matted out Charles Meyers. The men are in a a medics office.
Photograph appears with the article "BURIED BASTILLE DOORS OPENED AGAIN: Office Alterations Expose Barriers Used Fifty Years Ago," Los Angeles Times, 04 Dec. 1929: A11.
(CAPTION) IRKED – Barbara Payton, 28, former actress, holds her nose as she inspects summons with her attorney, Milton Golden. Paper involves suit in which her former mate seeks to bar her from taking son out of U.S.
From the far left, front row: Congressman Benjamin Hill, Jr., Chief of Police James E. Davis, and new Mexican Consul Ricardo G. Hill. They post for a photograph with a group of city officials.
Lieutenant Harry A. Doyle is succeeding H. A. Barlow as inspector of the police and promoted to command of the personnel bureau as acting deputy chief.
Three plain-clothed police men are crouched behind an unmarked Chrysler police car aiming their guns. The two men closest to the camera each wield machine guns of differing lengths. The man closest to the camera is Officer Oscar Bayer. The man furthest from the camera, nearly standing straight up, holds a revolver. The car's license plate reads "E17652." The car is parked in a lot with two billboards stationed. The billboard on the left reads "More Room - More Comfort More Value," advertising Dodge Brothers Motor Cars. The billboard on the right is an advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
Oscar Bayer (sitting on right) next to Bertrand M. Steventon. Standing left to right are Claude R. Weaver, Charles Meyers and Jack A. Stambler. Image published in newspaper matted out Charles Meyers. The men are in a medics office.
Two Los Angeles policemen displaying the briefcase bomb Timothy P. Blevins used in an attempted bank robbery. A message is written on the inner lid of the box: "The black owl will [?] you death! Don't [?]"
Possibly related to "Police Captain is Honored: Twenty Years of Service by David L. Adams Commemorated by Gift from Associates," Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec 1923: II14.
This photograph appears with the article "Where 'Gopher Bandits' Burrowed in Vain: Old Tunnel Under Bank Reveals Robbery Plot." Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 1935: A1.
Police Captain W. M. Littell with seventeen underprivileged boys of varied ages, all from Hollenbeck Heights. Littell kneels in front of Stanley Bell and holds up the boy's Exposition guest badge. Three other children wear or hold their badges. Seen in the background is an advertisement reading, in part: "Annual Christmas Turkey Shoot, Elysian Park..." Photographed in the locker room at Hollenbeck Police Station.