Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A photograph of Chief of Beverly Hills Police Charles C. Blair, District Attorney Buron Fitts, and lawyer Ernest E. Noon. The three men were involved in the search for kidnapping victim William F. Gettle and the prosecution of the kidnappers after Gettle's safe recovery.Charles C. Blair was the first Chief of Police of Beverly Hills, serving from 1927-1942. Ernest E. Noon was the attorney of the Gettle family. He was intimitely involved with the attempts to recover William F. Gettle, directing via the Los Angeles Times that the kidnappers send any ransom requests to him, as Mrs. Fleeta Gettle was ill with nervous prostration after the kidnapping of her husband and under medical supervision.Buron Fitts was the district attorney of Los Angeles from 1928-1940. Fitts was in charge of co-ordinating the police agencies in their search for Gettle and his kidnappers. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Blair, Charles C.; Fitts, Buron; Noon, E. E. Att.
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uclamss_1387_09303-01 9303 ark:/21198/zz002545wt
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Beverly Hills Kidnappings--California People Crime Lifestyle Lawyers--California--Beverly Hills Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 Noon, Ernest E., 1887-1935 Blair, Charles C
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