Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and District Attorney Buron Fitts with Thomas Edward Dugger who was on trial for assaulting three women, Los Angeles, 1935-1936
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Detective Lieutenant Ray Giese and Los Angeles County District Attorney Buron Fitts examine soiled clothing possibly owned by Thomas Edward Dugger. Dugger, known as "Ape Man", was convicted of eleven felonies related to the robbery, kidnapings, and assault of three women. Dugger was indicted on April 4, 1935 and sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on February 18, 1936. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L to R Thomas Dugger, Ray E. Giese, Buron Fitts. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Dugger, Thomas Edward; Fitts, Buron; Giese, Ray E.; Sanderson, Leroy.
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b&w nitrate negative
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10775 uclamss_1387_10775-08 ark:/21198/zz00254fmj
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Lawyers--California--Los Angeles People Crime Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Legal Police--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 Giese, Ray Dugger, Thomas Edward
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