Accused murderer Fred Stettler showing Capt. Bert Wallis and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter money Stettler had stolen and hidden in a potato sack at his home
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Swiss chauffeur Fred Stettler, accused of the arson murders of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour, showing Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter (left) and Capt. Bert Wallis of the police homicide squad (center) $34 in silver hidden in a potato sack at Stettler's home. Stettler confessed to stealing the money from the Barbours after murdering them with a heavy object and setting a timing device which would set the bodies on fireNote: text on the nitrate sleeves and handwritten on the negative likely transcribed "Bert Wallis" incorrectly as "Bert Wallace" Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Miles Ledbetter - Bert Wallace - Fred Stettler Text from archival nitrate sleeve: Stettler, Fred; Wallace, Bert; Ledbetter, Miles; Stettler's clock Text from original nitrate sleeve: Stettler, Fred; Wallace, Bert; Ledbetter, Miles; Stettler's clock
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1387_12757-08 ark:/21198/zz0025fqx3
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Subject
Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Potatoes Disaster Detectives--California--Los Angeles Investigation Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959 Stettler, Gottfried, b. 1911
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