District Attorney Buron Fitts, Ernest E. Noon and Beverly Hills Chief of Police Blair pose on the front steps of the Gettle residence, Beverly Hills, 1934
US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This photograph is related to the article, “GETTLE LAWYER'S DATA MAY IDENTIFY CLIENT'S KIDNAPERS: He Returns From Mystery Trip and Declares ‘Important Information’ Received; Victim's Wife Authorizes Meeting Any Ransom Demand,” Los Angeles Times, 11 May 1934: 1, and subsequent articles appearing in the Los Angeles Times. From left to right, Buron Fitts, Ernest E. Noon and Chief of Police (Beverly Hills), C. C. Blair pose in front of the Gettle residence's front door. The men stand at center on a tiled landing. All three look to camera. Ernest E. Noon holds his hat by his side and Chief Blair holds a cigarette in one hand. An ornate, wrought-iron gate stands in front of the inset wooden door behind the men. Flanking the door are 2 small decorative pilasters on each side. Text from negative sleeve: GETTLE, WILLIAM F. KIDNAP CASE Handwritten on a note accompanying negatives (Item Ark: 21198/zz002ctrvz): Woman in white, grab shots Clara Hitchen, nurse | 3 people walking along sidewalk - Mr + Mrs Delpha Barr and George Melovitch [sic] Melovitch [sic] is big man with mustache x | House at 723 Linden Dr., Bev Hills | 3 men on steps of house l to r: - Dist Atty Fitts Ernest Noon, contactman Chas. C. Blair, Ch of police, Bev Hills | picture of 'Rags' the gettle dog
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4848 ark:/21198/zz002ctrsx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Police--California--Beverly Hills Kidnappings--California--Beverly Hills Lawyers--California--Beverly Hills Kidnappings--California--Arcadia Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 Blair, Charles Coutts, 1884-1946 Gettle, William F., 1887-1941 Noon, Ernest E., 1887-1935
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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