Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the article “Inquest in Fire to Open Today, More Than Fifty Subpoenaed About Park Tragedy, Work Will Be Resumed by 6000 Welfare Men, Council and Supervisors Act on Liability Issue,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 1933. The article states: Trial Ordered for Man Facing Park Arson Charge. Accused of “starting his own fire” in Griffith Park on the 3rd inst. when he found out he was too late to assist in putting out the conflagration which took more than a score of lives, Robert D. Barr, unemployed film studio technician, yesterday was held for trial … defended by Attorneys Lawrence Cobb and Marcus Muskat. … Robert D. Barr, between lawyers Marcus Muskat and Lawrence Cobb, all in suits and ties, in court or in office, seated at table with blotters and hat Handwritten at edge of negative: Lawrence Cobb, Robert Barr, Marcus Muskat Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Barr, Robert, Arson case?, 1933
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0878 0878 ark:/21198/zz002db7d4
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Subject
Arson investigation--California--Los Angeles County Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fire, 1933 Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Los Angeles Barr, Robert D., b. ca. 1904 Cobb, Lawrence C., 1894-1945 Muskat, Marcus Charles, 1908-1982
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