Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Related to "Suit Leads to Stabbing: City Prosecuter Aide Wounded," Los Angeles Times, 09 Jul 1935: A1. Name spelled wrong on negative sleeve and negative. Name is Maurice Fruchtman, not Fuchtman. Maurice Fruchtman (left) and Detective Lieutenant Miles H. Ledbetter stand next to a raised surface. Fruchtman is holding an unfolded sheet of paper and smiling. He wears a collared button-down shirt. Ledbetter is also looking at the paper. He wears a jacket, short striped tie, and a straw hat. An open door is in the background. Maurice Fruchtman (left) bought an ice pick then stabbed deputy city prosecutor Leonard Husar in Husar's office. Handwritten on negative: Maurice Fuchtman, Miles Ledbetter Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1170. Maurice Fuchtman, Dt. Lt. Miles Ledbetter. Stabbing 7/8/35 [stamped:] July 17 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7490 ark:/21198/zz002df64v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminals--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Attempted murder--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Fruchtman, Maurice, 1908-1996 Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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