Captain Bert Wallis, LAPD homicide (left), John Edward Healey, recaptured fugitive (center), and Miles H. Ledbetter, detective lieutenant, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
[between March 27 and July 13, 1935] 1935-03-27/1935-07-13
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Three men sit in chairs in front of a desk. Captain Bert Wallis (left) holds a pipe in both hands and is looking at John Edward Healey (center). Healey has his left hand in his pants pocket. Miles H. Ledbetter also faces Healey, left arm bent, hand on his hip. The desk has a photograph of a man behind bars, possibly Healey, papers, and portfolios. Negative sleeve does not match negative. Negative might be for envelope 1205 with negative 7528. Name misspelled on negative: Capt. Bert Wallace is Captain Bert Wallis. Bert Wallis (left) was a captain of the homicide detail for the Los Angeles Police Department. Miles H. Ledbetter (right) was a detective lieutenant. Center man is John Edward Healey (John E. Healey) who was a fugitive wanted for the murder of Danski Kubo in 1930. He was recaptured March 1935 in Massachusetts and convicted for second degree murder, due to cutting a deal. He was released in 1940. Handwritten on negative: Capt. Bert Wallace, Juo. Edward Healey, Miles H. Ledbetter Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1202. Mrs. Thacher Taylor & Baby [stamped:] July 18 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7527 ark:/21198/zz002df7dg
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fugitives from justice--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959 Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department Healey, John Edward, 1906-1988
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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