Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. John Edward Healey (John E. Healey) is not in this negative. He appears with Ledbetter and Wallis in negative 7527. Related to "Old Murder Hunt Closes: Ex-Officer Held as Suspect," Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr 1935: 11 and "Gang 'Ride' Case Sped," Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr 1935: A5. C. P. Stevens was an ex-Los Angeles policeman and a wanted fugitive for the murder of Mike Mucich in 1921. He was recaptured in Sacramento on April 11, 1935. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, but his sentence was later commuted to a life sentence by Governor Merriam. He was paroled in 1949. Captain Bert Wallis (left), Detective Lieutenant Miles H. Ledbetter (center), and Charles P. Stevens sit in front of a desk. The desk has wire inboxes with stacks of paper in them. A check spindle with a sheet of paper impaled on it is also on the desk. Wallis and Ledbetter wear three piece suits. Stevens wears a suit jacket, but no tie, and his shirt top button is undone. He is pointing at Wallis with his right hand. A window is behind them, and on the wall is a photograph with fifteen men posing for a picture. Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1205. Jno Ed Healey; C P Stevens; Det Lt. ^Miles Ledbetter; Capt Bert Wallis [two lines drawn under Capt Bert Wallis] [upside down:] Stevens- C. P.; Ledbetter- Dt. Lt. - Wallis-- Capt Bert Handwritten on negative: C. P. Stevens; Dt. Lt. Ledbetter; Capt Bert Wallis
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7528 ark:/21198/zz002df7f0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Fugitives from justice--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Stevens, C. P. (Charles Parker), 1889-1955 Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959 Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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