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Detective Lieutenant Edward E. Slope, Detective Lieutenant Charles H. Bridgeman, murder suspect Leroy Drake, and Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Detective Lieutenant Edward E. Slope, Detective Lieutenant Charles H. Bridgeman, murder suspect Leroy Drake, and Buron Fitts, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 27, 1935
1935-09-27
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
In late September, 1935, 19-year-old Thomas Leroy Drake was indicted for the poison-murder of his great-uncle and aunt after he was reportedly dis-inherited from their estate.
Handwritten on negative: L to R - standing det. Lt. E. E. Slope, Det. Lt. C. H. Bridgeman L to R seated - Leroy Drake - Buron Fitts
Text from negative sleeve: 2341 -- L to R - standing Det. Lt. E. E. Slope, Det. Lt. C. H. Bridgeman, seated L to R Leroy Dist. Atty. Buron Fitts Poison Murder case 9-27-35 [stamped:] OCT 3- 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8766
ark:/21198/zz002dgq4j
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973
Slope, Edward E., 1893-1974
Drake, Leroy, b. 1916
Bridgeman, Charles H., 1902-1945
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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