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Captain Bert Wallis and Lt. Det. Miles Ledbetter with murder suspect Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Captain Bert Wallis and Lt. Det. Miles Ledbetter with murder suspect Fred Stettler, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa February 21, 1936]
1936-02-21
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
25-year-old Swiss chauffeur Gottfried "Fred" Stettler is being held in suspicion of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Dorothea Barbour. Stettler was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of burglary, and one count of arson. The victims were found partially cremated in bed with their skulls smashed.
From left to right: Det. Lieut. Miles Ledbetter, fred Stetter, Capt. Bert Wallis
This photograph is possibly related to the article, “Dual Killing Quiz Grows,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1936: 9
Handwritten on negative: Dt. Lt. Ledbetter, Fred Stettler, Capt Bert Wallis
Text from negative sleeve: 3494-- Capt Bert Wallis - Fred Settler [sic] -- Swiss chauffeur suspect Dt. Lt. Ledbetter Barbour clock murder [stamped:] MAR 4 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12480
ark:/21198/zz002hmh14
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Chauffeurs--California--Los Angeles
Stettler, Gottfried, b. 1911
Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959
Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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