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. Photograph appears with the article, ''Clock Death Clew Found," Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb 1936: 2. Pinker points to a spot on the pants that Stettler holds. Behind them, a table covered with various objects and shelves containing multiple bottles can be seen. Blood-stained clothes were found in the home of Fred Stettler, 25-year-old murder suspect who confessed to killing Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour only to repudiate it later on. Text from negative sleeve: 3841 - Ray Pinker Fred Stettler clock murder 2 -24-36 [stamped:] Feb 28 1936 Handwritten on negative: L2R Ray Pinker Fred Stettler 2/26/36 Text from newspaper caption: These bloodstained trousers may hold a key to the clock death mystery. City Chemist Ray Pinker is shown discussing the stains with Fred Stettler, who is accused of the weird killings of MR. and Mrs. Carl Barbour. Pinker will analyze the stains.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12886 ark:/21198/zz002hn01b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Chemists--American--California--Los Angeles Clothing & dress--California--Los Angeles Stettler, Gottfried, b. 1911 Pinker, Ray, 1904-1979
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