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. 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. This photograph is possibly related to the article, “Dual Killing Quiz Grows,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1936: 9 Three men stand before a doorway. From left to right: Gottfried "Fred" Stettler, Captain Bert Wallis, Detective Lieutenant Ledbetter.Det. Lt. Ledbetter holds the murder weapon in his hand. Text from negative sleeve: Text from negative sleeve: 3841 ---- Fred Stettler, Capt Bert Wallis, Det Lt Ledbetter, clock murder case 2-21-36 [stamped:] [illegible date] Handwritten on negative: L 2 R, Fred Stettler, Capt Bert Wallis, Det Lt Ledbetter 2/21/36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12889 ark:/21198/zz002hn04w
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Chauffeurs--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959 Stettler, Gottfried, b. 1911 Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972
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