Suspects Fred Stettler and Emyt Lentz (Sokolis) confront each other in the presence of Captain Bert Wallis and Det. Lt. Miles Ledbetter, Los Angeles, 1936
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Dual Killing Quiz Grows," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb 1936: 9. Lentz (Sokolis) is being held at the police station to determine accuracy of his alibi, which Captain Wallis doubts. The victims were found partially cremated in their bed with their skulls crushed. Two different dates written on negative sleeve, newspaper article date used. The four men sit beside a desk engaged in conversation. Text from newspaper caption: "You're crazy, I never saw you but once in my life when I bought a car from you," said Edward E. Lentz, second from right, as he confronted Fred Stettler, second from left, who first confessed the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barbour and then repudiated his admission and named Lentz. Capt. Bert Wallis, left, and Detective Lieutenant Ledbetter, right, are shown listening to the argument between the two men, both held on suspicion of murder. Text from negative sleeve: 3841 - 3/6/36 Bert Wallis Fred Stettler -> (aka Gottfried Stettler) E. Lentz -> (Edward Emyt Lentz aka Emyt L. Sokolis) Miles Ledbetter Murder 2/10/34 Handwritten on negative: Bert Wallis-Fred Stettler-E. Lentz- Miles Ledbetter
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12891 ark:/21198/zz002hn06x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Law enforcement--California--Los Angeles Wallis, Bert, 1880-1959 Stettler, Gottfried, b. 1911 Ledbetter, Miles, 1893-1972 Sokolis, Emyt L. (Emyt Leon), 1890-1968
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