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Description
Order Number
00106018
Title
Dyer
in
court
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
7200
Date
1937
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;22
x
39
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger.
;
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes
.
Historical Data
On
June
27
,
1937
,
Jeanette
Stephens
,
8
, and her
friends
,
Melba
Everett
,
9
, and
Madeline
Everett
,
7
, were
lured
from
Centinela
Park
in
Inglewood
. An
extensive
search
ensued
, with the
police
enlisting
the
aid
of
500
Boy
Scouts
.
Two
days
after
their
disappearance
, a
Boy
Scout
found
the
three
bodies
in a
ravine
in
Baldwin
Hills
; the
shoes
of
each
girl
were
removed
and
placed
in a
pile
near
their
bodies
. From the
moment
news
of the
case
broke
,
Albert
Dyer
,
Inglewood
resident
and
traffic
guard
at
Centinela
Elementary
School
where
the
girls
were
students
,
followed
the
story
closely
. He
began
keeping
a
scrapbook
of
newspaper
clippings
and
offered
the
police
theories
about
the
case
. As
soon
as the
bodies
were
found
,
Dyer
arrived
on the
scene
in
Baldwin
Hills
and
began
demonstrating
strange
behavior
.
Authories
began
to
suspect
Dyer
and
took
him into
custody
. He was
questioned
at a
jail
in
Los
Angeles
, as
threats
upon
his
life
were
being
made
in
Inglewood
.
Dyer
explained
how he
abducted
the
girls
from the
park
and
enticed
them with the
prospect
of
rabbit
hunting
in
Baldwin
Hills
.
Dyer
confessed
, "
I
had
no
other
reason
than
sex
" and he
went
on to
describe
how he
strangled
each
girl
.
Despite
that he
later
recanted
his
confession
,
Dyer
was
tried
and
convicted
on
August
26
,
1937
. On
September
16
,
1938
, he was
hanged
at
San
Quentin
.
Description
Photograph
caption
dated
August
13
,
1937
reads
, "
While
attorneys
carry
on the
battle
that
may
doom
him,
Albert
Dyer
,
accused
slayer
of the
three
Inglewood
babes
,
is
shown
in
court
sitting
sullenly
amidst
prosecution
and
defense
counsel
at this
murder
trial
here.
Ellery
Cuff
,
one
of
Dyer's
defenders
,
is
standing
to
question
a
witness
.
Left
to
right
,
William
Simpson
and
Eugene
Williams
,
prosecuting
attorneys
;
Ellery
Cuff
and
William
Neeley
, of the
defense
, and
Dyer
. The
little
,
black
haired
defendant
has a
dull
expression
but he
glances
furtively
at the
jury
that will
decide
his
fate.
"
Subject
Dyer, Albert.
Dyer, Albert--Trials, litigation, etc.
Everett, Madeline--Death and burial.
Everett, Melba--Death and burial.
Stephens, Jeanette--Death and burial.
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles.
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles.
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles.
Public defenders--California--Los Angeles.
Murderers--California--Los Angeles.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Criminals--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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