In their pursuit of Mrs. Celia L. Holme's murderer, Detectives Miles Ledbetter and Joe Filkas question Ernest LaValle, the winter sports coach at USC and a friend of Mrs. Holmes. From left to right, Ernest LaValle, Joe Filkas, and Miles Ledbetter.
L to R: Jerry Geisler (lawyer), Frank L. James (Los Angeles Police Detective), George Les Bruneman (Sheldon criminal gang member), and Joe Filkas (Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Detective) in an office, probably during the Caress kidnapping trial.
Group portrait of Detective Lieutenant Joe Filkas with members of a special squadron organized to combat criminals who attack women and children. The squadron was organized by Chief Davis following a series of attacks on five women and an 11-year-old girl.
75-year-old Patrick J. McManus (center) examining what looks like a piece of exposed film with Detective Lieutenants Joe Filkas (left) and William Baker. Filkas and Baker are investigating the mysterious death of McManus's wife Josephine. McManus came home to find his wife had been burglarized, but was still alive. The couple went to bed and in the morning Mrs. McManus was dead. There were bruises on her neck and gashes on her back.
Detective Lieutenant Joseph Filkas appears at a press conference involving the murder of Mrs. Celia L. Holmes. He is probably announcing his discovery of new evidence which was a small white button found near the murder scene.
Detectives Joe Filkas and Edward Romero examining the body of Martha Neve, who died unexpectedly in her apartment. The detectives determined that it was not a murder or robbery as suspected.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "MAN KILLED BY ROBBERS: Hardware Storekeeper Hit on Head in Furious Death Struggle," Los Angeles Times, 8 Jul. 1935: 3
Otis Bias and Wendell Kelly, arrested for the murder of Robert F. Rinker, are seated at a desk on either side of Captain Ralph N. Davis, as Lieutenant Detectives look on, left to right: Joe Daniels, Joe Filkas, Thad Brown and E. G. Brown.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, “Fake Bomb Sent to M’Adoo Causes Downtown Furor,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Jul 1934: 1.