Louis F. Vetter

Louis Fisher[1] Vetter (1857–1923) was an American businessman, writer and politician in Los Angeles, California, who was noted for the number of social clubs in which he was active.

He was "prominently associated with the business and political development of the Southland" and was head of the Louis F. Vetter bonding company in the Bradbury Building.

"[6] The Los Angeles Times said of him: One of the exceptionally clever writers of the Scribes, Mr. Vetter was dramatic correspondent for the New York Clipper from 1891 to 1911[,] and his trenchant, though good-natured criticisms attracted attention throughout the country.

A funeral service was conducted at St. John's Episcopal Church by Bishop Joseph H. Johnson, and cremation followed at Hollywood Cemetery.

[1] On the council, one of the projects he spoke for was the installation of "a suitable lavatory in Sixth Street or Central Park," the present Pershing Square.

This disagreement led to a short bout of fisticuffs when the two men met by happenstance one night in the Hotel Wellington, and Vetter knocked the "very abusive" De Groot to the floor with a blow to the side of the head.