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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated November 2, 1960 partially reads, "'I was sick and tired of having to ask for every nickel from my wife' was the reason retired film producer James Howlett gave Glendale police for trying to hire a man to murder his 78-year-old wife. The 64 year-old husband of the wealthy Mrs. Leone Montieth Howlett cooperated '100 per cent,' officers said, in unraveling the events of the bizarre 'murder for hire' plot that began with a newspaper ad Oct. 14 and ended with Howlett's arrest Monday night."
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Motion picture producers and directors--United States Murder for hire--California--Glendale Arrest--California--Glendale Men--California--Glendale Glendale (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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