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Portrait of J. W. Randolph in front of a curtain, Los Angeles, 1929

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Title: Portrait of J. W. Randolph in front of a curtain, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: A portrait of J. W. Randolph in front of a curtain. J. W. Randolph was charged for the murder of his wife by poisoning her with arsenic. He was later acquitted of the charge. Photo appears with the article "Murder Charge in Mrs. Randolph's Death Complicated by Controversy Over Estate: STATE STARTS FINANCE CHECK Daughter Withholds Basis for Suspicion Husband's Counsel to Fight Incommunicado Status Arsenic Shown by Autopsy Causes Accusation," Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1928: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Randolph, J.W. Murder Case.
Handwritten on negative: J. W. Randolph
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3725_G4143
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials, litigation, etc
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Randolph, J. W. (Jack W.), b. 1882
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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