Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Robert S. James (left) and Charles H. Hope, seated in the center of the front row. Both men are accused in some capacity of the murder of James's wife, Mary Busch James, by subjecting her to rattlesnake bites and drowning her. Also pictured is Mike Allen (back right), owner of the Ocean Park Pier reptile pit, one of the locations James and Hope shopped for rattlesnakes. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Seated centerJames & Hope Text from original nitrate sleeve: James, Robert S.; Silverman, S.J. Att.; Hope, Charles, S.
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002887q7
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Subject
People Criminals--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Hope, Charles H., 1899-1966 Allen, Mike James, Robert S
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