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Title: Murder suspect Robert S. James in his jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 1936]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
"Rattlesnake" murderer Robert S. James in his jail cell. James had tied down his pregnant fifth wife and forced a rattlesnake to bite her, and then later drowned her in their fish pond. He was supposedly helped by his friend, ex-sailor Charles H. Hope, who was also charged with murder.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: James, Robert S.
Handwritte annotation from nitrate negative: Robert S. James
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_13427-02
ark:/21198/zz002888fk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Crime
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
James, Robert S
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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