Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. "Rattlesnake" murderer Robert S. James smoking a cigarette and reading a newspaper 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. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Robert S. James
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Criminals--California--Los Angeles Crime Legal Media James, Robert S
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