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Title
Murder suspect Robert S. James smoking and reading a newspaper in his jail cell, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa May 1936]
1936-05
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 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
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002888j4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal
Media
James, Robert S
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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