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Three men arrested for allegedly killing landlady Amanda E. Watson, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Three men arrested for allegedly killing landlady Amanda E. Watson, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: February 9, 1935
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Death Plot Confessed; Death Mystery Solution Near; Four arrested in Widow Killing." 10 Feb. 1935: 10.
Standing right of an unidentified woman are George Mathias, Leslie Fesperman and Claude Lane, who were arrested for the death of Amanda E. Watson. Fesperman was the only one convicted of the crime.
Text from negative sleeve: Watson, Amanda E. Murder Case, 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4284
ark:/21198/zz002cq23k
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Lane, Claude
Mathias, George
Fesperman, Leslie, 1900-1959
Watson, Amanda E., 1871-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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