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Rancher Cyrus A. Kirkpatrick after killing two men on his property, Antelope Valley, 1925

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Title: Rancher Cyrus A. Kirkpatrick after killing two men on his property, Antelope Valley, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued: October 23, 1925
1925-10-23
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.
Cyrus A. Kirkpatrick in his best clothes after killing two men he quarreled with.
This photograph appears in the article, "Rancher Tells of Killing Two; Unusual Photograph of Aged Slayer and His Victims," Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 1925: A7.
Text from newspaper caption: Re-enacts Death Scene- Cyrus A. Kirkpatrick is shown seated in chair from which he killed two real estate salesmen he suspected of plot to poison him and get his ranch. Kirkpatrick went through all the actions leading up to the tragedy in the presence of officers, for whom he was waiting after donning his best clothes following bloody deed. The body of Benjamin Friedman is in the foreground with that of G.E. Roach beside him. Roach was shot first. (Photos by George R. Watson, Times Staff Photographer)
Kirkpatrick, Cyrus A. (photos by George R. Watson, Times Staff photographer) - see 10/24/25 LAT article. Note: images of shot victims (pulled the close-ups)
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5348
ark:/21198/zz002cvc1p
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ranchers--California--Antelope Valley
Criminal investigations--California
Kirkpatrick, Cyrus A
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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