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Murder suspect Arthur C. Burch walks to Madalynne Obenchain trial, Los Angeles, 1921

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Title: Murder suspect Arthur C. Burch walks to Madalynne Obenchain trial, Los Angeles, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued: August, 1921
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Hunt Kennedy Death Gun; Mystery Auto Is Found," Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug 1921: II1.
Burch, along with Obenchain, had been accused and acquitted of the murder of J. Belton Kennedy in 1921.
Arthur C. Burch (center) arrives at the Los Angeles county Courthouse where he and Madalynne Obenchain are being tried for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy.
Text from negative sleeve: Oberchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6810
ark:/21198/zz002cx3fx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Burch, Arthur C. (Arthur Courtenay), 1893-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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