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Title
Unidentified man in John Belton Kennedy Case, Los Angeles, 1921
Date Created and/or Issued
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Photo of a young man with right hand on chest and left hand behind back.
According to early reports of the case, Madalyne Obenchain and J. Belton Kennedy arrived late at Kennedy's summer cottage in Beverly Glen. In the darkness, Obenchain asked Kennedy to retrieve a lucky penny she had left nearby and while he was attempting to find it, Arthur Burch shot and killed Kennedy while hidden among brush beside the staircase leading to the cottage. This was never proven however.
Text from negative sleeve: Obenchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6822
ark:/21198/zz002cx3v4
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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