Image / Murder suspect Madalynne Obenchain, Los Angeles, 1921-1924

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Title: Murder suspect Madalynne Obenchain, Los Angeles, 1921-1924
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1921 and 1924]
1921/1924
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.
Madalynne Obenchain was tried and acquitted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy.
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Woman Spent Many Months a Prisoner," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jun 1924: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Obenchain, Madeline [handwritten:] Obenchain, Madalynne
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6825
ark:/21198/zz002cx3zp
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Obenchain, Madalynne b. 1893
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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