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Murderer Louis Payne surrounded by Drs. Victor Parkin, Paul E. Bowers, James Fisher, and Thomas Orbison, Los Angeles, 1932-34

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Title: Murderer Louis Payne surrounded by Drs. Victor Parkin, Paul E. Bowers, James Fisher, and Thomas Orbison, Los Angeles, 1932-34
Date Created and/or Issued: 1932-1934
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.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Payne Boy Called Insane by Defense Psychiatrist," Los Angeles Times, 04 Aug 1934: A2.
The men gather around Louis, who leans in in conversation with Dr. Parkin.
Dr. Thomas J. Orbison declared 21-year-old Louis Rude Payne insane in front of a jury of seven women and five men after Payne murdered his mother and brother. Payne is believed to be a victim of epileptic seizures.
Text from negative sleeve: PARKIN, VICTOR DR. (seated with striped tie + gloves) 1932
Handwritten on negative: Victor Parkin Louis Payne, Paul E. Bowers James Fisher, Thomas Orbison
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7181
ark:/21198/zz002cxj73
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Psychiatrists--American--California--Los Angeles
Orbison, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1886-1938
Payne, Louis Rude
Fisher, James, (Dr.)
Bowers, Paul E., b. 1886
Parkin, Victor, 1879-1958
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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