Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is likely related to the article, "Payne Goes to Hospital for Insane," Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb 1935: 13. In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station. In January, 1935 he plead insanity and was sent to a sanitarium. Louis R. Payne (center) wears a suit and tie as he's handcuffed to Manuel Velasco (left) by Deputy Sheriff V. J. Fleming. A calendar on the wall marks the date as February, 1935, close to Payne's insanity trial. Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R. Murder Case Handwritten on negative: L to R Manuel Velasco, Louis R. Payne, V. J. Fleming
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7193 ark:/21198/zz002cxjn9
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No linguistic content
Subject
Jails--California--Los Angeles County Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Payne, Louis Rude Velasco, Manuel Fleming, Verne
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