Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. 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. From left to right: Atty. Leonard Wilson, Louis R. Payne, Lucius Payne, and Charles Rude. The four men appear to be in court, photographed on the day of a hearing. This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Payne Youth Held Insane," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1935: A1. Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R. Murder Case Handwritten on negative: L to R Leonard Wilson, Louis R. Payne, Lucius Payne, Chas. Rude
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_7194 ark:/21198/zz002cxjpt
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Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Rude, Charles Valentine, 1899-1957 Wilson, Leonard, 1892-1955 Payne, Lucius Payne, Louis Rude
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