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Title
Louis R. Payne pleads insanity for murder of mother and brother, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
January 23, 1935
1935-01-23
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.
A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Payne Youth Held Insane," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1935: A1.
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.
Payne sits next to his father, arms in his lap.
Handwritten on negative: Louis Payne 1-23-35
Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7203
ark:/21198/zz002cxk0z
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Payne, Louis Rude
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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