Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James." Robert S. James, in suit, tie, and hat, seated in back seat of car, smiling and waving, with another man seated next to him Handwritten at edge of negative: Robert S. James Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1738, 1 of 2, Nitrate, May 12, 1936, 7 [struck out in pen: 10] negs. Robert S. James, Charles (Chuck) Hope, Joe Houtenbrink (Snake Joe), Buron Fitts (D.A.), Robert P. Stewart, Lois Wright, Marjorie Fairchild (D.A. Investigator), Incinerator back of Beverly & Vermont, James case (2/6/36)
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0072 uclamss_1429_0072 ark:/21198/zz002d98hq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People Government Crime Legal James, Robert S., 1895-1942
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