US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to several articles covering the murder of Melba Groves and the trial of F. Raymond Groves, from October 3, 1934 to October 3, 1935. On October 1934, Francis Raymond Groves was drunk and argued with his wife, Melba Frances Groves, and then shot her to death. He was found guilty of first degree murder (later reduced to second degree murder) in January 1935 and incarcerated at San Quentin. Richard Cantillon, attorney, assists F. Raymond Groves in putting on his suit jacket. Three empty coathangers hang on a rack above their heads, against a brick wall. A typewriter is behind Cantillon. Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1433. Frank Ray Groves; atty Richard Cantillon (Groves murder) [stamped:] Aug 8 1935 Handwritten on negative: F Ray Groves; atty Richard Cantillon
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7967 ark:/21198/zz002dfrk9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles County Suspects (Criminal investigation)--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Cantillon, Richard Richard Henry, 1897-1967 Groves, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1890-1958
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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