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Lee R. Carr is accused of a litany of crimes by the mother of his child, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Lee R. Carr is accused of a litany of crimes by the mother of his child, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 8, 1935
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.
Carr sits at a desk with an unidentified man resting his chin in one hand.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Janitor To Face Trial in Murder and Assault," Los Angeles Times, 07 Aug 1935: 5.
16-year-old Rosa Kiralla told the court that Lee R. Carr, father of her baby born last December, assaulted her in her home on multiple times, and after the baby was born with the help of Kiralla's mother and Carr's wife Mrs. Sarah Carr, Mr. Carr took the baby on the assertion that the baby was dead and the body needed to be disposed of.
Handwritten on negative: Lee R. Carr
Text from newspaper caption: Lee R. Carr
Text from negative sleeve: 1452 - Lee R. Carr - Rape + murder case [stamped:] Aug 8 - 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7993
ark:/21198/zz002dfsg7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Criminals--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Janitors--California--Los Angeles
Carr, Lee R., b. 1893 or 94
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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