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Thomas Leroy Drake convicted for poison-murder of great-uncle and aunt, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Thomas Leroy Drake convicted for poison-murder of great-uncle and aunt, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 2, 1935
1935-10-02
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.
In late September, 1935, 19-year-old Thomas Leroy Drake was indicted for the poison-murder of his great-uncle and aunt after he was reportedly dis-inherited from their estate.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "sanity Observation Plea Denied in Poison Killing," Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct 1935: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: 2425-- L to R - Nathan O. Freedom atty. Leroy Drake (Defendant) Milton Black ( Dist. Atty) Percy V. Hammon (Dist. Atty) Poison Murder Case [stamped:] OCT 10 1935
Handwritten on negative: L to R -- Nathan O. Freedman Leroy Drake - Milton Black Percy V. Hammon 10-2-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8863
ark:/21198/zz002dgtg5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Black, Milton M., 1906-1942
Hammon, Percy Vernon, 1873-1958
Drake, Thomas LeRoy, b. 1916
Freedman, Nathan O., b. 1891 or 2
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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