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Raymond Payne is held in suspicion of assault and attempted robbery, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Raymond Payne is held in suspicion of assault and attempted robbery, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: December 27, 1938
1938-12-27
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Screams Balk Park Robbery," Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec 1938: A2.
At Pershing Square police apprehended 28-year-old Raymond Payne, who has been booked on suspicion of trying to steal a purse from Louise Carlson and then strangle her with his bare hands when she screamed.
Payne holds his hands open-palmed in front of him.
Text from negative sleeve: 15252 - Raymond Payne Purse Snatcher TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 12-27-38 [stamped:] Dec (?) 1938
Text from newspaper caption: PURSE-SNATCHING SUSPECT Raymond Payne, accused by woman pedestrian of robbing her and then trying to choke off her screams.
Handwritten on negative: Raymond Payne 12/27/38
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11990
ark:/21198/zz002h8vm8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crimes--California--Los Angeles
Payne, Raymond, b. 1910 or 11
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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