Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California. Accused killer Louise Peete (center in the group of three people walking on a path) is escorted to court by her husband, Richard, (on her right) and bailiff Martin Aguirre. Nearby are manyl. Text from negative sleeve: Peete, Louise, Case
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11189 ark:/21198/zz002h95z7
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Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Aguirre, Martin G., b. 1871 or 1872 Peete, Richard, 1883-1924 Peete, Louise, 1888-1947
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