Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “MRS. PEETE DAILY ‘FREE SHOW.’: Extraordinary Phase of Sensational Murder Trial Supplied by the Thousands Who Mass on the Street to Catch Brief Glimpse of Her on Way to Courtroom. Here is a Typical "Peets Crowd" Waiting to See Woman Accused of Denton Murder Take Seventy Steps in Public. EARLY ONES OUT BEFORE DAY TO SEE MRS. PEETE; Throngs Wait Weary Hours for Mere Glimpse of Defendant; Courtroom Guards Besieged With Wiles,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1921: II1 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. View of a crowd gathered apparently near of murderer Louise Peete. S sign on a building reads "Egbert Brothers Wholesale Magazines." Text from negative sleeve: Peete, Louise, Case Text from newspaper caption: Roped-Back Crowd Waiting on Buena Vista Street to See Mrs. Peete Go from the County Jail to the Hall of Justice.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11199 ark:/21198/zz002h969w
Language
English
Subject
Spectators--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Peete, Louise, 1888-1947
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