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Mother of Leo Pat Kelly, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Myrtle Mellus, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Mother of Leo Pat Kelly, convicted of manslaughter in the death of Myrtle Mellus, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [August 1928]
1928-08
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.
Mother of Leo Pat Kelly, seated with a Los Angeles Times newspaper, shortly after her son was accused of the murder of society woman Myrtle Mellus.
Related to the article, "Husband Finds Society Woman Slain and Officers Seize Suspect Hiding in Home," Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 1928: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Kelly, Leo P. Murder case.
Handwritten on negative: Mother of Leo Pat Kelly
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10581
ark:/21198/zz002hbkcp
Subject: Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles
Mothers--California--Los Angeles
Kelly, Leo Pat, b. 1898 or 1899
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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