James P. Watson, murder suspect, escorted by two sheriffs, Los Angeles, 1920
Item Overview
- Title
- James P. Watson, murder suspect, escorted by two sheriffs, Los Angeles, 1920
- Date Created
- 1920
- Date
- 1920
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Notes
- Description
- James P. Watson had married several women, 7 of which he confessed to killing. He was sentenced to life for murder. Reported in "IN MODERN BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET.: Here are the Wives of James P. Watson, Seven He is Known to Have Murdered, Three He Probably Slew and Twelve Who Escaped with Their Lives. In the Case of the Monster Who is to be Sentenced Here Tomorrow. STORY OF THE MODERN BLUEBEARD; Watson, Perhaps Part Negro, Betrays Evidences of Revolting Moral Perversion in the Manner of His Many Murders of Women Whom He Married," Los Angeles Times, 09 May 1920: II1.
- Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: Watson, J.P. (Bluebeard).
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Dimensions
- 10 x 12.5 cm.
- Medium
- b&w glass negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
glass plate negatives - Names
- Watson, James P., d. 1939
- Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County
Homicides--California--Los Angeles County
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_b3736_G5406
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz0002pqjj
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
- Rights Country
- US