Louis R. Payne prepares to leave for Mendocino State Hospital, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Louis R. Payne prepares to leave for Mendocino State Hospital, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

February, 1935

Date

1935-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph is likely related to the article, "Payne Goes to Hospital for Insane," Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb 1935: 13.
In early June, 1934, police officers discovered the bodies of Carrie L. Payne, 45, and Robert Payne, 15, at their Westwood home. They had been brutally murdered by Louis R. Payne, their respective son and brother, in late May. Payne was arrested several days after he committed the crime and after confessing at a Huntington Beach police station. In January, 1935 he plead insanity and was sent to a sanitarium.
Louis R. Payne (center) wears a suit and tie as he's handcuffed to Manuel Velasco (left) by Deputy Sheriff V. J. Fleming.
A calendar on the wall marks the date as February, 1935, close to Payne's insanity trial.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R. Murder Case
Handwritten on negative: L to R Manuel Velasco, Louis R. Payne, V. J. Fleming

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Payne, Louis Rude
Velasco, Manuel
Fleming, Verne

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Jails--California--Los Angeles County
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles