Attys. Leonard Wilson and Charles Rude with convicted murderer Louis R. Payne and his father Lucius Payne, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Item Overview

Title

Attys. Leonard Wilson and Charles Rude with convicted murderer Louis R. Payne and his father Lucius Payne, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Date Created

[between June, 1934 and January, 1935]

Date

1934-06/1935-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
From left to right: Atty. Leonard Wilson, Louis R. Payne, Lucius Payne, and Charles Rude. The four men appear to be in court, photographed on the day of a hearing.
This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Payne Youth Held Insane," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R. Murder Case
Handwritten on negative: L to R Leonard Wilson, Louis R. Payne, Lucius Payne, Chas. Rude

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Rude, Charles Valentine, 1899-1957
Wilson, Leonard, 1892-1955
Payne, Lucius
Payne, Louis Rude

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles