Louis R. Payne on trial for murdering mother an brother, Los Angeles, 1934-1935

Title: Louis R. Payne on trial for murdering mother an brother, 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

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.
Louis R. Payne (right) stands at a table strewn with papers. Behind him is a unidentified man.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Payne, Louis R. Murder Case
Handwritten on negative: Louis Rude Payne

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_7197
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cxjsc
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Rights Country: US
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