Raymond Payne is held in suspicion of assault and attempted robbery, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: Raymond Payne is held in suspicion of assault and attempted robbery, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: December 27, 1938
Date: 1938-12-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Screams Balk Park Robbery," Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec 1938: A2.
At Pershing Square police apprehended 28-year-old Raymond Payne, who has been booked on suspicion of trying to steal a purse from Louise Carlson and then strangle her with his bare hands when she screamed.
Payne holds his hands open-palmed in front of him.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15252 - Raymond Payne Purse Snatcher TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT 12-27-38 [stamped:] Dec (?) 1938
Text from newspaper caption: PURSE-SNATCHING SUSPECT Raymond Payne, accused by woman pedestrian of robbing her and then trying to choke off her screams.
Handwritten on negative: Raymond Payne 12/27/38

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11990
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h8vm8
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