Mrs. Merle Farley and Mrs. Elvamary Holden at the inquest of Charles Layman, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Mrs. Merle Farley and Mrs. Elvamary Holden at the inquest of Charles Layman, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 19, 1935

Date

1935-12-19

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Mrs. Holden listens to the inquest of the killer of her husband while her mother leans in close to her face to speak to her. Other men and women sit behind them.
Families of the W.P.A. members slain and witnesses crowded in the courtroom to listen to the inquest of Charles Layman, former W.P.A. employee, who shot and killed six workmen at a site near La Brea Avenue and Exposition Boulevard.
Photograph appears with the article, "Massacre Blame Fixed" Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Merle Farley, right, is pictured at the W.P.A. slaughter inquest, comforting her daughter, Mrs. Lloyd E. Holden, whose husband was one of six victims of a confessed grudge slayer on a Federal government project.
Handwritten on negative: 130 130 12/19/35 Mrs. Lloyd E. Holder Mrs. Merle Farley
Text from negative sleeve: 4136 - Mrs Lloyd E. Holden Mrs Merle Farley Chas. Layman Shooting Case 12/19/35 12/19/35 [stamped:] Dec 23 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Holden, Elvamary, 1916-1990
Farley, Merle, 1892-1977

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Family members--American--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Widows--California--Los Angeles
Shooting--California--Los Angeles