Names: Peete, Louise, 1888-1947 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A different photograph of Louise Peete taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Denton Slayer Suspect on Her Way to be Indicted," Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1920: pg. II1.
Date:: [October 27, 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Jacob C. Denton was a victim of the serial killer Louise Peete.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:: [between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Automobiles and a crowd gathered outside of the home of Jacob Denton, a wealthy mining engineer whose body was found in the basement three months after he disappeared. The house was located at 675 South Catalina Street.
Date:: [between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Mrs. Peete Weeps Where Denton was Murdered; Leads Officers Over Catalina Street Mansion of Mystery; Asks Public Not to Judge Her Yet," Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 1920: II1.
Date:: [October 6, 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:: [between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jacob C. Denton was murdered in 1920. Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob C. Denton.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:: [January 1921-February 1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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