Sheriffs search for James P. Watson's murder victim in Sugarloaf Canyon, San Diego County, 1920

Item Overview

Title

Sheriffs search for James P. Watson's murder victim in Sugarloaf Canyon, San Diego County, 1920

Date Created

May 8, 1920

Date

1920-05-08

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Sheriffs digging in rocky terrain with onlookers surrounding them during search for James P. Watson's murder victim in Sugarloaf Canyon. Watson had married several women, 7 of which he confessed to killing. He was sentenced to life for murder. Photo appears with the article "IN MODERN BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET.: Here are the Wives of James P. Watson, Seven He is Known to Have Murdered, Three He Probably Slew and Twelve Who Escaped with Their Lives. In the Case of the Monster Who is to be Sentenced Here Tomorrow. STORY OF THE MODERN BLUEBEARD; Watson, Perhaps Part Negro, Betrays Evidences of Revolting Moral Perversion in the Manner of His Many Murders of Women Whom He Married," Los Angeles Times, 09 May 1920: II1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Watson, J.P. (Bluebeard).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Watson, James P., d. 1939

Location

San Diego County (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County
Homicides--California--Los Angeles County