Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Robert S. James, suspect in Lois Wright morals case and Mary Emma James murder case, and lawyer Samuel Silverman in court, Los Anglels, 1936

Date Created

1936

Date

1936

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 28, 1936, James Guilty in Girl Case, Suspect Smiles at Verdict, Jury Convicts Barber on All Three Counts of Morals Offenses. … James … sat stolid and emotionless as a jury decreed him guilty of three separate morals offenses involving his 21-year-old niece. … facing the still more serious charge of murdering his wife last August by rattlesnake venom and drowning …
Robert S. James, hand to face, and attorney Samuel Silverman, both in suits and ties, seated at table, with 4 other men visible foreground and background
Robert S. James' real name was Major Raymond Lisenba. He was known as Robert S. James during his marriage to Mary Emma Busch James and at the time of her death in 1935, and, after her murder by rattlesnake bite and drowning, as "Rattlesnake James."

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: Robert S. James
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1738, NITRATE, Aug. 22, 1935, 3 negs. Robert S. James, James inquest, 8/15/35

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Silverman, Samuel Joseph, 1887-1957
James, Robert S., 1895-1942

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Legal
Crime
People
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles