Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court to be arraigned for the murder of Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920

Item Overview

Title

Accused killer Louise Peete is escorted to court to be arraigned for the murder of Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920

Photographer

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Date Created

[October 27, 1920]

Date

1920-10-27

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

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.
From left to right: prison matron Hal Bland, Detective George Contreras, Louise Peete, Richard Peete, and Detective Charles A. Jones.
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.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Peete, Louise, Case
Text from newspaper caption for similar photograph: Mrs. Louise Peete (center) in Corridor of the Hall of Records. Note the heavy cape with which she had been protecting herself from newspaper photographers. Left to right, Miss Hal Bland, Detective George Contreras, Mrs. Peete, Mr. Peete and Detective Charles Jones. Photo by George R. Watson, Times staff photographer.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Contreras, George, 1888-1945
Denton, Jacob C.
Peete, Richard, 1883-1924
Peete, Louise, 1888-1947
Bland, Hal
Jones, Charles A.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Homicides--California--Los Angeles