Captain Cato holds a clock as piece of evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928
Item Overview
- Title
- Captain Cato holds a clock as piece of evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelley murder case, Los Angeles, 1928
- Date Created
- August 1928
- Date
- 1928-08
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
- Description
- Investigating officer Captain Cato sits on a balcony and holds up a travel clock as evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelly murder case. Leo Patrick Kelly was tried for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Reported in "KELLEY INSISTS HE SAW MELLUS: Says Husband Was Home at 3:30 o'clock Accused Slayer's Version Given Prosecutor Defense Gets Subpoena for Liquor," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1928: A2.
- Caption
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Text from negative sleeve: Kelly, Leo P. Mellus Case
Handwritten on negative: Capt. Ray Cato clock in Mellus case
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w glass negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
glass plate negatives - Names
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Cato, E. Raymond (Emery Raymond), 1889-1984
Kelley, Leo Patrick, 1899-1965 - Location
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Clocks & watches
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_b3710_G2401
- ARK
- ark:/21198/z1vj1ftp
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US