Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, walking in hallway, Los Angles, 1935 or 1936

Title: Robert S. James, suspect in Mary Emma James murder case, walking in hallway, Los Angles, 1935 or 1936
Date Created: 1936 or 1936
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Robert S. James, in suit and tie, carrying hat and coat, smiling, walking in hallway, with doors and drinking fountain in 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: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1738, NITRATE, May 12, 1936, 1 neg. Robert James, Murderer, 5/3/36
Handwritten at edge of negative: Robert S James

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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