Richard Cantillon assisting F. Raymond Groves with his jacket, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Richard Cantillon assisting F. Raymond Groves with his jacket, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

[circa Aug 8, 1935]

Date

1935-08-08

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Related to several articles covering the murder of Melba Groves and the trial of F. Raymond Groves, from October 3, 1934 to October 3, 1935.
On October 1934, Francis Raymond Groves was drunk and argued with his wife, Melba Frances Groves, and then shot her to death. He was found guilty of first degree murder (later reduced to second degree murder) in January 1935 and incarcerated at San Quentin.
Richard Cantillon, attorney, assists F. Raymond Groves in putting on his suit jacket. Three empty coathangers hang on a rack above their heads, against a brick wall. A typewriter is behind Cantillon.

Caption

Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1433. Frank Ray Groves; atty Richard Cantillon (Groves murder) [stamped:] Aug 8 1935
Handwritten on negative: F Ray Groves; atty Richard Cantillon

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Cantillon, Richard Richard Henry, 1897-1967
Groves, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1890-1958

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Murder--California--Los Angeles County
Suspects (Criminal investigation)--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles