Leroy Drake, Sr. puts an arm around his son Leroy Drake, Jr. in court, Long Beach, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Leroy Drake, Sr. puts an arm around his son Leroy Drake, Jr. in court, Long Beach, 1935

Date Created

December 20, 1935

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Leroy Drake Jr. is to plea insanity for the murder of his great-aunt and great-uncle. The prosecutors expect to prove that not only was Drake acting sanely but was motivated to gain inheritance of his relatives' moderate fortune.
Photograph appears with the article, "Plea Lost By Drake," Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec 1935: A2.
Leroy Sr. places one arm around his son's shoulders and his other hand rests on top of Leroy Jr.'s.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: LtR Leroy Drake Jr. - Leroy Drake Sr. 12-9-35
Text from newspaper caption: Leroy Drake shown being comforted by father, Leroy Drake, Sr., in court yesterday as the youth went on trial in murder of his elderly uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steinheuer. The couple died from effects of poison placed in their coffee cups.
Text from negative sleeve: 2341 - L t R Leroy Drake Jr. Leroy Drake Sr. 12-9-35 Murder Trial [stamped:] Dec 20 1935

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Courtrooms--California--Long Beach
Fathers--California--Long Beach
Sons--American--Californai--Long Beach
Judicial proceedings--California--Long Beach

Names

Drake, Thomas LeRoy, b. 1916
Drake, Leroy, (Senior)

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image