Men gathered outside the home of Jacob Denton, who was found murdered in the basement, Los Angeles, 1920

Title: Men gathered outside the home of Jacob Denton, who was found murdered in the basement, Los Angeles, 1920
Date Created: [September-October, 1920]
Date: 1920-09/1920-10
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: 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.
Men gather outside the home of Jacob Denton, a wealthy mining engineer whose body was found in the basement three months after he disappeared.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Peete, Louise, Case

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Denton, Jacob C.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.060762
Latitude: -118.295418
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11203
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h96fz
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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