Murder suspect Louise Peete talks with unidentified man on the grounds of the La Crescenta Hotel, La Crescenta, 1920

Title: Murder suspect Louise Peete talks with unidentified man on the grounds of the La Crescenta Hotel, La Crescenta, 1920
Photographer: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created: [October 6, 1920]
Date: 1920-10-06
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.
A different photograph of Louise Peete taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Mrs. Peete Weeps Where Denton was Murdered; Leads Officers Over Catalina Street Mansion of Mystery; Asks Public Not to Judge Her Yet," Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 1920: II1.
Murder suspect Louise Peete talks with unidentified man on the grounds of the La Crescenta Hotel shortly after returning to California to answer questions about the death of mining engineer Jacob Denton.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Peete, Louise, Case

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_11193
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h963s
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