Genre: glass plate negatives / Names: Kelley, Leo Patrick, 1899-1965 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Fred Henderson, boat captain and one of the prosecution witnesses, sits on a chair at the courthouse during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Henderson sits with his hands held together and his gaze set ahead of him. Reported in "Kelley Case Slated to Go to Jury Today or Tomorrow: MURDER TRIAL NEARS FINALE Opposing Counsel Close and Arguments Begin Prosecutor Turns Fire on Defendant's Denial Court Indicates Probability of Saturday Session," Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 1928: A5.
Date:: September 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Frank Mellus (left) and Attorney Dave Smith standing in a room at the courthouse during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Smith holds a straw hat and cigar. Mellus holds a felt hat.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Arthur Stoll testifies as the judge and jury watch him during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Investigating officer Captain Cato can be seen sitting beside the jury box, back row second from left.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Arthur Stoll testifies as the judge and jury watch him during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Investigating officer Captain Cato can be seen sitting beside the jury box, back row second from left.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Josephine Kelley, Leo Patrick Kelley's mother, embraces her son at the courthouse during his trial for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Kelley appears to be glad to see his mother.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two photographs of fingerprints pinned on a wall with a thumbtack. The photo on the right is labeled with "L.P.K." on the bottom left. The fingerprints were used as forensic evidence in the Leo Patrick Kelly murder case. Leo Patrick Kelly was tried for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. Reported in "Fingerprint Brings Order for New Search of Mellus Home as Grand Jury Indicts Kelly: HUNT EXPECTED TO TRIP SLAYER Officers Think Evidence of Identity to be Found Inquisitors Hear Husband Tell of Discovering Body Quest for Mystery Woman Still Proves Vain," Los Angeles Times, 09 Aug. 1928: A2.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Judge Douglas Lyman Edmonds sits behind the judicial bench during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. He holds papers in his hands. The negative is damaged on the right side.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Howard L. Barlow sits in the witness stand during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelley, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. He holds a piece of folded paper and a pencil in his hands, going over the findings of Kelley's fingerprints that were on the whiskey bottle, which is placed on the ledge in front of him. Reported in "Police Say Fingerprints Prove Kelly Slayer: Los Angeles Detectives Believe They Have Clinched Killing Of Mrs. Mellus," The Sun, 10 Aug. 1928: 10.
Date:: August 9, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Attorney James Costello and an unidentified witness hold a piece of fabric, probably evidence, while the witness is providing testimony. Arthur M. Maas and J. M. Roberts were among the witnesses questioned. Leo Patrick Kelly was tried for the murder of Myrtle Mellus.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Unidentified man on the witness stand during the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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