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Description
James P. Kelley murdered Mrs. Lillian Grace Woodsum Casey in her Clark Street apartment on July 11, 1927. After a quarrel over a pawned Christmas gift, Kelley stabbed her in the heart.
"Slayer Kelley," as he was known in the newspapers, surrendered to the police shortly after and was held without bail following his arraignment on July 27. Despite expectations to the contrary, Kelley pled not guilty in a crowded court.
Joseph Connolly and Joseph Janus, Kelley's attorneys, posed alongside the police jailor and Kelley in a photograph featured on the front page of the Portland Evening Express.
About This Item
- Title: James P. Kelley with counsel and police station turnkey, Portland, 1927
- Creator: Portland Evening Express
- Creation Date: 1927-07-27
- Subject Date: 1927-07-27
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.15765
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Arraignment
- Crime--Maine--Portland
- Criminal investigations--Maine--Portland
- Homicide
- Murder--Maine--Portland
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"Slayer Kelley" confers with counsel, Portland, 1927
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