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Order Number	00106590
Title	Peggy King and brother at arraignment
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 2655
Date	1955
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	Mrs. Kate Hayden, 71, wife of real estate developer Samuel Hayden, was murdered in her Beverly Hills mansion on February 9, 1955. Police initially questioned two men, one a former butler who had been fired two weeks before the murder. Both men had alibis, however, and were released after taking lie-detector tests. The family's maid, Peggy King, also known as Margaret Moore, took a lie-detector test as well. King's test was not as conclusive, and after questioning she broke down and confessed to the killing. She told police she and Mrs. Hayden had been arguing about the preparation of a meal. After striking the older woman with the ax many times, she staged the crime scene to make it look like a robbery and told police she hadn't seen anything.
Description	Photograph caption dated February 14, 1955 reads "Mrs. Peggy King, a housemaid, alias Margaret Moore, weeps as she embraces her brother, Milton Johnson, 21, a student, at her arraignment today in Beverly Hills today for the murder of her wealthy employer, Mrs. Katie Hayden. 'Im sorry, I'm sorry,' she sobbed."
Subject	King, Peggy. King, Peggy--Family. King, Peggy--Trials, litigation, etc. Hayden, Kate--Death and burial. Arraignment--California--Beverly Hills. Murder--California--Beverly Hills. Murderers--California--Beverly Hills. Murder--Investigation--California--Beverly Hills. Women murderers--California--Beverly Hills. Crime--California--Beverly Hills. Criminals--California--Beverly Hills. Brothers and sisters--California--Beverly Hills. Crying--California--Beverly Hills. Women--California--Beverly Hills. Men--California--Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills (Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection