Convicted slayer paints in cell
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Convicted slayer paints in cell

Associated Press · May 29, 1946

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Stanford, Ky. -- Mrs. Leota June Queen, above, Iona, Mich., puts the finishing touches on an Indian head painting in her cell here a few minutes after she had been sentenced to life for slaying of a Cincinnati trucker. Mrs. Queen, who had no previous instructions, painted the head on a table cloth.

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