Add to ORKGPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sympathizers and the curious crane over the coffin of Leon Trotsky lying in state following his assassination in his Mexico City Villa in August, 1940. The killer was beaten by Trotsky's guards and kept under guard in a hospital until he recovered. He was then removed to Mexico's National Penitentiary where he's been living comfortably ever since in an apartment-like cell. Listed in the penitentiary as Jacques Mornard, the prisoner is now eligible for parole. Trotsky's body was cremated and his ashes buried in the patio of the house he occupied when he was slain. His widow still lives in seclusion in the house.