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Group portrait of the jury for the murder trial of Dr. Thomas Young, Los Angeles, 1925

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Title: Group portrait of the jury for the murder trial of Dr. Thomas Young, Los Angeles, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued: 1925
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Dr. Thomas Young was married to Grace (Young) Grogan, a millionaire widow with one son. Dr. Young confessed to killing his wife and burying her body in a cistern at their Beverly Glen cabin in an attempt to gain custody of his stepson and his inheritance. In the middle of his trial in August 1925 Young committed suicide while in jail.
Handwritten on negative: Jury trying Doc Young
Text from negative sleeve: Young, Thomas Dr. Murder Case — Jury.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3739_G5740
ark:/21198/zz0002prcf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Jurors--California--Los Angeles
Young, Thomas W., 1877-1925
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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