Albert Dyer murder trial juror Harby Harold breaks the tension for fellow jurors Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly, Los Angeles, August 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
between August 25 and 27, 1937 1937-08-25/1937-08-27
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Juror Harold Harby (bottom left) lifts his foot in the air to break the tension during the Albert Dyer trial. Fellow jurors (left to right) Shirley Angranoff, Butler E. Shaw, George Ritchie, and James D. Kelly laugh. The trial was for Albert Dyer, a 32 year old W.P.A crossing guard who confessed to the murders of three Inglewood girls. Dyer admitted to luring the girls; Madeline Everett (9), Melba Everett (7), and Jeanette Stephens (8) into the woods on the pretense of helping them catch rabbits and then strangled them in succession. Dyer was sentenced to death after the jury's two day debate. On September 16, 1938 at San Quentin Prison, Dyer was one of the last people to be hung in the state of California Text from original nitrate sleeve: Dyer, Albert - Jury; Hard?[sic], Beatrice - Mrs. and other members of trial jury; "Bull pen door" Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Harold Harby
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gddf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Girls--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Juries--California--Los Angeles Crime Strangling--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Disaster Harby, Harold, 1894-1978 Angranoff, Shirley Ritchie, George Shaw, Butler E Kelly, James D Dyer, Albert, 1905-1938
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