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Home of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife and best friend, Glendale, November 10, 1937

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Title: Home of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife and best friend, Glendale, November 10, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: November 10, 1937
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The home of Paul A. Wright, who is accused of the double murder of his wife, Evelyn, and best friend, John B. Kimmel. Wright confessed to shooting the pair after finding them in an embrace in his home. The trial that followed was named the "white flame" trial by the press and Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer, Jerry Giesler
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright Home - Scene of Fatal Shooting of Mrs. Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel by Paul A. Wright; Trowbridge, Robert W., Officer; Carter, J.H., Capt.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Home of Paul A. Wright
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_15969-03
ark:/21198/zz0025gjmg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Houses--California--Glendale
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Investigation--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Landmarks
Wright, Paul A
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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