Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Coroner Frank Nance listens to a testimony from Leona Navy at the Paul A. Wright inquest. Navy is a maid who lives in the home of Wright. Wright is accused of the murder of his wife, Evelyn, and best friend, John Kimmel. Wright confessed to shooting the pair in a fit of "white hot rage" after finding them in an embrace in his home. After the inquest, complaints were signed against Wright for the two deaths. A trial, called the "white flame" trial by the press, followed in which Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer Jerry Giesler. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R Cor Frank NanceLeona Navy Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul; Giesler, Jerry, Atty.; Navy, Leona; Nance, Frank
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Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles People Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles Servants--California--Los Angeles Courts martial & courts of inquiry--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Navy, Leona Nance, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1875-1950
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