Captain Walter E. Hegi of the Glendale Police Dept. and Paul A. Wright during an investigation of the double murder of Wright's wife and best friend, Los Angeles, November 1937
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Captain Walter E. Hegi of the Glendale police dept. (left) with airline official Paul A. Wright early on in the investigation of the double murder of Wright's wife Evelyn and best friend, John Kimmel. A crime to which Wright had confessed. Wright testified that he shot his wife and best friend after finding them in an embrace. In the trial that followed, called the "White Flame" trial by the press, Wright eventually escaped the death pentalty and a prison sentence on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer Jerry Giesler Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul A.; Geisler, Jerry, Att.; Hegi, W. Capt.; Nance, Frank, Coroner Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R Capt. W. Hegi & Paul A. Wright
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People Investigation--California--Los Angeles Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Hegi, Walter E., 1901-1968 Wright, Paul A
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