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Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial, where Paul A. Wright is accused of the murders of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial, where Paul A. Wright is accused of the murders of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: between January 13 and February 15, 1938
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.
Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial where Paul A. Wright is accused of murdering his wife and best friend after finding them in an embrace. Wright's lawyer, Jerry Giesler, eventually won his client's freedom with a temporary insanity defense
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Paul A Wright trial
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul A.; Scenes in Court; Jury; Attorneys; Spectators
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_16682-00
ark:/21198/zz0025grd8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Legal
Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Wright, Paul A
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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