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Agnes Thorsen appears at the murder trial of her former employer, Paul A. Wright. January 28, 1938

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Title: Agnes Thorsen appears at the murder trial of her former employer, Paul A. Wright. January 28, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: January 28, 1938
1938-01-28
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.
Agnes Thorsen appears in court as a witness in the "white flame" murder trial. Paul A. Wright, Thorsen's former employer, was charged with the murder of his wife and best friend in his Glendale home. Wright claimed to be not guilty by reason of insanity, as a "white hot rage" supposedly overtook him when he witnessed his wife and best friend purportedly embracing while sitting together on the piano bench. Thorsen testified that she had no knowledge of the Wrights quarreling while she was under their employ in early 1937.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Giesler, Jerry, Att.-; Thorson [sic], Agnes
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027xwz4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Servants--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Glendale
Legal
Disaster
Thorsen, Agnes
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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