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- Title
- Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938
- Date Created and/or Issued
- [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
1938-01-17/1938-02-18
- 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.
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Paul A. Wright
- Type
- image
- Format
- b&w nitrate negative
- Identifier
- ark:/21198/zz0027xzkd
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Legal
Disaster
Wright, Paul A
- Source
- Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
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