US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. William J. Brown, center, shakes hands with Nellie Madison, left. An unidentified man stands behind Brown. This photograph appears with the article, Murder Charge Against Mrs. Madison Due Today,” Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1934: A1. Text from newspaper caption: Ex-Mate Backs Mrs. Madison, The fact that they have been divorced will not prevent William J, Brown, an attorney, from aiding his former wife, Mrs. Nellie Madison, in her fight against the accusation of killing her husband, Eric Madison. This was made clear when the two (shown below) met in the County Jail, conversed privately for some time and then shook hands to bind the bargain. Text from negative sleeve: Madison, Nellie Murder Case Handwritten on negative: Nellie Madison, Wm J. Brown
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6200 ark:/21198/zz002cwcdt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Jails--California--Los Angeles County Brown, William J.F., b. ca. 1891 Madison, Nellie May, 1895-1953
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