Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Earl F. Muren wears a double-breasted suit and sits in a witness box with his arms resting on the chair arms and his fingers interlaced in front of him. Nitrate image is flipped. Related to several articles on the trial case in the Los Angeles Times published between January 13, 1933 and April 7, 1933. When Muren came to his friend Gerald A. Craig to ask for help finding a job, Craig offered Muren the proposition of killing his wife Ethel for money. Appalled at the request, Muren turned him in to police. Craig was found guilty of two counts of soliciting the commission of a crime, but not for attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder. Text on negative sleeve: Muren, Earl F. Murder Case 1933 Handwritten on negative: Earl F. Muren
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6454 ark:/21198/zz002cwp5j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Muren, Earl F., 1901-1963
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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