Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The photograph appears with the article "Bride Denies Murder Plot; Says Plan to Poison Husband Was Only Joke; Man Confesses Part After Phone Talk Heard; Husband and Pastor Will be Questioned Today," Los Angeles Times, March 11, 1926 W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers, married three just months, seated together at a court proceeding. Olive Bowers was accused of plotting with Elmer M. Archer to poison her husband. The plot was discovered when their conversations were overheard on a 2-party telephone line. Handwritten on negative: W. H. Bowers & Wife Text from newspaper caption: Questioned in Sawtelle Murder Plot: W. H. Bowers, said to have been the intended victim of scheme confessed by Elmer M. Archer, and his wife, Mrs. Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers. Text from negative sleeve: Bowers, W. H. & Wife. Poison Plot Case. 1926.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1380 ark:/21198/zz002dbtq0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Crime Legal People Bowers, Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt, b. 1888 Bowers, W. H., William H., b. 1862
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