Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Murder suspect Gladys Carter staring intently, with her attorney Ed Haumsech by her side. Both are seated at a table, with documents in front of Haumsech. In the background are spectators in the courtroom gallery. Carter was charged with fatally shooting her houseguest of two years, Frances Walker. She suspected Walker of having a romantic relationship with her husband, Deputy Sheriff Archie Carter. This photograph may be associated with the article, “Child Tells of Seeing Killing: Girl Changes Her Story in Mother’s Death Case Court Scene as Small Girl Tells of Fatal Shooting GIRL UPSETS DEATH TRIAL Accused Mother Took Gun From Woman, Says Child in Changed Testimony,” Los Angeles Times 8 Jun. 1935: 1. Text from negative sleeve: Carter, Gladys Mrs., murder case, 1935. Handwritten on negative: 122, 122, Gladys Carter.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1492 ark:/21198/zz002dbzkv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Haumsech, Ed Carter, Gladys Beatrice (Gladys Wynne), 1906-1995
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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