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Seven-year-old Virginia Carter testifies against her mother, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Seven-year-old Virginia Carter testifies against her mother, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: April 18, 1935
1935-04-18
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Child Lisps Accusation," Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr 1935: A2.
Virginia sits at a desk by herself. She holds a tissue to her face in one hand and a toy bunny in the other.
Seven-year-old Virginia testified to the court that after witnessing her mother argue with her father's alleged mistress 20-year-old Frances Walker, Gladys Carter shot Frances. Virginia ran from the room and heard a second gunshot behind her, which is believed to have been self-inflicted by her mother, who is recovering and still too weak to testify. Other witnesses in the trial were neighbor Annie Olson, Captain Elmer C. Marty, and Frank L. Walker, father of the victim.
Handwritten on negative: Virginia Carter
Text from negative sleeve: CARTER, VIRGINIA MURDER CASE 1935 AGE, 7, AND DOG, TESTIFIED IN MURDER CASE
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1498
ark:/21198/zz002dbzsz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judges--California--Los Angeles
Desks
Toys
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles
Carter, Virginia, b. 1927 or 28
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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