Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Gladys Carter shot and killed Francis Walker, 20-year-old boarder, at Newhall House after a domestic argument erupted regarding walker's relationship with Gladys's husband Archie Carter. Shortly after her conviction, Mrs. Carter attempted suicide. A different photograph possibly taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Ex-Deputy Sheriff Visits Wife Accused in Slaying," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr 1935: 2. Archie Carter, husband of Gladys Carter, leads on a counter top at what appears to be a police station or jailhouse. Text from negative sleeve: Carter - Mr. + Mrs. Archie 1087 + Virginia (Mrs Gladys Carter) Handwritten on negative: Archie Carter
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