Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. In 1935, authorities reopened the investigation into the shooting death of Hazel Belford Glab's third husband, John I. Glab, a wealthy retired Chicago Druggist whose mysterious death seven years earlier had remained unsolved. In April 1936, while already serving a prison term of 2 to 14 years in the Tehachapi Women's Prison after being found guilty of forgery and preparing false evidence in the Albert Llewellyn Cheney estate case, Hazel Glab was convicted of second-degree murder for killing John Glab, the sentence being seven-years-to-life. Surprisingly, though, she was out of prison in 1943 after serving only 7 years. Photograph article dated March 3, 1936 reads, "As she listens to the past being revived in a Los Angeles courtroom Hazel Glab is shown in these candid camera studies at her trial on charges of murdering her husband, John I. Glab, eight years ago. The sprightly widow makes a natty appearance in court in a suit of green with brown velvet and fur trim."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 18 cm. on sheet 21 x 19 cm. Photographic prints
Glab, Hazel--Trials, litigation, etc Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Trials--California--Los Angeles Murder--California--Los Angeles Mariticide--California--Los Angeles Women murderers--California--Los Angeles Murderers--California--Los Angeles Criminals--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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