W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers during poison plot trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

W. H. Bowers and Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt Bowers during poison plot trial, Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

March, 1926

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.
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

Caption

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.
Handwritten on negative: W. H. Bowers & Wife
Text from negative sleeve: Bowers, W. H. & Wife. Poison Plot Case. 1926.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Bowers, W. H., William H., b. 1862
Bowers, Olive Orr Brugen-Schmidt, b. 1888

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Legal