Mrs. Alice M. Wheatley and Mrs. Ruth L. Birkelund, jurors on the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: Mrs. Alice M. Wheatley and Mrs. Ruth L. Birkelund, jurors on the murder trial of Paul A. Wright, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: [between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Date: 1938
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Mrs. Alice M. Wheatley, left, and Mrs. Ruth L. Birkelund, right, serving as jurors for the "White Flame" double homicide trial of aviation executive Paul A. Wright.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wheatley, Alice M., Mrs; Birkelund, Ruth R. Mrs.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Birkelund, Ruth Lillian, 1886-1972
Wheatley, Alice M., 1912-2010
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Juries--California--Los Angeles
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