Piano in the home of Paul A. Wright, where Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel were sitting before they were fatally shot by Paul A. Wright, Glendale, November 10, 1937

Item Overview

Title

Piano in the home of Paul A. Wright, where Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel were sitting before they were fatally shot by Paul A. Wright, Glendale, November 10, 1937

Date Created

November 10, 1937

Date

1937-11-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Piano bench where Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel were sitting before they were fatally shot by Evelyn's husband, Paul A. Wright. There appears to be a pool of blood beneath the bench. Wright confessed to shooting his wife and best friend, John Kimmel, after finding the two in an embrace on the piano bench in his home. The trial that followed was named the "white flame" trial by the press and Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer, Jerry Giesler

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright Home - Scene of Fatal Shooting of Mrs. Evelyn Wright and John B. Kimmel by Paul A. Wright; Trowbridge, Robert W., Officer; Carter, J.H., Capt.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Scene of Shooting - Paul A. Wright home

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Wright, Paul A.

Location

Glendale (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Investigation--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Glendale
Pianos