Paul A. Wright with his attorney Jerry Giesler during a trial in which Wright is accused of the double murder of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, November 1937-February 1938

Item Overview

Title

Paul A. Wright with his attorney Jerry Giesler during a trial in which Wright is accused of the double murder of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, November 1937-February 1938

Date Created

between November 9, 1937 and February 16, 1938

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Airline official Paul A. Wright (standing right) with his attorney Jerry Giesler. Wright confessed to the double murder of his wife, Evelyn and best friend, John Kimmel. Wright said he shot the pair after finding them in an embrace in his home. In the trial that followed, called the "White Flame" trial by the press, Wright eventually escaped the death pentalty and a prison sentence on an insanity plea

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R Atty Jerry Geisler & Paul A. Wright
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul A.; Geisler, Jerry, Att.; Hegi, W. Capt.; Nance, Frank, Coroner

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Legal
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles

Names

Wright, Paul A.
Giesler, Jerry, 1886-1962

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image