Agnes Thorsen appears at the murder trial of her former employer, Paul A. Wright. January 28, 1938.

Title: Agnes Thorsen appears at the murder trial of her former employer, Paul A. Wright. January 28, 1938.
Date Created: January 28, 1938
Date: 1938-01-28
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Agnes Thorsen appears in court as a witness in the "white flame" murder trial. Paul A. Wright, Thorsen's former employer, was charged with the murder of his wife and best friend in his Glendale home. Wright claimed to be not guilty by reason of insanity, as a "white hot rage" supposedly overtook him when he witnessed his wife and best friend purportedly embracing while sitting together on the piano bench. Thorsen testified that she had no knowledge of the Wrights quarreling while she was under their employ in early 1937.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Giesler, Jerry, Att.-; Thorson [sic], Agnes

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Thorsen, Agnes
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crimes of passion--California--Glendale
Servants--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Glendale
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