Attorney Frank Ryan and murder suspect Nellie Madison in court, Los Angeles, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Attorney Frank Ryan and murder suspect Nellie Madison in court, Los Angeles, 1934

Date Created

March 29, 1934

Date

1934-03-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Nellie Madison, right, and one of her attorneys, Frank Ryan, left.
This photograph appears with the article, "Hearing Set In Tragedy," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar 1934: A3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Widow Arraigned as Slayer of Spouse, At the conclusion of a Coroner's inquest yesterday where jury members recommended that she be held for trials in the slaying of Eric B. Madison, Mrs. Nellie Madison, widow of the man, was formally arraigned on a charge of murdering her husband. The photograph below shows Mrs. Madison and one of her attorneys, frank Ryan, as they stood before Police Judge Watson in Burbank and heard the charge. Her preliminary hearing was set for April 12 at 10 a.m.
Handwritten on negative: LtR F Ryan + Mrs. Nellie Madison
Text from negative sleeve: Madison, Nellie Murder Case

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Madison, Nellie May, 1895-1953
Ryan, Frank

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles