Gladys Carter, murder suspect, with her attorney Ed Haumsech, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Gladys Carter, murder suspect, with her attorney Ed Haumsech, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

[June, 1935]

Date

1935-06

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Murder suspect Gladys Carter staring intently, with her attorney Ed Haumsech by her side. Both are seated at a table, with documents in front of Haumsech. In the background are spectators in the courtroom gallery. Carter was charged with fatally shooting her houseguest of two years, Frances Walker. She suspected Walker of having a romantic relationship with her husband, Deputy Sheriff Archie Carter.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “Child Tells of Seeing Killing: Girl Changes Her Story in Mother’s Death Case Court Scene as Small Girl Tells of Fatal Shooting GIRL UPSETS DEATH TRIAL Accused Mother Took Gun From Woman, Says Child in Changed Testimony,” Los Angeles Times 8 Jun. 1935: 1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Carter, Gladys Mrs., murder case, 1935.
Handwritten on negative: 122, 122, Gladys Carter.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Haumsech, Ed
Carter, Gladys Beatrice (Gladys Wynne), 1906-1995

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles