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Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial, where Paul A. Wright is accused of the murders of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial where Paul A. Wright is accused of murdering his wife and best friend after finding them in an embrace. Wright's lawyer, Jerry Giesler, eventually won his client's freedom with a temporary insanity defense
Date:
between January 13 and February 15, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Courtroom scene from the "white flame" murder trial, where Paul A. Wright is accused of the murders of his wife and best friend, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.A map is visible in the background detailing the scene of the crime.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home. A map of the Wright home is visible behind the defendant.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court during his double homicide trial. Los Angeles, 1938.

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court during his double homicide trial. Los Angeles, 1938.

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.A map is visible in the background detailing the scene of the crime.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.A map is visible in the background detailing the scene of the crime.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

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

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
Date:
between November 9, 1937 and February 16, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
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

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright sitting with his attorneys in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Airline executive Paul A. Wright, defendant the "white flame" double homicide trial, photographed at his trial. Wright was charged with the shooting deaths of his wife Evelyn and best friend John Kimmel, whom he claimed to have caught in an "inappropriate" embrace in the Wright home.Wright's defense team, led by famed Los Angeles defense attorney Jerry Giesler, argued that Wright was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found Wright guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and subsequently ruled that he had been insane at his sanity trial.
Date:
[between January 17-February 18, 1938]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Accused murderer Paul A. Wright in court, Los Angeles, 1938