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Description:: Jack Kirschke surrounded by microphones held by reporters and with a deputy sheriff standing behind him as he talks. This was at the time of his trial for the double murders of his wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jack Kurschke, former Deputy District Attorney, seated in the courtroom during his trial for the double murder of wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Sister Faces Death Quiz: Row With Slain Woman Told Return From Bay City to Long Beach for Querying Scheduled Today," 23 Aug. 1935: 3.
Date:: August 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jack Kurschke, former Deputy District Attorney, seated in the courtroom during his trial for the double murder of wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jack Kirschke (2nd from left) in a law office with three men, probably attorneys. This was at the time of his trial for the double murders of his wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Kirschke surrounded by microphones held by reporters and with a deputy sheriff standing behind him as he talks. This was at the time of his trial for the double murders of his wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William James (Curly) Guy was on trial for the murder of Walter Wanderwell, and was subsequently acquitted. The trial took place in Long Beach, CA.
Date:: [February 1933]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:: [January 1921-February 1921]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Jack Kurschke, former Deputy District Attorney, seated in the courtroom during his trial for the double murder of wife, Elaine, and her lover, Orville (Bill) Drankhan.
Date:: 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 20-year-old Sunday school teacher Leroy Drake confesses that he poisoned his aunt and uncle and threw their bodies into the harbor to save them from the indignity of an alleged suicide pact. After the murders he went to the movies with high school sweetheart Vula Hayden.
Date:: November 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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