Gladys Carter shot and killed Francis Walker, 20-year-old boarder, at Newhall House after a domestic argument erupted regarding walker's relationship with Gladys's husband Archie Carter. Shortly after her conviction, Mrs. Carter attempted suicide.
Gladys Carter shot and killed Francis Walker, 20-year-old boarder, at Newhall House after a domestic argument erupted regarding walker's relationship with Gladys's husband Archie Carter. Shortly after her conviction, Mrs. Carter attempted suicide.
This photograph appears with the article, “Couple Dramatically Reunited: EX-DEPUTY SHERIFF VISITS WIFE ACCUSED IN SLAYING,” Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 1935: 2.
This photograph appears with the article, “Wife Aids Husband Who Defended Her: Carters Patch Breach After Girl Death Trial,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 1935: A1.
The newspaper article that this photograph is associated with contains a photograph that is very similar, but is slightly different from this photograph. The caption for the photograph published in the newspaper states, “In a tense moment in a courtroom murder drama, Archie Carter, right, and Attorney Stanley Visel demonstrate from the witness stand how Carter attempted to wrest the gun from the hand of his wife, Gladys, on trial for murder".