Men and women gather on the roof of Harold Wolcott’s apartment, where Helen Bendowski was fatally shot. A camera tripod and what appears to be a pigeon coop are in the foreground.
Coroner Frank Nance, seated at elevated desk, Zelda Smith, in dark dress and hat, seated at witness stand, 5 or 6 men in jury box at right, person writing at desk partially visible at left
Harold E. Wolcott was charged with the murder of his lover Helen Bendowski in August, 1933. She was found on the penthouse roof above Wolcott’s flower shop in Pasadena, dead from a bullet through her chest.