Names: Madison, Nellie May, 1895-1953 / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Judge Charles Fricke and Deputy D. A. George Stahlman look at evidence during the Nellie Madison murder trial, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph is similar to another taken during the Nellie Madison trial captioned, "Accused Widow Rearranges Deathbed in Court," Los Angeles Times, 16 Jun. 1934: 14
Date:: [circa June, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Judge Charles Fricke and Deputy D. A. George Stahlman look at evidence during the Nellie Madison murder trial, Los Angeles, 1934

Murder suspect Nellie Madison meets with ex-husband William J. Brown at County Jail, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, Murder Charge Against Mrs. Madison Due Today,” Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1934: A1.
Date:: March 28, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspect Nellie Madison meets with ex-husband William J. Brown at County Jail, Los Angeles, 1934

Judge Charles Fricke watches as Joseph Ryan and George Stahlman confer with Nellie May Madison on the stand, Los Angeles County, 1934

Description:: Mrs. Madison denies shooting husband Eric Madison and speculates that the man who was buried at his funeral was not him, and also denies that the corpse shown to her in photographs of her husband are not of his body.
Date:: June 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Judge Charles Fricke watches as Joseph Ryan and George Stahlman confer with Nellie May Madison on the stand, Los Angeles County, 1934

Murder suspect Nellie Madison visits apartment after arraignment, Burbank, 1934

Description:: This photograph is possibly related to the article, "Hearing Set In Tragedy," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar 1934: A1.
Date:: [circa March 29, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspect Nellie Madison visits apartment after arraignment, Burbank, 1934

Attorney Frank Ryan and murder suspect Nellie Madison in court, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Nellie Madison, right, and one of her attorneys, Frank Ryan, left.
Date:: March 29, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Attorney Frank Ryan and murder suspect Nellie Madison in court, Los Angeles, 1934

Murder suspect Nellie Madison, Los Angeles, ca. 1934

Description:: Madison sits in a chair, probably at a police station, looking downtrodden. She wears a garment over her dress that was common among women inmates at the time.
Date:: [circa March, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder suspect Nellie Madison, Los Angeles, ca. 1934

Nellie May Madison admits to shooting her husband in self-defense, Los Angeles County, 1935

Description:: Nellie has admitted that she shot husband Eric Madison out of self defense after he tried to attack her with a knife.
Date:: June 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nellie May Madison admits to shooting her husband in self-defense, Los Angeles County, 1935

Deputy Coroner Frank Montfort questions Nellie Madison, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Hearing Set in Tragedy," Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar 1934: A1.
Date:: March 29, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Deputy Coroner Frank Montfort questions Nellie Madison, Los Angeles, 1934

Nellie Madison sentenced to death, in court with William J. F. Brown, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: 39-year-old Nellie Madison, on suspicion of fatally shooting husband Eric D. Madison in their Burbank apartment, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to be hanged. She was the first woman to be sentenced to death in the state of California.
Date:: June 22, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Nellie Madison sentenced to death, in court with William J. F. Brown, Los Angeles, 1934

Murder bed displayed before jury in Nellie Madison case, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, "Jury Query Stirs Move," Los Angeles Times, 7 Jun 1934: A2
Date:: June 2, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Murder bed displayed before jury in Nellie Madison case, Los Angeles, 1934