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.
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, August 17, 1933, Principal Figures at Inquiry on Penthouse Tragedy. … Mrs. Zelda Smith, who testified as to what she saw and heard on night of slaying. …
Harold E. Wolcott sits unsmiling with his hands folded in his lap. His four attorneys are seated behind him, all looking at the camera except for Archie Orme who peers at a pile of documents on the table before him. Several unidentified people can be seen seated in the courtroom behind them.