39-year-old Nellie Madison, on suspicion of fatally shooting husband Eric D. Madison in their Burbank apartment, recounts her three previous marriages.
Despite the hysterics displayed during her trial Fay LeGault received her sentence for one to ten years at the California Correctional Institution for women in Tehachapi quietly. Fay was convicted on February 24th of fatally stabbing her husband Phillip during an argument.
This photo may be related to the article "Barnes Estate Battle Looms: Circus Man's Ex-Wife Gets Children's Guardianship; Widow Asks Appointment to Administrative Position; But $5000 Left by Former Outdoor Showman," Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 1931: A16.
Photograph of Mrs. Aloha Wanderwell testifying at trial. To her left is the judge who is unnamed, and in front of both of them sits an unnamed woman who is transcribing for the court records.