Portrait photo of an unidentified taxi driver who could possibly be a witness in the trial of Leo Patrick Kelly, charged for the murder of Myrtle Mellus. The taxi driver smiles straight at the camera.
Dr. Cecil E. Reynolds testifying in the investigation of charges against Mrs. Lucille Sisney, nurse of film executive John F. Jasper, for violating the Harrison Narcotic Act. Dr. Reynolds had been treating Mr. Jasper for fifteen years when the latter suffered a paralytic stroke and Dr. Reynolds was called upon to attend to him. It was at his request that the United States Commissioner Head issued a search warrant that resulted in the arrest of the nurse.
Lorraine Wiseman with her son Clarence Wiseman. Clarence has his arm around his mother's shoulder. Out of focus in the background is a male figure. This photograph was probably taken during the Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy trial between October and November, 1926 when Clarence testified against his mother. Lorraine Wiseman was a co-defendant in the trial, having admitted that she had falsely claimed to be Miss X, the woman believed to in fact be McPherson who had been with Kenneth G. Ormiston at a Carmel rental cottage.
This photograph appears with the caption, "Trio Who Testified at Closing of Hardy Quiz: Former Temple Radio Man Disappoints Crowd," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 1929: A1.