Coroner Frank Nance listens to a testimony from Leona Navy at the Paul A. Wright inquest, Los Angeles, November 12, 1937

Item Overview

Title

Coroner Frank Nance listens to a testimony from Leona Navy at the Paul A. Wright inquest, Los Angeles, November 12, 1937

Date Created

November 12, 1937

Date

1937-11-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Coroner Frank Nance listens to a testimony from Leona Navy at the Paul A. Wright inquest. Navy is a maid who lives in the home of Wright. Wright is accused of the murder of his wife, Evelyn, and best friend, John Kimmel. Wright confessed to shooting the pair in a fit of "white hot rage" after finding them in an embrace in his home. After the inquest, complaints were signed against Wright for the two deaths. A trial, called the "white flame" trial by the press, followed in which Wright was eventually let off on an insanity plea, thanks to his lawyer Jerry Giesler.

Caption

Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: L-R Cor Frank NanceLeona Navy
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wright, Paul; Giesler, Jerry, Atty.; Navy, Leona; Nance, Frank

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Navy, Leona
Nance, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1875-1950

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
People
Crimes of passion--California--Los Angeles
Servants--California--Los Angeles
Courts martial & courts of inquiry--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles