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Title: Courtroom Scene
Description: Arraignment of Charles Taibi and Sam DeCaro, who were charged with murdering bank messenger Webster Kemner on February 27, 1934. Pictured, from the right, are KCPD Detective Ira Johnson, Decaro, Taibi, Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor M.W. O'Hern and Jackson County Prosecutor W.W. Graves.
Date: 1934-03-01
Object Type: Negative

Title: Two Men Shaking Hands
Description: Two men in suits shaking hands with other men in the background. They appear to be in a courtroom.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Courtroom Scene
Description: Group of men and a few women mingling in what appears to be a city hall or courthouse room.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Courtroom
Description: Appears to be a courtroom scene showing a defendant, judge, and other participants in the background.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, John V. Hill
Description: Assistant prosecuting attorney, John V. Hill, opened final arguments for the state at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 5, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-04
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Byrd Rice
Description: Byrd Rice, "Chicago, star state's witness in the Bennett murder trial." Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 5, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-04
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, James R. Page
Description: James R. Page, county prosecutor, presents his case before the jury at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Crowd in Front of Criminal Court Building
Description: Crowd waits before the locked gate at the criminal court building where the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett takes place. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photograph with others of the Bennett trial, but it appears this one was not published.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Criminal Court Building
Description: Crowd waits at locked gate of the Criminal Court building for news about the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, John V. Hill
Description: John V. Hill, assistant prosecuting attorney, in witness stand at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Jury
Description: Jury of 12 men at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted.
Date: 1931-02-25
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, J. Francis O'Sullivan
Description: J. Francis O'Sullivan, one of the defense attorneys at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett, sums up the evidence. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 5, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-04
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, John E. Troup
Description: John E. Troup, "connected with the John Taylor Dry Goods company, was one of several state's witnesses to testify yesterday to the general good reputation of John G. Bennett, slain husband of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett." Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 5, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-04
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Martin Nelson
Description: Martin Nelson, "secretary and treasurer of the Century Motors company, testified yesterday to the general reputation and good character of John G. Bennett," at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 5, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-04
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene
Description: Spectators crowd into the courtroom at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. James A. Reed, J. Francis O'Sullivan, defense counsels, and Mrs. Bennett (with hat) "are seated at the counsel table."Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 3, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-02
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene
Description: Judge Ralph S. Latshaw "has a parting word with James A. Reed, one of the attorneys for the defense" after the verdict in the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was found not quilty. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 7, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-06
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, James A. Reed with Jury
Description: Defense Attorney James A. Reed talks to the jury at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted.
Date: 1931-03
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene
Description: Courtroom scene at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. She is pictured in the foreground on the far right. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 6, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-05
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Myrtle Bennett, James A. Reed, and J. Francis O'Sullivan
Description: Following the verdict of not guilty, Myrtle Bennet talks with her attorneys. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, March 6, 1931.
Date: 1931-03-05
Object Type: Negative

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