Crowd in Front of Criminal Court Building for Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial

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Photograph of a crowd waiting at the locked gate at the criminal court building for 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.

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1931
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536 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO
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Collection Title, Call or Box Number: 
Zeldin Collection of Journal-Post Glass Negatives, P29, Box 18, Folder 37, #6
Digital Object Identifier: 
10015712
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