James A. Reed with Jury at Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial

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Photograph of Defense Attorney James A. Reed talking 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.

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March 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, #7
Digital Object Identifier: 
10015713
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