Lester Corbitt Shaw

Creator

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Identifier

20055589

Description

Lester Corbitt Shaw, 38, who shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Nettie Myers Shaw, 25. Mr. Shaw is shown sitting in the Fort Worth, Texas, detective office signing a written statement confessing to the murder. Mr. Shaw is wearing a collared jacket. Behind him is a closed door. Mrs. Shaw was a mother of three children.

Archival Date

1943-02-20

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1705

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Coats; Homicides; Shaw, Lester Corbitt; Shaw, Nettie Myers (Mrs.); Confessions; Criminals