Barbara Graham. During the trial she had several problems, such as falling down the marble
stairs near the courtroom. Here she is in an ambulance on her way to the hospital.

 

 

Barbara Graham was arrested and later tried for the murder of Mabel Monohan. Here she sits
in a courtroom chair contemplating the wait for a verdict.

 

 

Photo of Barbara Graham sitting in court with her left hand held close to her chin. Movie's claim
that she was left-handed and couln't have pistol-whipped her victim is not true.
Barbara Graham was found right-handed.

 

 

John L. True (right) sits like a "wall flower" in court, a victim of the "silent treatment" aimed
at him by his erstwhile accomplices, Jack Santo (left), Emmett Perkins and Barbara Graham.
True, now a state witness is "telling all" in the Mable Monohan murder.

 

 

Courtroom scene, state witness and defendants from right to left: (1) State witness John L. True,
(2) Barbara Graham, (3) Emmett Perkins and (4) John A. Santo. They are on trial for the
brutal slaying of Mrs. Mabel Monohan. The courtroom is heavily guarded, for True and
another "state witness" are reported to be potential targets for underworld Gunmen.

 

 

Barbara Graham gazes straight ahead without a bit of emotion as she is led away from the courtroom
by Deputy Sheriffs. She was sentenced to die in San Quentin's gas chamber for the murder of
Mrs. Mabel Monohan. Outside the courtroom, Barbara broke into uncontrolled sobs.

 

 

Photo is a collage scanned in two parts. This is part 1 which shows John L. True,
the State's witness who told "all" against the accused: Jack Santo, Emmett
Perkins and Barbara Graham in the Mabel Monohan murder trial.
(Original print too long to scan under one file number.)

 

 

Photo is a collage scanned in two parts. This is part 2 which shows the Death Scene: victim
Mabel Monohan; and the accused: Jack Santo, Emmett Perkins, and Barbara Graham.
(Original print too long to scan under one file number.)

 

 

This photo is a collage showing Prosecutor Leavy and the three accused: Perkins, Santo and Barbara
Graham in the Monohan murder trial. Prosecutor J. Miller Leavy's statement to the jury was, "All
three were guilty of first degree murder, and the only just and proper penalty is death
in the gas chamber."

 

 

This photo is a collage which shows Barbara Graham and the entranceway into the California State Prison
at San Quentin. A Los Angeles County Sheriff's van passes through the gates of San Quentin Prison
bearing convicted killers Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins closer to "death row,"
for the murder of Mabel Monohan.