Unknown Artist
Elvira Barney, 1934
Photographic Print
38 x 31 cm
Elvira Barney was a fascinating character who had been involved in a sensational murder case when she shot a lover after party... '[eventually] she was acquitted, though the crowds booed...
Elvira Barney was a fascinating character who had been involved in a sensational murder case when she shot a lover after party...
"[eventually] she was acquitted, though the crowds booed her afterwards, and I've been told club owners dreaded her arrival because she made dreadful scenes with the cry, 'I've murdered one bugger and got away with it. Don't think I'd hesitate again!' Muriel remembers her as 'enchanting" - Daniel Farson.
'She fell in love with a poof called 'Spider' and later killed him but she had what I call friends in high places' - Muriel Belcher
"[eventually] she was acquitted, though the crowds booed her afterwards, and I've been told club owners dreaded her arrival because she made dreadful scenes with the cry, 'I've murdered one bugger and got away with it. Don't think I'd hesitate again!' Muriel remembers her as 'enchanting" - Daniel Farson.
'She fell in love with a poof called 'Spider' and later killed him but she had what I call friends in high places' - Muriel Belcher
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