1943 Press Photo Fred Graffam sentenced to death for Mary Campbell murder

Fred Graffam, sentenced to death for the murder of waitress Mary Campbell, his sweetheart on March 31, 1940, was granted a new trial today in an opinion handed down by the state supreme court today, Justice Wynn G. Rogers, organ. His case was remanded to the criminal district court. The defendant's conviction and sentence have been automatically annulled, the opinion said. Graffam was sentenced to death on Friday, February 13, 1942, for the shooting of the 32-yeear-old waitress, of 226 Bourbon street, who had refused a reconciliation with him. He then turned the gun on himself. His life lay in the balance for some months before he recovered to face trial.

Photo is dated 1943.

Photo measures 7 x 9 inches.