Life begins - after 26 years in prison

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · June 4, 1938

Muncy, pa.... Five presidents of the u.s. and six governors of pennsylvania have held office since frieda trost went to prison 26 years ago for the poison murder of her husband. Yesterday life began again for mrs. trost. She is shown looking out of a window at a world that has changed much since she left it to spend more than a quarter-century in durance. She begins that life with $46.83 and a determination to win for herself a place in the scheme of things.