Tension Proves Too Much - Mrs. Elsie Abbott (right), 52, is led from courtroom by a friend, Mrs. Zelda Glaze, after she gave way to four days of anxiety and burst into uncontrollable sobbing while a jury has deliberated the fate of her son, accused slayer Burton W. Abbott. The jury has debated for four days without reaching a verdict. Abbott is on trial for slaying Stephanie Bryan, 14-year-old Berkeley schoolgirl. Mrs. Abbott had maintained a steady vigil in the court for word of the jury's possible verdict.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1956]

[Information from item housing] Abbott, Burton W. Calif. Murderer