‘Onion Field’ Killing Revisited

Posted on January 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 13, 1963, Onion Field

March 13, 1963, Jimmy Lee Smith reenacts the killing of Officer  Ian Campbell.

March 12, 1963, Cover

March 12, 1963:  "Ex-convict Jimmy Lee Smith stood in a Kern County onion field Monday and acted out his version of how an unarmed policeman was slain and a fellow officer narrowly missed the same fate in a cold-blooded shooting."

March 13, 1963, Onion Field

March 24, 1963, Onion Field

March 24, 1963: Gene Sherman takes a look at the lives of Jimmy Lee Smith and Gregory Powell.

March 24, 1963, Onion Field

March 25, 1963, Onion Field

March 25, 1963: Why were Smith and Powell paroled?
 
March 25, 1963, Onion Field

Convicted killer Gregory Powell’s Jan. 27, parole hearing has refocused attention on the “Onion Field” killing of Officer Ian Campbell.

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2 Responses to ‘Onion Field’ Killing Revisited

  1. Unknown's avatar Cranky Greg says:
    January 27, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Thank you for this. This was an interesting case, and it is great to see the original articles as they appeared in The Times. Not only are the articles interesting, but so are the ads!
    I hope the L.A. Times keeps doing things like this.

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  2. gary heidrich's avatar gary heidrich says:
    June 27, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    Great info!

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