Category Archives: Books and Authors

Who Poisoned Baby?

Posted on June 18, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 18, 1907Los AngelesThe victim: A collie named BabyThe plaintiff: Hazel G. (or Ella M.) Schurger, 1156 S. Flower.The suspect: J.J. Brady of the Immigration Bureau, a next-door neighbor.Baby’s agonizing death scandalized residents of the fashionable homes around 12th Street … Continue reading →

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Her Own Client

Posted on June 16, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 16, 1907Los AngelesDespite the old saying—a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client—Edith Foulkes is a smart woman, at least in the courtroom. She can’t make the same claim about her trip to the altar, however, … Continue reading →

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For Her Husbands Soul

Posted on June 15, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1907Los AngelesHelen Hurley paused at the doors of St. Vibiana’s Cathedral. In pain, she shoved her left wrist inside her dress so that it wouldn’t show as she went in to pray during Mass.But the pain was too … Continue reading →

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Home From School

Posted on June 14, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 14, 1907Los AngelesLike many young men, Stuart, Sayre and Maynard decided to walk home from school—but it was a bit farther for these college friends because they were going to Berkeley.It was apparently an uneventful trip aside from the … Continue reading →

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Now Thats a Headline

Posted on June 13, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 13, 1907Los AngelesVoters approved a $23-million bond issue ($472,042,116.32 USD 2005) for the Owens River Aqueduct, 21,923-2,128. The Times helped mount a turnout campaign in which automobile owners volunteered to ferry voters to the polls.Interestingly enough, The Times put … Continue reading →

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Who Is This Man?

Posted on June 13, 2006 by lmharnisch

  I recently obtained an original copy of The Times’ March 28, 1971, story “Farewell, My Black Dahlia,” which includes the account of the “Boy on the Bicycle.” Here’s a color picture of the purported “Bobby Jones.” Here’s a better … Continue reading →

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A Dying Girls Last Words

Posted on June 12, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 12, 1907Los AngelesAt 19, Florence Grover was old enough to be in love and living with a man, and at 19, she was old enough to become a mother. Her boyfriend, L.C. Lutzen of the National Messenger Service, with … Continue reading →

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Sandow Returns

Posted on June 11, 2006 by lmharnisch

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A Family’s Curse

Posted on June 9, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 9, 1907Los AngelesOlga Miller was a comely young thing who worked at the Hotel Rosslyn and was considered quite attractive despite the scar on her temple from shooting herself in the head.One day she fell ill and was taken … Continue reading →

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Judge Wins Black Eye in Pasadena’s First Dog Show

Posted on June 7, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 7, 1907Pasadena After a hard day of judging Boston terriers, English bulldogs and foxhounds, John Bradshaw went to a local restaurant with two exhibitors, William J. Morris and James Ewins. Over dinner, and apparently many drinks, Bradshaw told Ewins … Continue reading →

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Shout Out

Posted on June 7, 2006 by lmharnisch

General Motors (198.208.251.24) Windows 2000? Upgrade! The Netherlands (212.127.246.72) E! Entertainment (12.46.6.69) “E! Mysteries and Scandals,” my first TV interview, by the guy who did “Real Chases of the Highway Patrol.” Department of Veterans Affairs (152.130.6.194) My pal in Kerkira, … Continue reading →

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A Horse Avenged

Posted on June 6, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 6, 1907San BernardinoThe miners of the Silver Lake camp out in San Bernardino didn’t take the tenderfoot too seriously. His name was Fred Myton and he presented himself as the son of a wealthy Salt Lake City family, come … Continue reading →

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Down She Goes

Posted on June 4, 2006 by lmharnisch

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A Tough Case

Posted on June 4, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 4, 1907Los Angeles After months of inquiries that involved undercover investigators posing as patients, the State Board of Medical Examiners has taken action against Chinese herbalists in Los Angeles. In addition to arresting the doctors in question, authorities charged … Continue reading →

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Nooooo!

Posted on June 3, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 3, 1907Los AngelesIt was to be one of the grandest society weddings of the season: An orchestra was hired, a caterer had been selected after lengthy interviews, gowns for the bride and bridesmaids had been sewn and the Hotel … Continue reading →

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A Theater Rises on Broadway

Posted on June 2, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 2, 1907Los AngelesThe Hamburger Department Store announces plans for a theater just south of its new building on South Broadway at 8th Street, designed by the architecture firm of Edelman and Barnett.According to plans, the horseshoe-shaped theater is to … Continue reading →

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Hard Questions

Posted on June 1, 2006 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1907Los AngelesVoir dire, in which lawyers question prospective jurors, is a rough and tumble affair, especially when the case involves prostitution.The matter at hand involves Tom Savage, boss of the 8th Ward, known as the “Bloody Eighth,” on … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 31, 2006 by lmharnisch

May 31, 1907Los AngelesIn one Memorial Day observance, Col. James H. Davidson of Pasadena addresses the crowd at Memorial Hall. He says, in part: “Another decade or two and taps will have sounded and lights will be out for the … Continue reading →

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Hop Chung–In Trouble Again

Posted on May 31, 2006 by lmharnisch

May 30, 1907Los AngelesHop Chung is in trouble again.Chung, it seems, is no stranger to the legal system, with a police record going back to 1883. Ten years later, he and customer D.E. Dorsey were arrested at Chung’s laundry at … Continue reading →

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Shorthand

Posted on May 28, 2006 by lmharnisch
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