Category Archives: #courts

Arkansas Mob Plans Lynching at Dawn

Posted on March 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 18, 1910: The Times publishes a vivid story from Marion, Ark., about a white mob rampaging through town after two African Americans accused of staging a jailbreak allowing 12 black prisoners to escape – one of whom was … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 17, 1960

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Further Reaction to White 'Negro'     A $1 bill and  a $5 bill found their respective ways through the U.S. mails this week, onto my desk.     Both came to me as a result of the articles I printed … Continue reading →

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Segregated Businesses May Be Legal, Eisenhower Says

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 17, 1960: On the jump, more about Cheryl Crane’s transfer to El Retiro School for Girls in the San Fernando Valley … President Eisenhower says it may be legal for private businesses to bar African Americans or any … Continue reading →

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Nevada Officials Refuse to Marry Interracial Couple

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 16-17, 1910: George Masaki/Nasaki and Juliette Schwan/Schwann of Los Angeles get a marriage license in Nevada, but no one will perform the ceremony.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 16, 1960

Posted on March 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Story of White 'Negro' Fascinated the World     If I sound like a numb, it's because I am.     I devoted a pair of articles last week to John Howard Griffin, a man with an engrossing story to tell. … Continue reading →

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Dietrich Backs Von Sternberg in ‘Blue Angel’ Lawsuit

Posted on March 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

   March 16, 1960: Marlene Dietrich gives a deposition in Josef von Sternberg’s suit against 20th Century Fox over its remake of “The Blue Angel.” On the jump, a murder suspect kills a hospital attendant after being declared sane … … Continue reading →

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Drug Addict, Racked by Withdrawal From Morphine, Dies in Jail

Posted on March 16, 2010 by lmharnisch

   March 16, 1910: The Times says that another addict died in police custody because he was denied drugs in jail and went into convulsions.  The pharmacy board official who caught Harry Carson says he’s reluctant to make such arrests … Continue reading →

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Man Attacks Wife, Commits Suicide in Custody Dispute

Posted on March 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 15, 1920: Two streetcar passengers prevent J.B. Claverie from slashing his wife and escape injury when his pistol fails to fire. After the attack failed, Claverie killed himself with strychnine.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 14, 1960

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

A Military Problem Beyond the Military     Every election year two undeniable truths reaffirm themselves:     1- Our Armed Forces are too soft on enlisted personnel.     2- Our Armed Forces are too hard on enlisted personnel.        To the … Continue reading →

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TV Show D.A. Arrested in Nude Pot Party

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

Uh-oh. March 14, 1960: William Talman, who plays prosecutor Hamilton Burger on the “Perry Mason” TV show, is arrested at a nude pot party in West Hollywood. The Times didn’t report that they were naked until a few days later. … Continue reading →

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Some Princeton Men Say Kissing and Dancing Are Wrong

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 14, 1920: You may recognize the name John Harlan. President Eisenhower nominated him to the Supreme Court in 1955.

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Wife Beater Bluffs Police

Posted on March 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

March 14, 1910: Charles Edmondson beats his wife with a vest containing a sack full of coins, then holds off a squad of police by asking to see the officers’ warrant. Upon the advice of a lieutenant, the officers drop … Continue reading →

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Mistrial Declared in Finch Case

Posted on March 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Nelson Tiffany / Mirror News Attorney Grant Cooper, left, and Dr. R. Bernard Finch await verdict. March 13, 1960: The judge declares a mistrial after jurors deadlock on verdicts against Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates, Confidential File, March 12, 1960

Posted on March 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Uh-oh. Mash Notes and Comments     "Dear Paul,     "Ever ask yourself WHY so many women look worse after they return from the powder room than they did before they entered?     "Ask Ed Cabrera, the lighting specialist whom … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 11, 1960

Posted on March 11, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Deep South's Constant Sullen Hate, Contempt, Sadism Bared (Second of two articles)     John Howard Griffin became a Negro by choice.     He did it with special pills, ultraviolet ray treatments and vegetable dyes.     And he did it … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 10, 1960

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

The book Coates is talking about is, of course, "Black Like Me." DARING THE 'HATE STARE' A White Man Turns Negro (This is the first of two exclusive columns on the remarkable story of a white author who turned "Negro" … Continue reading →

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Lawmakers Defeat Attempt to Ban Death Penalty

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

“I’ve Got to Live With Myself!”   March 10, 1960: The Senate Judiciary Committee kills Gov. Pat Brown’s effort to repeal the death penalty. Although Caryl Chessman is the pressing issue in the question of capital punishment, his name is … Continue reading →

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Joseph Scott on the Evils of Frenchwomen

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 10, 1920: Attorney Joseph Scott attacks the morals of  Frenchwomen in closing arguments in the divorce case of Frank Van Camp, head of Van Camp Sea Food Co.  Scott represented stenographer Ruth Cruzen, who was named by Van … Continue reading →

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Pasadena Raids Illegal Stock Exchange

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

  March 10, 1910: A speeding streetcar takes a curve too fast at 7th and Alvarado, jumps the tracks and goes tearing into what’s now MacArthur Park. If it hadn’t run into a telegraph pole and a pepper tree, it … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, March 9, 1960

Posted on March 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

Father, Son Talk Over the Slaying of Seven     In his 57 years, stolid Ralph Whitney never made a more difficult phone call.      He placed it late yesterday afternoon from the quiet Pomona Valley community of Upland to the … Continue reading →

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