Category Archives: #courts

Caryl Chessman Wins Delay

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 21, 1959: Caryl Chessman gets a stay of execution.

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President Asks Court to Halt Steel Strike

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 20, 1959: No clemency for Caryl Chessman, governor says … Calling it a sad day for America, President Eisenhower tells the Justice Department to seek a federal injunction to halt a strike by the United Steelworkers of America.    … Continue reading →

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Man Sues for Divorce, Claims Wife Had Affair With Stepson

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Above, the woman at the center of the divorce case, Helen Elwood Stokes, Oct. 25, 1919. Oct. 20, 1919: W.E.D. “Weddie” Stokes Jr. says he had an affair with his stepmother. She later brought a $1-million lawsuit against him … Continue reading →

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Woman May Be Seated as Juror

Posted on October 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 20, 1909: Johanna Engleman may become California’s first woman juror. I’ll try to find a more legible copy of this story. Johanna Engleman of Santa Monica almost became the state’s first woman juror, but was removed by a peremptory … Continue reading →

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Judge Bars Gambling on Ships

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 5, 1939: A full-page ad for the S.S. Rex. Oct. 19, 1939: A judge grants a preliminary injunction barring gambling on ships beyond the three-mile limit.

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Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Drugs

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dr. G.W. Finch is arrested on charges of illegally prescribing morphine to drug addicts.

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Residents Flee Big Tujunga Fire, Oct. 16, 1959

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 16, 1959: Mae West is censored … and Gov. Pat Brown hints that he may show mercy to Caryl Chessman. Audrey Hepburn in “The Nun’s Story.” Local freeways would need "major surgery" to handle the traffic from Dodger fans … Continue reading →

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‘Eel Boy’ Escapes From Police

Posted on October 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 16, 1919: Don "Eel Boy" Clauser escapes again! This time he was showing Glendale officers where he had freed some horses when he made a "running high dive into the brush alongside the road."

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A Postscript on the Black Sox

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

 Aug. 13-14, 1969, catching up with the Black Sox.   Aug. 14, 1969, an interview with Gandil. "Chick Gandil was as tough as they come. He was 31 years old and stood 6 feet, 2 inches tall; a broad, powerful … Continue reading →

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Magnetic Healer Lures Away Husband

Posted on October 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 15, 1909: A wife sues her husband for divorce, charging that he was drawn away by a “magnetic healer.”

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Forest Service Worker Admits Setting Fatal Fire

Posted on October 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

This is how we did fire maps 50 years ago. The map is hard to read, but compare it with the one we did for the Station fire.   Oct. 14, 1959: The Times brings out an extra on the … Continue reading →

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Shoeless Joe Jackson Seeks Reinstatement

Posted on October 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

Jan. 28, 1934: John Lardner on Shoeless Joe Jackson. July 6, 1934: Jackson makes another attempt to play ball.   John Lardner was the son of Ring Lardner Sr. and the older brother of Ring Lardner Jr. I’m not familiar … Continue reading →

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Council Bans Women From Serving Liquor

Posted on October 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 14, 1909: The City Council bans women from serving alcohol. The council killed a portion of the ordinance that would have imposed a 9 p.m. curfew on unescorted women at any business selling liquor, which the police wanted … Continue reading →

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Time Running Out for Caryl Chessman

Posted on October 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

Eleanor Roosevelt urges clemency for Caryl Chessman. An evocative story by the late Paul Weeks about a teenager who died in a spectacular car crash while running from the police.   Eleanor Roosevelt, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, Steve Allen and … Continue reading →

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Black Sox Not Guilty!

Posted on October 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 3, 1921: The Black Sox are found not guilty of conspiracy. "Bailiffs vainly pounded for order, and finally, noticing Judge Friend's smile, joined in the whistling and cheering. Hats sailed high in the air, papers were thrown around … Continue reading →

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Caught Again

Posted on October 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 13, 1909: Charles Hummer dodged the police for months after being charged with vagrancy and paying a $100 fine for stealing garden hoses from people’s lawns. He promised to leave town but didn’t. A couple of detectives recognized … Continue reading →

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Jealous Boyfriend Stabs Actress to Death

Posted on October 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Oct. 12, 1959: Chester Harvey Smith stabs LaJean Ethridge to death while on location for the filming of “The Alamo.” He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Final Arguments in Black Sox Trial

Posted on October 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

    July 30, 1921:  "This man, by his own confession, sat in his room at the Warner Hotel here and arranged to receive $10,000 for the dirty work he planned. Then Judas-like, he went downstairs to hobnob with his … Continue reading →

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Witnesses Scheduled in Black Sox Trial

Posted on October 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

Chick Gandil, Buck Weaver, Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch are expected to testify in the Black Sox trial. Arnold Rothstein says he didn’t pay $10,000 for the missing confessions in the Black Sox case.  Rothstein also says he has no … Continue reading →

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Driver Trapped in Crushed Car

Posted on October 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Oct. 10, 1959: The obituary of Carl Frank Ludwig Ed (pronounced "Eed"), creator of “Harold Teen,” makes the front page. Firefighters use hydraulic jacks to free Thomas Kerry Richmond, 16, who crashed into an abutment beneath the Southern Pacific overpass … Continue reading →

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