Category Archives: #courts

Man Convicted of Shooting Wife Fights a Team of Officers

Posted on September 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 12, 1909: Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland." McCay's drawings are a mixed blessing. He was a wonderful artist with a fabulous imagination — and he drew this appalling character, Imp. A police automobile speeding on a call crashes … Continue reading →

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A Shotgun Divorce

Posted on September 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 9, 1919: Military schools are flourishing in Los Angeles. Someone came up behind Frank Gentile while he was sleeping on the couch and blew off the back of his head with a 16-gauge shotgun. Because he was Italian, police … Continue reading →

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A Fatal Can of Chili?

Posted on September 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 9, 1909: Follow the crowds to Venice! The city chemist's failure to analyze a half-empty can of chili con carne before it spoiled — preventing a test for food poisoning — figures in the murder trial of Harper E. … Continue reading →

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Good Girl Becomes a Fallen Woman

Posted on September 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 8, 1909: A.G. Wells, as drawn by Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale. As before, the Daily Mirror cautions against walking on railroad tracks. Pedestrians and cows  usually come out second best in encounters with trains. The story of Mabel Massey, … Continue reading →

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September 7, 1959: Paul V. Coates — Confidential File

Posted on September 7, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Woman Uses Movie Star’s Photo in Lonely Hearts Ad

Posted on September 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 5, 1919: "Wonder What a Girl in the Chorus Thinks About" by Clare Briggs.  Fay Tincher and the Christie Film Co. sue Henry Jahn, publisher of a matrimonial newspaper, and Ethel Smith, accusing her of using Tincher's picture with … Continue reading →

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Police Captain Found Not Guilty of Corruption

Posted on September 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Sept. 5, 1909: Etiwanda Vineyards. You get the profit — We do the work.     Capt. Thomas H. Broadhead is found not guilty of taking a $1,000 bribe for protection in the red light district. Even so, the … Continue reading →

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Black Man Fined for ‘Indecent Proposal’ to White Woman

Posted on September 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 3, 1909: Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale draws C.J. Wade. Henry Weaver, an African American, is fined $50 ($1,183.74 USD 2008) for asking a white woman to go out.

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Detective’s Toupee Burns

Posted on September 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 2, 1909: Cartoonist Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale draws Charles L. Hubbard Detective Thomas Ziegler's toupee is singed during an accident at the police station involving mysterious powder, a cuspidor and a discarded cigarette. Oscar Chavez, charged with perjury in … Continue reading →

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Sleepwalker Falls From Streetcar

Posted on September 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 1, 1909: Edmund Walller "Ted" Gale draws former Mayor Harper on the witness stand. Francisco Tralenna breaks his arm while sleepwalking — on a streetcar. A runaway horse at 1st and Los Angeles streets leaves two men injured, including … Continue reading →

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Eastside Scandal

Posted on August 31, 2009 by lmharnisch

A juicy item about a "frisky grass widow" and a prominent real estate man — with a "deluded" wife and "two or three" children. 

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Judge Bars Bus Strike; Giants Beat Dodgers

Posted on August 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1959: A judge's temporary restraining order prevents a bus and streetcar strike. Someone has a Cold War souvenir in the shed. Let's fire it up and see what happens. The threat of communist aggression casts a shadow over … Continue reading →

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Wife Shoots Cheating Husband in the Head

Posted on August 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1899: Cupidene restores lost manhood.

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Man Nearly Suffocates While Hiding From Police

Posted on August 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 29, 1889: J.T. Sheward has the latest in mourning fashions, including wool warp Henriettas. Detectives looking for stolen merchandise at a bordello find an opium setup and a naked man hiding in closet. One of the officers makes himself … Continue reading →

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Detective Captures Elusive Chicken Thief

Posted on August 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 28, 1899: Mullen and Bluett, 1st and Spring. Karl Schillinger is an elusive chicken thief, but Detective Auble tracked him down.

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Soldier’s Widow Spends Pension on Getting Drunk

Posted on August 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 28, 1889: The Times has a bonus for subscribers to the Weekly Mirror — a book on embroidery. Officer Dugan picks up a chronic alcoholic who spends her widow's pension on liquor.

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Theater Troupe Near Riot Over Pay

Posted on August 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 27, 1899: Alexandra Dagmar at the Orpheum … and at base-ball at Fiesta Park. Ladies free.   The backer of a theatrical troupe is taken to the police station for protection after performers threaten to riot because they … Continue reading →

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Voices — Dominick Dunne, 1925 – 2009

Posted on August 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / August 7, 2001 Dominick Dunne gestures during an introduction before reading to a small group of people from his book "Justice: Crimes, Trials and Punishments" at a Beverly Hills hotel. Dominick Dunne's Dangerous … Continue reading →

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Hair Trigger

Posted on August 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

    Aug. 26, 1899: For healthy babies, give them Gail Borden's Eagle Brand condensed milk.   A following story clears up some of the confusion. Louis Mayer was a barber and Mary E. Smith was a hairdresser who had … Continue reading →

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USC Coed Killed; O’Malley Confident on Chavez Ravine

Posted on August 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

The imam of Yemen beheads several "Christian agitators" and has others mutilated in a crackdown on liberal reforms … USC student Linda Edna Martin, 21, is found naked and bleeding to death outside her boyfriend's apartment. The Parker T-Ball Jotter … Continue reading →

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