Category Archives: #courts

Lawyer’s Life Unravels

Posted on June 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 29, 1889: Attorney Duval denies being a drug addict.

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The Family That Likes to Fight

Posted on June 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1899: Cooking with a gasoline stove. Meet the battling Colan boys!

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Minister, Wife, Pray as Confession to Sex Crime Is Read

Posted on June 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo May 4, 1939: Church members rally around the Rev. Joseph Jeffers and his wife, Zella, after their arraignment. June 27, 1939: The Rev. Joseph Jeffers and his wife, Zella, pray as her confession is read … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit Over Estate Reveals Abusive Home

Posted on June 27, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 27, 1889: Redondo Beach and Inglewood are being developed. June 27, 1889: A contested will brings the dirty linen of the Banta family into court … Eugene Destry's father-in-law accuses him of vagrancy as a last resort after Destry … Continue reading →

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Police Raid Colored Republican Club

Posted on June 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dec. 15, 1887: Effie Smith, a prostitute on Los Angeles Street, burns to death. She took a dose of morphine and lapsed into unconsciousness after lighting a cigarette. I found this item while trying to determine the location of … Continue reading →

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Women Gets Divorce From Missing Husband

Posted on June 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 26, 1889: Reynolds Bros. Architects. Josephine Abel gets a divorce from her husband, Abel.

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Grand Jury Vice Probe! Gilmore Field Expanded

Posted on June 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Put That Pistol Down, Young Lady." Keith's 1949 post on Gilmore Field has dropped us in the middle of an extremely complicated grand jury investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department. To summarize: Officers James Parslow, Thomas C. Lindholm … Continue reading →

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Woman Sets Trap for Man Who Sent Obscene Poem

Posted on June 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 25, 1889: Siegel the Hatter has handmade hats! June 25, 1889: A young lady named Carrie Arnold (or Carrier Turner — The Times used both names) receives an indecent proposal — in verse — and her father persuades her … Continue reading →

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Minister, Wife Tried on Sex Charges

Posted on June 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times June 24, 1939: The Rev. Joseph Jeffers and his wife, Zella, sit at the defense table during their sensational morals trial, in which prosecutors showed a film of them taken during a raid on … Continue reading →

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Police Court, June 24, 1899

Posted on June 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 24, 1899: The cure for weak men.

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Dog Attacks Actress — Koufax Sets Record

Posted on June 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 23, 1959: "Hello, Young Lady." Elaine Stewart said she was watching TV at the home of tenant Floyd Appel when his dog bit her on the lip. In 1963, she was awarded $4,500 in damages. At left, Irene Dunne … Continue reading →

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Veteran Burglar Convicted Again

Posted on June 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 22, 1899: Adjusted for inflation, these suits cost $51.10-$102.20. I was curious as to what "door key nippers" might be. Evidently they were some type of lock-picking device. I found this story: Feb. 16, 1903: "Stealing was going on … Continue reading →

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Sheriff’s Father Near Death

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 21, 1899: New bicycles cost $766.47 to $1,021.96, adjusted for inflation. The father of future Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz is near death.

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Mother Kills Dance Teacher Who Molested Daughter

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 21, 1889: Mattie Marlette accuses dance teacher Alfred Sullivan of molesting her 3-year-old daughter and shoots him to death. Many people, especially the noirists, prefer the papers of the 1930s and '40s, but I think the 1880s-1910 period is … Continue reading →

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GOP Unbeatable, Nixon Says!

Posted on June 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 20, 1959: This Isn't Any Laughing Matter, Ted." The newspapers of the 1950s are full of stories about callous police officers (usually the LAPD, sometimes Beverly Hills) handing out traffic tickets. It must have been quite a phenomenon. Richard … Continue reading →

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Drunks and Small Boys in Trouble!

Posted on June 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

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5 Die of Diphtheria on Eastside

Posted on June 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 19, 1889: Isaac Hall, a "cheeky Negro" is arrested.

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Governor Urged to Revive Crime Commission; A Dodger Retires

Posted on June 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Hey! Come Back Here!" County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn calls on Gov. Pat Brown to reactivate the state crime commission after reports of organized crime in California, while Mickey Cohen calls the whole matter a joke. "It's ridiculous. These false statements … Continue reading →

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Cannibalism on the Frontier