Category Archives: #courts

Burned Bones Indicate Grim Fate of Missing Family

Posted on August 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Aug. 4, 1910: The San Francisco Call. Isn’t that a great font? And two kinds of “Ms.” Aug. 4-5, 1910: The Kendall family disappears from a ranch outside Santa Rosa and investigators find grisly evidence that they were slaughtered. … Continue reading →

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L.A. Makes Theater Censor Billboards for Play

Posted on August 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

Aug. 3, 1910: Remember that beer is a health drink – like “liquid bread.” On the jump, the manager of the Grand Operahouse is arrested for violating the city’s billboard laws over posters for “Queen of the Highway.” Accompanied … Continue reading →

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The Case of ‘Tiger Man’ Figueroa

Posted on July 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Above, George E. “Tiger Man” Figueroa, as portrayed in a courtroom sketch by The Times. At right, Figueroa’s recent bride, Sarah, who was badly beaten and shot in the head. July 21, 1910: The Times publishes the sensational … Continue reading →

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Earl Rogers and L.A.’s Picketing Ban

Posted on July 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Attorney Earl Rogers, who drafted L.A.’s ban on picketing and defended Clarence Darrow on charges of attempting to bribe jurors in the trial of the McNamara brothers in The Times bombing. July 16-19, 1910: … Continue reading →

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Ohio Mob Lynches Private Detective

Posted on July 9, 2010 by lmharnisch

July 9, 1910: Charles Etherington, one of several detectives sent to Newark by the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, is lynched in the public square by a mob of men and women after the former police chief, who owned the Last Chance … Continue reading →

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Jack Johnson Gets Hero’s Welcome

Posted on July 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Julian Robinson / Los Angeles Times Jack Johnson and his wife, Irene, after winning a legal battle to avoid being evicted from their home at 2015 Hyperion Ave. because he was black, March 31, 1943. July 8, 1910: … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Brenda Allen

Posted on July 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Most people have only seen photos of 1940s Los Angeles vice queen Brenda Allen that show her in sunglasses and a hat with a veil, like the photo at right. This unusual photo at left, that shows what she actually … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates, Confidential File, July 5, 1960

Posted on July 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

July 5, 1960: I have to hand it to Paul Coates. For this column, he tries to beat an 80-year-old con woman at her own game. Here’s his Jan. 28, 1960, piece about her. Notice the Page 1 story … Continue reading →

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Missouri Mob Lynches Two Blacks

Posted on July 4, 2010 by lmharnisch

July 4, 1910: Charleston, Mo. — "Those in the yard — the women and children — could hear the sounds of a sledge hammer as the lock was knocked off the cell door. In a few moments a shout announced … Continue reading →

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Another Voice – The Herald

Posted on July 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 29, 1910: Times cartoonist Edmund Waller “Ted” Gale on the labor situation in Los Angeles. Lissner is Meyer Lissner (d. 1930), whom The Times attacked as a Goo-Goo (Good Government) official and political boss. Lissner was chairman of … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 30, 1960

Posted on June 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

Mary Lou Rogers says she is in love with sex strangler Donald Kinman. "For 18 months I lived as Don's common-law wife," the comely divorcee said. "I never suspected that he was a sex strangler. A killer. Even though, … Continue reading →

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Pinball Raids in South Gate

Posted on June 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

Women’s swimsuits are on sale for $11.99 [$85.89 USD 2009]. June 30, 1960: Bad news for the Buzz Inn, 3025 Tweedy Blvd., and the Chug a Lug, 3042 Tweedy Blvd. And yes, the Chug a Lug is still there. … Continue reading →

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Police Detective Alleges Corruption

Posted on June 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

Sept. 26, 1979 June 27, 1980: After more than 1,000 hours of investigation, the district attorney's office closes its inquiry into Det. Donald Wicklund’s charges of misconduct in the Los Angeles Police Department, ending a messy, complicated case involving … Continue reading →

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Pages of History

Posted on June 25, 2010 by lmharnisch

’m doing a fair amount of research these days on the Oct. 1, 1910, bombing of The Times and have been referring to W.W. Robinson’s slim 1969 book “Bombs and Bribery,” which is a good introduction to the incident … Continue reading →

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A Rhubarb Over Groceries

Posted on June 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

South Avenue 19 via Google maps’ street view. June 22, 1910: A grocer sends two employees to the home of Francisco Belasco, 232 S. Avenue 19, to recover some goods delivered there by mistake. It doesn’t go well.

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A Blow to Strikers

Posted on June 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 18, 1910: The stage is set for the famous anti-picketing ordinance approved by the City Council in July 1910. For further reading, I would recommend Grace Heilman Stimson’s “Rise of the Labor Movement in Los Angeles,” published in … Continue reading →

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Wife Spanks Husband for Being a Drunk

Posted on June 15, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1910: Linen suits at Hale’s, $4.95 [$112.56 USD 2009]. On the jump, The Times has another court story in dialect, this time about Olaf Swanson and his drinking problems.

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Major Crimes Decline, LAPD Says

Posted on June 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

“I’m No Good … No Good … No Good!” June 12, 1960: The LAPD, which has kept detailed statistics for decades, finds that major crimes declined 5.7% in 1959 after a three-year increase. Of the 3,124 people who applied … Continue reading →

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LAPD Captain Accused of Corruption

Posted on June 10, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 10, 1910: An AMA convention in St. Louis finds out what a Nautsch dancer is. On the jump, the complicated case of Police Capt. Charles E. Dixon and Hampshire Hotel operator William D. Gage. Dixon, the head of … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, June 8, 1960

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 8, 1960 – Matt Weinstock says, “As the streetcar passed Evergreen cemetery, proofreader Frank Martinez heard a little boy exclaim, ‘Look at all the pretty flowers, mommy! I wish I could get you some like that!’ She replied, … Continue reading →

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