Category Archives: Homicide

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Your Officer-Involved Shooting of a Teenager

Posted on July 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 24, 1946: Anthonette Montenegro swings her purse at officers during a corner's inquest that determined that Deputy H.H. Hodges was justified in killing her 13-year-old son, Eugene, a burglary suspect.

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Man Killed in San Pedro Over Woman

Posted on July 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 24, 1889: Coroner Meredith yesterday went down to San Pedro, where he held an inquest on the body of Martin Winter, the mate of the schooner Jessie Minor, who was killed in a stabbing affray at that place Monday … Continue reading →

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July 23, 2009: Darryl Thomas Kemp, Paroled Sex Killer Strikes Again, Gets Death Penalty for the Third Time

Posted on July 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 17, 1959: Darryl Thomas Kemp is linked to the killing of Marjorie Hipperson. He killed again a few months after being paroled in 1978. The nylon stocking murder of nurse Marjorie Hipperson, one of the most sensational Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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5 Lynched in Louisiana

Posted on July 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 22, 1899, Tallulah, La.: "When he got to the courthouse square, a crowd of about two hundred and fifty citizens overpowered the sheriff and, after a severe struggle, took Joe and Charles Defatta down to the slaughter pen and … Continue reading →

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Man Sought in Oklahoma Killing Arrested in L.A.

Posted on July 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 21, 1899: Clyde Mattox, a murder suspect wanted in Oklahoma, talks to a reporter because they are both members of the Knights of Pythias. "In 1889 when but 19 years of age, Mattox was a member of the police … Continue reading →

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Man Says He’s Jack the Ripper!

Posted on July 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 20, 1889: A man confesses to being Jack the Ripper — no wait, he's only a drunken lunatic.

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Jack the Ripper Strikes Again

Posted on July 17, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 17, 1889: Another horrible murder by Jack the Ripper.

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Killing in Chinatown

Posted on July 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 15, 1889: Siegel the Hatter, under the Nadeau Hotel. July 15, 1889: A killing in Chinatown. The old newspapers never spared the gruesome details.

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Body of Missing Woman Found in Car Trunk; Dodgers Win in 13th Inning

Posted on July 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 10, 1959: A heatwave sears Southern California as a fire threatens homes in the Linda Vista neighborhood of Pasadena. More attacks are feared in Vietnam after a bombing kills two American advisors. An Inglewood police officer putting a ticket … Continue reading →

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Black Man Survives Lynching

Posted on July 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

  July 10, 1899: Dick "Trilby" Williams, an African American charged with killing two white men, survives being lynched because the marshal of Alma, Kan., cut him down after six minutes. Although this story says Williams wasn't expected to live, … Continue reading →

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Executive’s Killing Reveals Double Life

Posted on July 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

View Larger Map Seco Street, Pasadena, in the vicinity of the killing, via Google maps' street view. George T. Judd lived a model life as far as anyone could tell. He was a respected financial executive, and he and his … Continue reading →

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Funeral Home Refuses to Give Up Body of Murder Victim

Posted on July 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

July 9, 1899: The coroner gets enmeshed in a grim dispute over the body of a murder victim. Before C.D. Howry, the coroner's preferred funeral home, could claim the remains of Mrs. Earl Hanchette, Bresee and Shafer, a rival company, … Continue reading →

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Downtown L.A. Is Red, White and Blue

Posted on July 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

   July 4, 1889: The cable cars and the engine house are decorated for the Fourth of July … and two neighboring ranchers settle their differences at the blacksmith shop.

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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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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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Body of Missing Executive Found; Nolan Ryan’s Close Call With History

Posted on June 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

  June 18, 1959, the introduction of Charlie Brown's sister Sally begins a story line  about the the births of children that quickly turns dark. June 19, 1979: In 20 years, "Peanuts" has become a sitcom, mildly amusing in a … Continue reading →

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LAPD Detective Killed in Raid

Posted on June 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times, June 19, 1921: Detective John Fitzgerald is shot in the stomach at 2392 W. 30th St., where police had returned for evidence after arresting six men on burglary charges. Despite his wounds (the bullet went through him and … Continue reading →

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A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept: Family Dispute

Posted on June 16, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 16, 1946: Samuel Alson tries to commit suicide after killing his son, Clayton, and the son's fiancee, Loma Quiroz. Killer Samuel Aslon escaped from prison in 1950, but The Times never reported whether he was recaptured. Samuel Aslon died … Continue reading →

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Man Kills Wife, Attempts Suicide

Posted on June 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 15, 1899: Earl Hanchett kills his wife and attempts suicide. The nurse who was hired to tend their baby says: "Why didn't you do as good a job on yourself as you did on her?" Hanchett lived to stand … Continue reading →

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Man Kills Wife, Lover

Posted on June 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 10, 1930

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