Category Archives: Homicide

March 5, 1959: Blinded by Bullet, Officer Shoots Gunman Who Killed Partner

Posted on March 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Through the 1950s, Police Officer Ector A. Garcia became a minor celebrity for producing sketches of crime suspects that were astonishingly accurate. But he wanted the excitement of being on the streets and that’s what he got. Garcia and his … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, March 3, 1959

Posted on March 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photographs by the Los Angeles Times Frank Heller and Linda Mintz in a photograph published Nov. 11, 1958, in The Times.  Slave Camp to Murder Trial Nazi Victim Still Hopes For Linda Mintz, tomorrow the horror may end. The tiny, … Continue reading →

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Grim Sleeper Revisited — January 1987

Posted on March 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Barbara Ware, killed at the age of 23, whose body was found Jan. 10, 1987. I thought it would be interesting to examine the 1987 LAPD tape of the call reporting the death of Barbara Ware, one of 11 homicides … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 21, 1959

Posted on February 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

Killer Thinks He Deserves to Die By Paul CoatesStaff Columnist Robert Leonard Mason wants to die. Without a flicker of emotion, the 40-year-old confessed murderer told me today: "I think I should go to the gas chamber. "Through the State … Continue reading →

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Arabs on Alert, Baseball Strike? February 20, 1969

Posted on February 20, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nancy Sinatra … in WAX! To simulate prejudice, brunet students eat at a table designed "No Blondes." At left, Arab countries prepare for retaliation for a terrorist attack on an El Al airliner at Zurich. Also… Take the time to … Continue reading →

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Airliner Vanishes En Route to L.A., Coin Flip for Alcindor, February 19, 1969

Posted on February 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Mineral County Airlines DC-3 was found in August on the northeast face of Mt. Whitney. Lew Alcindor and the New York Nets –what might have been. Back when two basketball leagues were battling over the best players, the Nets … Continue reading →

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LBJ Upstages Ike, What’s Wrong With the Dodgers, February 19, 1959

Posted on February 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sen. Lyndon Johnson steals the show from President Eisenhower during a stop in Texas. Gene Sherman calls Richard Nixon"one of the world’s great extemporaneous speakers." Woman’s arms, legs, found on highway between Tijuana and Rosarito Beach. Above, Robert Leonard Mason … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 6, 1959

Posted on February 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Good Scout’s Bid Makes Cub Happy I promised you this report. It’s my final one, I hope, on a kid named Butch Harris, who a few months ago got his first lesson in how little some big people … Continue reading →

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February 3, 1939: Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on February 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Notice the item about the police psychiatrist. This post will eventually be filled by Dr. Joseph Paul De River.

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, February 5, 1959

Posted on February 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Soiled Politics in Rosarito Raid I’m back from the sleepy little border village of Tijuana after a quick visit to its dirty little jail. And glad to be back. Feeling much better now, thank you. Had a hot … Continue reading →

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Man Kills Dentist Over Picture, 1936

Posted on January 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

I said in a previous post that the fate of Peter Voiss' burros was unrecorded. Unrecorded in The Times, that is. Regular Daily Mirror reader Dick Morris sent along some information about Voiss and his beloved animals, Trixie, Jimmie and … Continue reading →

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Man Kills Dentist Over Picture, 1936

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

A reader asked if I would do more stories from 1939. Here’s what I found. I guess you can never have too many stories about cantankerous old coots with shotguns. Update: Several people have asked what became of Sylvester Warner. … Continue reading →

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Missing Boy Found Dead, L.A. Hockey, January 28, 1959

Posted on January 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Bad news for beatniks. Above, the supermarket strike-lockout appears to be over … The Soviet Union promises world domination (remember Nikita Khrushchev is coming to visit Los Angeles later in the year) … Vice President Richard Nixon supports foreign aid … Continue reading →

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Baby Burned to Death on Stove, Dodgers Scout Players, January 25, 1959

Posted on January 25, 2009 by lmharnisch

Whenever someone tells you the past was a "kinder, simpler time," show them this article. I’m unable to find any further stories on this tragic incident. My boyfriend embarrasses me because he won’t race his car…. An advice column by … Continue reading →

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January 24, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 24, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 23, 1959

Posted on January 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Scroll Crusade Strikes Deeply You ask me, I say Burton Chace is carrying this "economy-in-government" crusade too far. Let him cut financial corners by buying cheaper wastebaskets or by scrapping the jazzy two-tone commodes in the new Board … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates — Confidential File, January 15, 1959

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Mother Knows Best (She Says So Herself) REPORT FROM A BOY’S BEST FRIEND: Deep down in the grimy recesses of my mind lives the unreasonable conviction that, in my dear mother’s eyes, I’m a bum. As I say, … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Short remembered, January 15, 1947

Posted on January 15, 2009 by lmharnisch

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-382479120564900203&hl=en&fs=true A video I did on the caseseveral years ago. Today is the anniversary of the killing of Elizabeth Short, whose body was found in the 3800 block of South Norton Avenue in 1947. I always do two things in … Continue reading →

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January 14, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

Posted on January 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

CONFIDENTIAL FILE Red Tape Frequently Chokes Logic, Justice Postscript to a tragedy: Two and a half years ago, a young Norwalk housewife returned from the home of a neighbor to find her husband sprawled dying across his bed. He had … Continue reading →

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Parolee sought in killing of studio executive, January 1959

Posted on January 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

George Albert Scott and Curtis C. Lichtenwalter were leaving the In Between Cafe, 5414 Melrose, with $400 and a sawed-off shotgun about midnight Dec. 30, 1958, when they encountered Kenneth S. Savoy, 35, on his way into the bar. "Just … Continue reading →

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