Category Archives: LAPD

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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Brave Officer Halts Runaway Horse

Posted on August 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Aug. 2, 1910: Patrolman R.M. Green was directing traffic at 3rd and Main streets when a runaway horse pulling a light wagon plunged toward the intersection. Green jumped into the back of the wagon and made his way to … 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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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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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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Learn to Operate a Linotype!

Posted on June 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 20, 1910: The Times charges $50 [$1,136.94 USD 2009] for six weeks of Linotype school. Notice the reference to the auxiliary plant, where The Times was published after the Oct. 1, 1910, bombing destroyed the newspaper building at 1st … Continue reading →

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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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Landslide Closes Hill Street Tunnel

Posted on June 13, 2010 by lmharnisch

  A landslide closes the Hill Street tunnel, which was demolished when the “nose” of Bunker Hill was removed in June 1955.  June 13, 1910: Police find that the athletic burglar who was caught the other day has refined tastes … Continue reading →

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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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Death of a Mad Dog

Posted on June 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

  The dealer says this Arts and Crafts furniture will last for a century, June 8, 1910: A Wyoming rancher tracks down and kills a wolf nicknamed “One Toe,” a notorious killer of cattle that was too wary for traps … Continue reading →

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LAPD Sets Up Speed Trap on Grand Avenue

Posted on June 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 7, 1910: The 20% grade of Grand Avenue is a popular place for car salesmen to show customers the speed of their vehicles. In fact, Grand is such a perfect test track that the Police Department has set … Continue reading →

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The Times’ Court Reporter Files a Story in Dialect

Posted on June 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

  June 3, 1910: The Times’ court reporter files a story in dialect about two African American women who are charged with fighting. Ouch. And police arrest newsboys shooting dice behind the offices of Los Angeles Record (1886-1931).

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Homemade Bread Is Slavery!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by lmharnisch

   June 2, 1910: Husbands! Homemade bread is slavery! A loaf of Holsum (10 cents/$2.27 USD 2009) is better anyway. On the jump, a pincher gets pinched.

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 1, 1960

Posted on June 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

June 1, 1960: Paul Coates has a follow-up on the raid on the 25-cent gambling pool on roller derby at Olympic Auditorium. The judge dismissed the case.

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Stubborn Handcuffs Keep Prisoners Out of Jail

Posted on May 30, 2010 by lmharnisch

  Look! It’s Julian Eltinge! May 30, 1910: “Babe” McCain, the bouncer at Turner Hall, brings two prisoners to the police station, but they can’t be booked until McCain removes the handcuffs – which proves to be a problem. And … Continue reading →

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She’s Not Afraid of a Mere Man

Posted on May 27, 2010 by lmharnisch

May 27, 1910: Elizabeth La Rue, a costumer at the Majestic Theater Building, is in the news for grabbing a man who rented one of her costumes and was trying to sell it at a secondhand shop. La Rue took … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Thicker’n Thieves

Posted on May 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

Former Police Sgt. Charles Stoker’s “Thicker’n Thieves” has attained a measure of respect that it never had when it was published in 1951. Even five or six years ago, it was possible to pick up a copy for almost nothing … Continue reading →

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Prelude to the Bombing of The Times

Posted on May 26, 2010 by lmharnisch

The Los Angeles County Hall of Records, which survived a 1910 bombing attempt, as it appeared during the realignment of Spring Street in 1929.    In the months leading up to the bombing of the Los Angeles Times by union … Continue reading →

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