Category Archives: LAPD

51 Held in Gambling Raids

Posted on December 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

  “Oh, Man” by Clare Briggs. Dec. 22, 1919: Detectives with the help of the “purity squad” raid several fan tan games and arrest 51 people. Notice the detectives’ names, especially that of McAfee, who is the infamous Guy McAfee.  The … Continue reading →

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Pastor Accused of Stealing Church Funds, Eloping With Choir Member

Posted on December 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Dec. 22, 1909: I had a difficult time picking a story this morning because the entire page is fascinating. First there’s the pastor from a small town in Indiana who is accused of stealing money from his church and eloping with … Continue reading →

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On the Frontiers of Medicine

Posted on December 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Receiving Hospital cot where more than 600 died. Dec. 19, 1909: “Within a few days the old rubber-covered cot at the Receiving Hospital in the Central Police Station will be removed, and a new and more sanitary operating stand … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 18, 1959

Posted on December 18, 2009 by lmharnisch

Code 3     Late one afternoon about two weeks ago, as Jack Fuller was driving past Pico Blvd. and Roxbury Dr., en route home from his job at the Hollywood office of civil defense, he saw a commotion inside the … Continue reading →

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Three Accused of Fraud in Newspaper Contest

Posted on December 13, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 13, 1909: Los Angeles police detain three people accused of swindling the Ogden, Utah, Evening Standard in a publicity campaign. Ogden Mayor William Glassman, a part-owner of the  paper, says the suspects conspired to take a $300 prize … Continue reading →

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December 12, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

Posted on December 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comment “Dear Paul– “Re your column in which you became confused over the use of the words ‘lay’ and ‘lie’ and settled by saying ‘get prone.’ ” ‘Lie’ would have been the correct word.  Intransitive, you know. … Continue reading →

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December 11, 1959: Matt Weinstock

Posted on December 11, 2009 by lmharnisch

L.A. Justice  As Ida Gutierrez, 44, a restaurant cashier, stepped from a 4 bus at Melrose and La Brea last Aug. 26 a woman who got off at the same time grabbed at a half-open package and excitedly accused her … Continue reading →

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Drunk Man Kills Food Wagon Vendor

Posted on December 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

What women want for Christmas: a desk. Dec. 8, 1909: The operator of a food wagon at 9th and Main streets is shot to death after refusing to give some food to a drunk man. The killer escapes through a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 7, 1959

Posted on December 7, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The Rainbow's End     One by one the old landmarks are disappearing.  Last week the Rainbow, with its old-fashioned mahogany bar, folded.     The shabby Rainbow was known in bat cave circles as the saloon that cared.  Great men … Continue reading →

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Bank Robbers Captured

Posted on December 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times publishes a map by Charles Owens, who later contributed to “Nuestro Pueblo.” This is about the earliest work of his I’ve seen in the paper.  The bank robbery story carries the byline of Otis M. Wiles, which is … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Dec. 5, 1959

Posted on December 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Mash Notes and Comment       "Mr. Coates:     "In your column of last Wednesday, you delved into the timely issue of 'Is TV on the Up-and-Up?'     "You suggested, rather broadly, that maybe it isn't.     "You cited Desi … Continue reading →

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Couple Held in Bank Robbery

Posted on December 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Police arrest Edward Hudson and “Jane Smith” in the Hellman bank holdup. Police also find the blue getaway car… … and a second vehicle. Authorities are pursuing Arthur Brown in the Hellman robbery.  Hudson and “Smith” are arrested in a … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 3, 1959

Posted on December 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

      Book Banning     In 1946 two Los Angeles booksellers were arrested for selling copies of Edmund Wilson's "Memoirs of Hecate County," which had been banned.  The book was ruled obscene and they were convicted.    Now, 13 years later, … Continue reading →

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Jack ‘the Enforcer’ Whalen Killed

Posted on December 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The Times brings out an extra on Whalen’s death. Photograph by the Los Angeles Times The body of Jack “the Enforcer” Whalen lies on the floor on Rondelli’s restaurant.   TALES FROM THE GANGSTER SQUAD Death of 'the Enforcer' … Continue reading →

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Singer Pleads Not Guilty to Soliciting

Posted on December 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Akron has remote-control dachshunds — “a zany plaything.” Johnnie Ray says he just invited a friendly undercover officer up to his room for a nightcap. Nothing indecent about that. Mr. Flynn, would you like gold plating on that nude statue … Continue reading →

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Three Pros Hold Up Bank

Posted on December 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  The Times illustrates the  holdup with a cutaway drawing of the bank. One of the bank robbers looked like a “hop head” or drug fiend, The Times says.  Dec. 2, 1919: “The robbery, according to veteran detectives, was planned … Continue reading →

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Homeowner Captures Burglar After Struggle

Posted on December 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 2, 1909: William Mulholland says the aqueduct from Owens Valley will be done a year ahead of schedule.   The East Adams Boulevard neighborhood via Google maps street view. Dec. 2, 1909: Romeo E. Ellithorp [or Ellithorpe]  and … Continue reading →

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LAPD Disputes FBI Crime Statistics

Posted on December 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Dec. 1, 1959: You may recall that there was mutual animosity between FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Police Chief William H. Parker. One reason was that Parker thought the bureau’s national crime statistics were inaccurate and distorted Los … Continue reading →

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Drug Addicts Blamed for Crime Wave

Posted on November 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

"Ninety-nine percent of the present series of holdups, burglaries, armed robberies and other deeds of violence being committed nightly in this city and sometimes referred too as the 'crime wave' are the work of drug fiends seeking to get narcotics … Continue reading →

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New Symphony Uses Car Horn

Posted on November 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

  Nov. 30, 1909: Perhaps you thought George Gershwin was the first composer to use car horns in a piece of music (“American in Paris”). But no. August Bungert uses an auto horn in his new symphonic work, “Zeppelin’s First … Continue reading →

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