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Category Archives: LAPD
October 25, 1943: Restaurant Manager Turns Tables on Robbers
October 25, 1943: Three bandits who hit a handful of businesses met their match at a cafe at 1306 S. Main St. when they tried to hold up assistant manager Joe D. Poindexter. As one man leaned across the counter to get the cash, Poindexter grabbed his gun, chased them as they fled and shot one of them. Continue reading
Posted in 1943, Comics, Downtown, Film, Hollywood, LAPD, Main Street, World War II
Tagged #Main Street, 1943, film, hollywood, lapd
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October 23, 1957: Matt Weinstock
October 23, 1957: An intoxicated woman hails a police car, which provides a ride to jail. She’s freed, but then arrested for a warrant on a traffic ticket on a 1956 car — only she says she never owned a 1956 model, just a 1926 that she sold a year ago. Continue reading
Posted in #courts, Columnists, LAPD, Matt Weinstock
Tagged 1957, Alcoholics Anonymous, lapd, Matt Weinstock, the Sun Also Rises
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October 22, 1958: Mob suspected in bookie’s killing
October 22, 1958: Clifford Rue was a man who was ahead of his time when it came to sports results and behind on the payments to his bookie. Continue reading
Posted in #courts, Front Pages, Homicide, LAPD, San Fernando Valley
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October 22, 1907: Mayor’s Son Gives a Lesson in Identifying L.A. County Sheriff’s Badges
October 22, 1907: Mayor’s son gives a lesson on L.A. County sheriff’s badges. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, LAPD, Streetcars
Tagged #Sheriff's Department, 1907, badges, lapd, Streetcars
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October 19, 1938: Stolen statue — Nuestro Pueblo
October 19, 1938: Writer Joe Seewerker and artist Charles Owens visit the statue of a miner at Carthay Center, later stolen and cut up by thieves. And yes, they were caught. By Stephanie Lazarus. Continue reading
Posted in #courts, Architecture, art and artists, LAPD, Nuestro Pueblo
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October 17, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File
October 17, 1957: Paul Coates talks to a man who fled because he was suspected in the still-unsolved killing of Marguerite Keota in 1954. Continue reading
October 16, 1947: LAPD Issues Guns to Policewomen!
October 16, 1947: The LAPD changes the uniform for policewomen and issues them guns — to be fashionably carried in a shoulder-slung black purse, also convenient for carrying handcuffs. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Crime and Courts, LAPD
Tagged #guns, 1947, badassery, crime and courts, lapd, policewomen
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October 14, 1907: ‘In 9 cases out of 10, Where There Is a Shooting, There Is Also a Woman’
October 14, 1907: There was Oscar E. Otto, a young chauffeur with a hot temper and a gun. There was his 19-year-old wife, the former Irene E. Jester, “a silly little creature with futile tears and French heels.” And there was J.C. Henderson, another chauffeur with a gun and better aim or more luck. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged #guns, 1907, domestic violence, homicide, tragic affairs
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October 13, 1907: 2 Die in Tong War
October 13, 1907: Gunmen imported from out of town by the Hop Sing Tong entered the tailor shop of Lem Sing at 806 Juan St. in Chinatown and under the pretense of having some clothing made, wounded him and killed Wong Goon Kor. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Black Dahlia, Books and Authors, Crime and Courts, Education, Food and Drink, Homicide, LAPD, Streetcars
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October 9. 1907: Trellis, The Confidence Woman
October 9, 1907: She was known as Trellis C. Harris or Trellis Blessing—or Edna Hall. But her method was always the same. She would commit some theft, then fake an epileptic fit, spitting up blood from a capsule hidden in her mouth. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, Black Dahlia, Crime and Courts, LAPD, Pasadena
Tagged #fraud, 1907, crime and courts, Pasadena
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Black Dahlia: Ask Me Anything, October 2025
This month’s Ask Me Anything on the Black Dahlia case, including a progress report on Heaven Is HERE! and what sources went into creation of the Black Dahlia Mystique. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Black Dahlia, Cold Cases, Homicide, LAPD
Tagged Ask Me Anything, Black Dahlia, Cleveland Torso Killings, Elizabeth Short, John Gilmore, lapd
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October 7, 1909: Jurors Convict Man, Take Up a Collection for Him
October 7, 1909: Pedro Vasquez was arrested by Detective Talamantes for stealing two pairs of trousers. After the jurors convicted Vasquez, they took up a collection so he could buy a shirt since he didn’t have one. Continue reading
Posted in #courts, Fashion, LAPD, Obituaries
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October 6, 1949: LAPD Gangster Squad Abolished
October 6, 1949: The LAPD’s Gangster Squad is abolished under Police Chief William Worton. Continue reading
October 4, 1957: Madness
October 4, 1957: Allene Durston, dying of bone cancer, kidnaps her grandson, Ronald White, 9, kills him and commits suicide. Continue reading
Posted in Homicide, LAPD, San Fernando Valley, Suicide
Tagged 1957, cancer, murder-suicide, San Fernando Valley
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October 3, 1947: Full House – Burglar Slips In on Mystery Writer’s Poker Game
October 3, 1947: Reddest face in town yesterday belonged to Charles Bennett, writer of screen mysteries in which the brilliant detective always catches the crook. While he had a few friends in for a card game, a burglar crawled through a window and stole his wife’s purse and a pair of earrings. Continue reading
Posted in 1947, Books and Authors, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, LAPD
Tagged 1947, burglaries, comics, crime and courts, film, hollywood, lapd
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October 1, 1910: ‘A Terrible Roar’
October 1, 1910: The Los Angeles Times Building is bombed, killing 20 employees. Continue reading
Posted in 1910, Crime and Courts, Downtown, Fires, Labor, LAPD
Tagged #Times bombing, 1910
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September 30, 1959: Matt Weinstock
Sept. 30, 1959: “The body of a San Bernardino Freeway crash victim was hurled into a tree where it hung unnoticed for five hours today” … W.C. Fields vs. Cecil B. DeMille … and Matt Weinstock on some friendly traffic officers. Continue reading
Posted in Columnists, Film, Hollywood, LAPD, Matt Weinstock, Transportation
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September 28, 1907: L.A. Motorcycle Club Backs Ban on Loud Pipes
September 28, 1907: Members of the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club have written to officials in support of a measure banning loud exhaust pipes on motorcycles. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, City Hall, LAPD, Transportation
Tagged 1907, loud pipes, motorcycles
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September 27, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File
September 27, 1959: Paul Coates has the story of Edward Gandara, who despite being stabbed by the attacker, saved an 11-year-old girl from being raped. Continue reading
Posted in Columnists, LAPD, Paul Coates
Tagged #Gene Autry, 1957, Annie Oakley, Gail Davis, Paul Coates
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September 27, 1907: Child Welfare Officer Cites Ringling Bros. for Underage Performers
September 27, 1907: A child welfare officer cites Ringling Bros. for having underage performers — on the circus’ last day in town. Continue reading
Posted in 1907, LAPD, Theaters
Tagged 1907, circus, crime and courts, Gerry Society, Ringling Bros.
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