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May 10, 1907: A Murderous Sweep
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. All K. Tanimura wanted to do was clean the carpets at the Hotel Angelus at 407-411 S. Spring St. The sweeper, however, was broken so he sought help from the...
View ArticleMay 12, 1947: Laura Trelstad Raped, Strangled, Left in Long Beach Oil Field
Note: This is one of my first posts – as a comment – on the 1947Project. An encore from 2005. This is a reply to Mother of Three Choked to Death; Body Flung in Signal Hill Oil Field. This is, of...
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Black Dahlia: ‘It Was Him’ and Edward Wayne Edwards — No Way
Before you watch Episode 5 of “It Was Him,” (airing Monday at 9 p.m. on Paramount Net), which attempts to link Edward Wayne Edwards to the Black Dahlia case… Keep in mind: Edward Wayne Edwards was...
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Black Dahlia: ‘We Got Our Asses Handed to Us’
Here’s a follow-up on Episode 5 of “It Was Him.” Wayne Wolfe Jr. sums up my interview on John Cameron’s theory about Ed Edwards and the Black Dahlia case.
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May 17, 1907: Wife-Beating, Speeding Drivers and a Slashed Burro
May 17, 1907 Los Angeles Note: This is an encore post from 2006. The Le Canns continued their spat in court after Mrs. Le Cann showed Judge Chambers a piece of skin she said was torn from her lip when...
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Black Dahlia: A Note to Fans of Piu Eatwell’s ‘Black Dahlia, Red Rose’
Dear fans of Piu Eatwell’s “Black Dahlia, Red Rose” (I know there’s at least a few of you because you write to me): Leslie Dillon was absolutely, positively in San Francisco when Elizabeth Short was...
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May 20, 1907: James G. Fleenor, L.A.’s ‘Barefoot Burglar,’ Recaptured!
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. May 20, 1907 Los Angeles Night jailer O.L. Gilpin thought the man in the drunk tank looked familiar—and indeed he was. Despite passing himself off as George...
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May 21, 1907: J.G. Fleenor ‘Barefoot Burglar’ Talks!
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. In a jailhouse interview before he was taken to San Quentin, James G. Fleenor, the barefoot burglar, set the record straight on his escapes, his relationship...
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May 24, 1907: LAPD Motorcycle Officers Charge Driver and Passengers With...
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. May 24, 1907 Los Angeles Otis Skinner, the actor starring in “The Duel” at the Mason Opera House,” is under arrest because of a curious regulation in which...
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May 25, 1907: From the Recording Horn
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. May 25, 1907 Los Angeles Sold on the installment plan, $1 a week with the purchase of six records at 60 cents each, the Victor Talking Machines offered...
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May 26, 1907: Inventor of Miracle ‘Hot Air Engine’ Lives Lavishly, Then Vanishes
Only a few months before, William R. Leroy of Pennsylvania was a struggling inventor, moonlighting as a stevedore in Santa Monica and in the Fullerton oilfields. Walking to work because even the lowly...
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May 26, 1947: Otto Parzyjegla and the Killing of Alfred Haij
Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. As tragic as it is, the Otto Parzyjegla case is wonderful example of the distinct contrasts between the murder of...
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May 27, 1907: Prospector Rescued in Desert Tells Motorist: ‘This Is the Kind...
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. May 27, 1907 Death Valley, Calif. George Freeman and his wife of Pasadena, accompanied by Charles Fuller Gates of Los Angeles, were motoring out to Death Valley...
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Black Dahlia: A Concert Program Inscribed to ‘Betty Short’… From 1959. Wut?
Here’s an opportunity to buy a program from a David Rubinoff performance that was inscribed to “Eva and Betty Short” … for $150 … … that’s also dated 1959, 12 years after the killing of Elizabeth...
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May 30, 1907: Hop Chung, Chinese Laundryman, Presses Zoning Case in Court
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. May 30, 1907 Los Angeles Hop Chung is in trouble again. Chung, it seems, is no stranger to the legal system, with a police record going back to 1883. Ten years...
View ArticleMay 31, 1907: Memorial Day
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. May 31, 1907 Los Angeles In one Memorial Day observance, Col. James H. Davidson of Pasadena addresses the crowd at Memorial Hall. He says, in part: “Another...
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June 1, 1907: Former L.A. Councilman Charged With Running Bordello
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. June 1, 1907 Los Angeles Voir dire, in which lawyers question prospective jurors, is a rough and tumble affair, especially when the case involves prostitution....
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