Good Help Is Hard To Find
May 11, 1927Los Angeles Most liquor raids are tedious affairs, a pack of lit-up salesmen here, a couple sobbing college boys there. But once in a while, officers make a raid that’s just kind of...
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The Fiend in Human Form
May 14, 1927 Long Beach Miss Madeline Lindsley was on her way home from a party when shortly before midnight, the pretty 19 year old encountered a man who abruptly grabbed her by the neck, and threw...
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Hit Records Make a Splash
August 11, 1927Los Angeles Three terrific explosions ripped through the Hall of Records to-day! Who could have committed such a dastardly act? Anarchists? Bolsheviks? Theosophists?...
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‘Tis the Season for Rum Running and Shoot Outs…
December 10, 1927 Los Angeles According to police there are several rival gangs of bootleggers known to be in the city for the Christmas holiday season, and a full blown gang war may be in the offing....
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Matthew 5:16 Goes Electric
 December 16, 1927 Sawtelle Los Angeles Police Captain W. L. Hagenbaugh feeds more juice into the stills of Sawtelle than he gets from them; after he raids the moonshiners and chops up their...
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Death Potion No. 5
January 7, 1927Los Angeles Bending the Volstead Act to the breaking point is de rigeur among the smart set, with an evening of drinking rarely resulting in anything worse than a queasy stomach and a...
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Everybody Has to Fall Some Time
February 4, 1927 Los Angeles A police dragnet is closing in on the killers of Luther H. Green. A member of the Los Angeles Stock Exchange, Green was slain outside of his home at 1053 Bonnie Brae, as...
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Anything for a Bust
February 6, 1927 Over the weekend, the District Attorney’s crackerjack Prohibition task force proved beyond the shadow of a doubt their devotion to the cause. Then again, after the theatrical busts...
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The Candy Man Can
March 3, 1927 Los Angeles "Who can take a sunrise, Sprinkle it with dew, Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two? The candyman, the candyman can, The candyman can ’cause he mixes it with love and...
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In the Line of Duty
March 16, 1927 Los Angeles If the drys are gonna catch the wets, they’re gonna have to wet themselves. So to speak. At the trial of John H. Wyncoop, former chief field agent for the boys of the...
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