More mid-century mayhem, as before these are from the L.A. Examiner archives....
Man trapped under a Pacific Electric freight car in Gardena 8-7-51....John C. Heldt Jr., victim.
Dr. (Chiropractor) Emilio Abitia (left), of 675 S. Vermont at the San Pedro Detective Bureau on 9/15/51....Abitia was questioned in the abortion death of Patricia Colbert, 22....the procedure allegedly conducted by Abitia in his offices at 1245 S. Avalon Blvd., Wilmington.
Stabbing (motel at 2683 W. 9th St.), 11/27/53....fight between Mr. & Mrs. William Walker....
Mrs. Walker
Felony bookmaking, April 12, 1951. Ann Gardella (alias Ann Stark)
Carbon Monoxide suicide (in the alley behind 8161 W. 3rd Street), 02 October 1951. Body of E.B Dubain.
Venice Beach Death, 14 May 1954. Unidentified body pulled from surf.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1954-05-14. Reporter: Sandusky. Assignment: Venice Beach death. Investigators and others stand beside body of man (not yet identified) pulled from the surf behind the breakwater of the old Venice Pier by a passerby (Nathaniel Smith, visiting from Sacramento). Detective Stewart Jones said the man appeared to have been shot through the head. Suicide question -- or...."
Accident, July 17, 1951. Accident at Gateway and Barrington; Ruth Frabasillio.
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Burglar shot at 15th and Los Angeles, May 30, 1951. Unidentified burglar being taken from building where cops shot him.
Church yard murder, 11 May 1961....body of unidentified person found in parking lot at 48th and McKinley.
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Walter Wanger, film producer, checking into jail following conviction 6/4/52.... atty Jerry Giesler to his left....
The following is extracted from the book On Sunset Boulevard (1998, p. 431) by Ed Sikov:
In 1951, producer Walter Wanger discovered that his wife, Joan Bennett, was having an affair with the agent Jennings Lang. Their encounters were brief and frequent. When Lang and Bennett weren't meeting clandestinely at vacation spots like New Orleans and the West Indies, they were back in L.A. enjoying weekday quickies at a Beverly Hills apartment otherwise occupied by one of Lang's underlings at the agency. When Wanger found proof of the affair, he did what any crazed cuckold would do: he shot Lang in the balls.