March 30, 1947
Los Angeles
Career footpad Ray Mathews, 28, 417 S. Boylston St., made the mistake of plying his trade too close to home, when he was observed early today riffling the purse of his across the hall neighbor, Mrs. Harry Schwerberg.
The lady yelled, which alerted another neighbor, Kenneth Craig, who shot Mathews as he tried to flee the building. Mathews then returned to his own apartment, leaving again by way of a ladder out the window. Responding officers found the wounded man hiding in a hedge, and conveyed him to the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, where he was booked on suspicion of robberies in San Francisco. Also taken into custody was a .45 caliber revolver, allegedly tossed aside by Mathews.
1 comment:
I love your site! I just hope you don't find out that someone was murdered in my Formosa Ave. apratment (Formosa Canyon, we call it).
I blogged about you here:
http://dodgingtheapocalypse.blogspot.com/2005/03/1947-project.html
As soon as I figure out how to put links on my blog, I'll link to y'all too!
Thanks for all the hard work- I'll be visiting often!
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