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“Cops map court fight to evade trial, Board upholds right as Jury,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 3, 1936, p. 1.
“[Cops] On their way to sheriff’s office,” “Roche explains Commission delay,”
San Francisco Chronicle,
June 4, 1936, p. 4.
“Death suspect linked to hotel killing,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 11, 1936, p. 1.
“Defender turned defendant
,” San Francisco Examiner
, June 9, 1932, p. 9.
“Defiant witnesses refuse to talk in police graft quiz; Silent Shannon thrown out,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 7, 1936, p. 1.
“Doran admits Egan called him,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 4, 1932, p. 1.
“Doran who drove Egan gives up,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 14, 1932, p. 1.
“Dr. Shumate, son face Graft Jury summons, McDonoughs, bail bond brokers, also expected to be called,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 26, 1936, p.1.
“Dullea chief,”
San Francisco Examiner
, February 15, 1940, p. 1.
“Dullea, the new chief happy as a kid when he changes offices, Former chief may enter radio work,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 19, 1940, p.8.
“Egan and 2 others will make murder charge plea today,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 14, 1932, extra, p. 1.
“Egan case brings order for arrest of 2 ex-convicts,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 12, 1932, p. 1.
“Egan case ruling, Mayor’s suspension of official set precedent, parallel seen as police refuse to testify,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 20, 1936, p. 5.
“Egan ruled in contempt,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 10, 1932, p. 6.
“Egan’s money woes,” “Egan search extended,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 5, 1932, p. 1.
“$800,000 officer shows accounts in new jury quiz,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 4, 1936, p. 1.
“Farrell, cop indicted in burglary, jailed for slugging Capt. Skelly,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 15, 1936, p. 1.
“$56,822 riches bared by Inspector Gallivan
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, June 6, 1936, p. 4.
“Fingerprints may link Selz to Richmond murder,”
San Francisco News-Call
, March 12, 1936, p. 8.
“4 ex-G-men chosen to aid probe police, $50,000 appropriation for costs up today,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 29, 1936, p. 1.
“Fourteen silent police will know fate today
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, July 3, 1936, p. 1.
“Frank Egan found in hospital here, guarded by police
,” San Francisco Examiner
, May 7, 1932, p. 1.
“Frank Egan ‘taken for ride,’ mystery man informs wife,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 4, 1932, p. 1.
“‘Get police slayer,’ orders chief
,” San Francisco Examiner
, April 30, 1930, p. 1.
“Girl identifies ‘Harry,’”
San Francisco Examiner
, solving of hotel murder bares killing of first wife in N. Y. July 9, 1940, p. 4.
“Graft quiz results in shakeup
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, June 10, 1936, p. 6.
“Hassing indicted in burglary,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 20, 1935, p.1.
“Housman, guilty on 3 dope counts,”
San Francisco Examiner
, February 18, 1940, p. 1.
“Housman jury locked up,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 17, 1940, p. 6.
“Housman trial lawyers square off for fist fight
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, February 16, 1940, p. 8.
“How can police board keep any of the men found guilty and face the people?”
San Francisco Examiner
, July 6, 1936, editorial page.
“Jury indicts four S. F. policemen,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 14, 1936, p. 1.
“Killer brags of travel,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 2, 1936, p.6.
“Laugh slayer says he saw world by being kicked around,”
San Francisco News-Call
, March 12, 1936, p. 8.
“Laws that aid criminal,” Captain Dullea interview,
San Francisco Examiner
, May 17, 1932, p. 8.
“Lewis Lapham, Along the Waterfront,”
San Francisco Examiner
, November 18, 1934, p. 6.
“Lieut. Fogarty tells of $44,000 fortune; Hoertkorns still silent,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 25, 1936, p. 1.
“Mayor backs up Roche in trial of cops,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 30, 1936, p. 1.
“Monk clue fizzle, suspect denies he’s Shannon’s pal,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 4, 1936, Financial section, p. 1.
“More funds demanded to probe police graft,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 6, 1936, p. 1.
“Mrs. Hughes alive when hit by auto,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 11, 1932, p. 1.
“Mum police will face legal blast of 3 fronts today,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 18, 1936, p. 8.
“Murder verdict in Hughes death; hold Egan and Doran, Jury asks,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 3, 1932, p. 1.
“Officer Madden bares $834,000 in bank deposits,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 2, 1936, p. 1.
“Officer’s case goes to Grand Jury tonight,”
San Francisco Examiner
, November 19, 1934, p. 1.
“Police board member Traung dies
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, February 6, 1940, p. 1.
“Police killer man-hunt,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, April 30, 1930, p. l.
“Policeman slain in payroll holdup,”
San Francisco Examiner
, April 30, 1930, p. 1.
“Police Shakeup,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 15, 1940, p. 1.
“Police Shakeup, Dullea sworn in as chief, orders drastic changes,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 16, 1940, p. 1.
“Police tales as to wealth questioned,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 16, 1936, p.1.
“Police wife ill, misses Jury quiz,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 1, 1936, p. 1.
“Quinn’s order affects five lieutenants, The Chief exiles the opposition to him in the SFPD,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, September 10, 1930, p. 1.
“Quinn suspends 4 more police,”
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
, May 16, 1936, p. 1.
“Roche, assailed in trial of cops, offers to resign
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, May 29, 1936, p. 1.
“Rossi choice expected to end deadlock
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, February 9, 1940, p. 1.
“Scores see thugs murder officer, flee with payroll,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, April 30, 1930, p. l.
“Seaman admits slaying 2 women,”: “I don’t know why I did it, ‘Blue haze came over me,’”
San Francisco Examiner
, July 9, 1940, p. 4.
“Sergeant seized, freed at crime scene, jury told,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 20, 1935, p. 1.
“Selz bares plot to poison 2,”
San Francisco News-Call
, March 12, 1936, p. 8.
“Selz girl pal called tough proposition,”
San Francisco News-Call
, March 12, 1936, p. 8.
“Selz given life; Poker slayer pleads guilty in surprise move,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, April 13, 1936, p. 1.
“Selz linked to 4th murder
,” San Francisco Examiner
, March 12, 1936, p. 8.
“S.F. cop hid $25,000 in woodpile, he says,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 1, 1936, p. 8.
“S. F. priest swept to sea off beach,”
San Francisco Call-Bulletin
, May 16, 1936, p. 1.
“S.F. sergeant is arrested as safe cracker,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 11, 1934, p. 1.
“7 officers file report on extra cash,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, July 6, 1936, p. 6.
“Sex murderer scoffs at prospect of death,” “Tells how he slew 3,” (photo caption)” Claiming he is ready to go to the gas chamber, Harry Gordon, seaman, yesterday told to all who would listen how he murdered three women,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 10, 1940, p. 4.
“Shannon likely to face three charges today,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 5, 1936, p. 8.
“Shannon fired: Brouders faces sentence in jail,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 19, 1936, p. 8.
“Shannon dickers with U.S. to pay up income taxes
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, May 22, 1936, p. 1.
“Shaw dead? Well, no—” The great playwright comments on San Francisco,
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 3, 1936, p. 4.
“Six more officers shifted; Shakeup hits Quinn aids,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 11, 1936, p. 1.
“Special duty men returned to beats in police shakeup,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 10, 1936, p. 1.
“Steel on Bay Bridge 84 percent completed, span work progresses
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, June 8, 1936, p. 1.
“Supervisors, trying Egan, refuse to quash charges; new murder motive cited
,” San Francisco Examiner
, June 11, 1932, p. 1.
“Take police chief out of politics,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 11, 1936, p. 1.
“Tell alls, ‘dumb’ police will vie as inquiry resumes,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 23, 1936, p. 1.
“Testimony in graft trial locked up to prevent tampering,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 22, 1936, p. 1.
“This is how I killed Mrs. Rice,”
San Francisco News-Call
, March 12, 1936, p. 8.
“‘This is how I killed the Bulgarian,’ says slayer Selz, re-enacts murder.
San Francisco News-Call
, March 12, p. 1.
“Three more cops seal lips
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, May 16, 1936, p. 1.
“3 police captains shifted by Dullea; Mailliard quits,”
San Francisco Examiner
, February 16, 1940, p. 1.
“Three S. F. police jailed for burglary: Tables turned, officers jailed,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 8, 1936, pp. 1, 8.
“Tries 4 cops; Lemon, Hoertkorn go from jail for hearing, pair face Jury today
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, July 1, 1936, p. 1.
“Two captains defy quiz, Copeland bares $35,000,
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 12, 1936, p. 1.
“Two ex-felons in Egan case hunted,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 6, 1932, p. 8.
“Two officers defy Jury’s graft probe,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 5, 1936, p. 1.
“2 new policies in Egan’s name,”
San Francisco Examiner
, May 12, 1932, p. 1.
“Two $100,000 officers revealed in graft inquiry, Forgarty admits forgetting $16,000 item,”
San Francisco Chronicle,
May 28, 1936, p. 1.
“Veteran officer murdered at Pier 28
,” San Francisco Chronicle
, April 29, 1930, p. 2.
“Wobber-McGovern combine will outst Chief Quinn today!”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 15, 1940, p. 1.
“Woman curses jury, slayer lauds counsel,” [Farrington conviction] San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 1930, p. 1.
“Woman says Egan used her as tool in looting estate,”
San Francisco Examiner
, June 13, 1932, p. 1.
“W. P. Wobber named to police board,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, February 10, 1940, p. 1.
WEBSITES AND OTHER SOURCES
Conversation between Dullea and Chief Quinn based on William J. Quinn’s remarks in an open letter to
True Detective Mysteries Magazine
, 1931.
The Frank Egan Case, 1932. Mullen, Kevin. City website.
The Virtual Archives of San Francisco. The Modern San Francisco Police Department 1920-1940.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/sfpd/sfpd5.htm
Index
Page numbers in
italic
indicate figures; those followed by “n” indicate notes.
actors portraying gorillas
“Adonis Killer”
See also
Fell, Slipton
Ahern, Frank
Alberts, George W.
Albondante, Nick and Lady
Alcatraz
alcohol impact on
Gorilla Man
Slipton Fell
Allen, Ruby
Allen, William
Altken, Robert
anatomists
Andrassy, Edward (victim) .
See also
Kingsbury Run Butcher
Andrassy, Helen
Anselmi, Albert
Anthony, Joseph (victim)
anthropometry
antiunion, antireform stance of Quinn
Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty”
Armstrong, Jack
Atherton, Edwin Newton
Atorthy, Maureen (victim)
Atwood, Charles
autopsies, attraction to .
See also
Bay Hotel autopsy murder; Hotel Irwin autopsy murder
Bailey. H.
“Baily’s beads”
Baker, Rosetta (victim)
Ballagher, Florence.
See
Polillo, Florence Sawdey (victim)
Barbini, Dan
Barkley, Marie
“Baronovich, Michael”
See also
Fell, Slipton
Barrows, George
Bartlett, Al
Batista, Santo
Bay Bridge
Bay Hotel.
See also
Bay Hotel autopsy murder
Bay Hotel autopsy murder.
See also
Fell, Slipton autopsy (first) of victim
autopsy (second) of victim
Bette Coffin (victim)
blood, lack of
cause of death
drug connection
Francis LaTulipe and
Hotel Irwin autopsy murder similarities

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