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Tragic Crime Hunt Turns Comic in Los Angeles
J R Veach reports a wild Los Angeles episode as a reported murder leads to a chaotic house search, a mistaken homicide scare, and a mad scramble by deputies and photographers. A dog catcher scandal stirs council fears while city life includes locals Levi Rich Homer Sparling and Johnny Clark among arrivals and notable residents.
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J. R. Veach
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Republican
Los Angeles Times
Gunness
LaPorte
Ind
Up’s
Adams Street
Page
Angel City
Levi Rich
Lone Tree
Electric Pacific Railroad
Levi
Daniel Rich
Homer Sparling
George Sparling
Johnny Clark
J. R. Clark
Putnam
Johnny
Oliver Smith
Illinois