Editor kills self

Jan. 4, 1958
New York

 

Photographs by Dan McCormack / Los Angeles Times

Howard Rushmore on Aug. 12, 1957, during the Confidential magazine trial.

 

I already touched on Howard Rushmore's suicide when writing in May about another tragic figure in the Confidential magazine case, Ronnie Quillan.

 

Howard Rushmore testifies, Aug. 9, 1957.

And as a bonus, courtesy of Steven Bibb, here's the famous Robert Mitchum "I'm a hamburger" story from Confidential, July 1955. Although Mitchum brought a $1-million suit against Confidential over this story, I cannot find any accounts in The Times reporting on the outcome.

 

 

Note the July 1955 cover in this photo of Deputy Dist. Atty. William Ritzi from the trial.

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[joseph gleason]

When I was a teenager in Inwood,Manhattan we used to play stick ball every Sunday morning on Thayer Street with Howard Rushmore. Mr Rushmore always played the third base position and because of his size it was difficult to hit a ball (Spalding) past him.After the game he would always take us to the corner soda shop and buy everyone a soda.
I have just read where Mr Rushmore was killed while hailing a cab. I remember a front page photo of Mr Rushmore that appeared in either the Daily News or the Daily Mirror that showed him sprawled dead across the front seat of his Cadallac.I also remember that the cause stated for his death was not suicide but murder.