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Photograph by the Los Angeles Times |
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Update: Chauffeur Ernest Peters, left, talks to Sid Grauman. Please congratulate Mary Mallory and Mike Hawks for identifying Grauman!
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Dec. 21-23, 1935: The Thelma Todd story dwindles and falls off of Page 1. Notice that the case prompted crank mail, like the 1947 Black Dahlia case.
On Dec. 23, The Times reported on tests by LAPD chemist Ray Pinker to see how quickly someone would be overcome by monoxide fumes from Todd's 12-cylinder Lincoln. Detective Joe Whitehead volunteered to sit at the wheel with a stopwatch while the engine was started and the garage door closed. Whitehead lasted about 90 seconds before pounding on the door to be released.
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Ray Pinker on the Daily Mirror
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That's Sid Grauman on the right.
Posted by: Mary Mallory | December 10, 2010 at 09:18 AM
Well, I recognize Sid Graumann on the right.
Posted by: Mike Hawks | December 10, 2010 at 09:48 AM
Hazard any thoughts, Larry? Or are too many pieces missing?
Posted by: Native Angeleno | December 10, 2010 at 12:49 PM