“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.
Earle Leonard Nelson Biography. http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/history/earle_nelson/7.html
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
luggage, missing
motive
“Mr. & Mrs. Meyers”
press coverage of
Ramon Lee Hughes (suspect)
razor used in murder
sailor as suspect
Slipton Fell and
Beale, Laura (victim)
“Beast, the”
Beatty, Clyde
Beery, Wallace
Bell, Anthony J.
Bemis, O’Bryan
Bengley, George
Beobachters
Berard, Mrs. John (victim)
Berger, Adolphus A.
Berkeley’s Scientific Police Department
Bernstein, Herman
Berta, George
Bertillon, Alphonse
“big ape”
Birdsall. J.
Black, Alma E.
Blackwell, Michael
Blaczensky, Otto
Blanquie
Bledsoe, Anthony
“Blight, Mrs.”
blind pig
bloating of skin
blood
“Bloody Thursday”
blowflies
Blusinky, William
Boberg, Joseph
Bosworth, Allan R.
Bowers, Mrs. Walter
Boyd, Harold
Brady, Matt
Brehmer, Oscar K.
Brereton, George
“Bridge of Sighs”
Bridges, Harry
Brier, Royce
Britt, M. L. “Jimmy”
Bromfield, John and Davenport
Broniscoe, Mrs. L. C.
Brooker, Ray
Brooks, Virginia (victim)
Brouders, Joseph
Brown, Harry
Brown, Mike
Brown, Page
Brownell, Don Carlos
Browning. A.
bruising of throat and strangulation
Brundage, Albert Harrison
Brunton, Mott Q.
Bucchiers, Louis
Buck, Frank
Bulletin
Bunner, Stephen
buoyancy of a corpse
Bureau of Identification
Burke, Tom
Burkhard, George
“Burly Lothario”See also Fell, Slipton
Bu
rns, Frank
Burns, William J.
Busch, Margaritha
Caen, Herb
Call-Bulletin
Calvert, Steve
Campanello, Genaro
Campbell, Alice “Princess”
Campbell. M.
Campbell, Jim
Capone, Al “Scarface”
Carlson, Theodore
Casey, Jim
Casey, John
Champ, The (film)
Chandler, G.
Chandler, Irene (Mrs. Robert E. McCarthy) . See also Hotel Irwin autopsy murder
Charing Cross Station (London)
Cheeley, Louis
Cherborough, Raoul Louis
“Chicken Freak”
China Basin
Christal, Ed
Christison, Sir Robert
Civil Identification Section (FBI)
Claussen, Chris
Cleveland (Ohio). See also Kingsbury Run Butcher
Clock Tower
Clucky, Genevieve (Genevieve Montgomery “Jean”) (victim)
Cockroff, Marjorie
Coffin, Al “The Mouse” (Ernest Coffin)
Coffin, Bette (victim) . See also Bay Hotel autopsy murder
Coffin, Mr. and Mrs. Wellington
Coffin, Otis Leonard
Coffman, Al
Coffman, Bette. See Coffin, Bette (victim)
Coghlan, Nate
Coleman, Jim
Coleman, Tommy
Collins, John
Colonna, Charles
command structure of SFPD
Connelly, Harry
Cook, Edward J.
Cook, Florence (victim)
Cook, Fred (Corporal)
Cook, Jesse B.
Coolidge, Calvin (President)
Coombs
Cooper, Jackie
Copeland, Ed
copycats of Gorilla Man. See also Gorilla Men
Cornelius
Corporate Securities Act
Corrasa, Al
Corrigan, Ray “Crash”
corruption within SFPD. See also Dullea, Charles W. (Captain of Police Inspectors); Egan, Frank J. (public defender); Quinn, William J. (Chief of Police); White Mask Gang Charles Dullea and
graft and extortion investigation
listening device (Dictaphone) in jury room
Oliver Hassing “Dutchman of Richmond Station”
Rum Bribery Investigations
William Quinn and
Costello, Lou
Cotter, William
Cotton, A. R. (Judge)
Counderakis, Nick
Cousins, Blanche
Crabbe, Buster
Craven, Catherine
Creighton, Walter
Crocker, Templeton
Crosby, William
Cubitt, Florence “the Flying Nudist”
Cummings, Elmer
Curry, John A. (Chief of Police)
Damyn, Charles
Dana, Paul
Danahy, Pete
“Dark Strangler”See also Gorilla Man
Darren, Mrs. Burton
D’Ascanio, David “Human Gorilla”
Daugherty, Harry A. (Attorney General)
Davis, Bette. See Coffin, Bette (victim)
Davis, Flo. See Polillo, Florence Sawdey (victim)
Davis, John
Dawson, Jimmy
DeGuire, Art
Dematteis, Louis
Dennis, Mrs. Joseph
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of the Interior
Depression times
Desmond, Michael
de Young, Mike
Dictionary of American Slang
Dictograph wire taps
Diefendorf, Fred
Dietrich, Marlene
Dill, Marshall
Dillinger, John
Dills, Clara P.
disfiguration of skin
district consolidations (SFPD)
dog robber
Doherty, Lawrence
Doherty, Mrs. Lawrence
Dolezal, Frank
Don Lee Network
Doran, Verne La Page
Dorgan, Tad
Doyle, Allie (victim)
drive-by killers
Dullea, Charles W. (Captain of Police Inspectors). See also Bay Hotel autopsy murder; corruption within SFPD; Egan, Frank J. (public defender); Fell, Slipton; Gorilla Man; Hotel Irwin autopsy murder; Hughes, Jessie Scott Johnson “Josie” (murder); Kingsbury Run Butcher; LaTulipe, Francis ; Malcolm, Wesley (murder); motives; Quinn, William J. (Chief of Police); sailor as Gorilla Man suspect; SFPD; White Mask Gang
admissibility of evidence Senate bill
April and
big cases handled by
changes in SFPD made by
Chief of Police promotion
citizens refusing to appear as witnesses
district stations consolidation
eyewitness testimony, mistrusted by
foreknowledge of murder of Josie Hughes
Francis LaTulipe and
Frank Egan and
Genevieve Montgomery “Jean” (Genevieve Clucky) case
horripilation experienced by
invisible clues
Louise Teuber case
lust murder
marksmanship of
office of
police cars upgraded by
reputation of
salary of
seamen murder cases
“seek the evidence” mantra
supervision of department under
tragedies (failures) in his life
Virginia Brooks case
wire taps (Dictograph)
Dullea, Charles W. (personal)
appearance of
background of
baseball fan
Charles Jr. “John” (son)
dishonesty, difficulty to perceive
dreams of Gorilla Man
Easter and Mount Davidson
Eddie (son)
family of
honesty of
Jack (son)
Marine Corps and
morality of
Winifred (wife)
Dunkel, Blanche
Dunn, Clara. See Polillo, Florence Sawdey (victim)
Dunn, Joseph
Dunne, Frank
Dunne, Gladys
Eastman, “Monk”
Ecker, E. E.
Eddowes, Catherine
Edmunds, Anna (victim)
Edwards, Arthur
Egan, Frank J. (public defender). See also corruption within SFPD; Dullea, Charles W. (Captain of Police Inspectors); Hughes, Jessie Scott Johnson “Josie” (murder); White Mask Gang abolition of public defender’s office petition
Albert Tinnin (Robert Knight) and
alibi of
anger at suspicion
Charles Dullea and
closing arguments in trial
“Czar of San Francisco” talk by
escape from jail
financial problems of
Florence Cook (victim)
Herbert Emerson Wilson and
hideout of
kidnapping of
Nathan S. Housman and
official misconduct of
Park West Sanitarium
power of
questioning by William Quinn
staff, “unnaturally large”
surrender of
surveillance of
trial
Verne La Page Doran and
Vincent Hallinan and
White Mask Gang and
William McGovern and
William Quinn and
Egan, Lorraine
Ehrlich, Jake
Elder, Hugh
“eleven car”
Ellsinger, Louis
Embarcadero
Engler, George
“Enigma Man”See also Fell, Slipton
Enright, Richard
Epstein, A. B.
Europe and Gorilla Men
extortion investigation (SFPD)
Fabian, Lillian
Farmen/Farnum, Dorothy (Winifred Hemmer “Boots”)
Farrell, John
Farrington, Mrs. William
Farrington, Peter M., Jr. “Whispering Gunman”See also Malcolm, Wesley (murder)
Farrington, Peter M., Sr.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fell, Slipton
“accidental death”
acting ambitions of
Ada French-Mengler-Rice (victim)
alcohol impact on
Allan Bosworth and
Anna J. Selz (mother)
appearance of
Army Air Corps and
Bay Hotel autopsy murder and
blowflies
“Bromo”
“brother” of
bungalow of Ada Rice and
character analysis
confessions of
enlisting in Army
federal charges fear
financial troubles of
good-bye speech at prison
guilty plea of
identities (multiple) of
injuries of
jail incarceration of
John McCarthy and
laugh of
letters of accommodation written by
lie detector test
life sentence of
magnetism of
“Michael Baronovich”
“mother” of
motives of
nighttime drives along the coast highway
poison, Slipton’s interest in
press coverage of
psychological warfare by police
reenactment of murders
regret about murders, lacking
robbery hoax
sailor
San Francisco Chronicle and
San Mateo Junior College and
San Quenton Prison and
superegoism
travels of
watches of
Wilma Heaton and
Winifred Hemmer “Boots” and
Fellom, Roy
Ferral, James
Ferrell, Gilbert D.
ferries
Ferry Building
Fields, Leo
fingerprint analyses
evidentiary tool
Francis LaTulipe and
first degree murders
Fitzpatrick, Frank
Fletcher, Bill
“floaters”
Fluke, Mabel (victim)
Flying Squad (motorcycle units)
Fogarty, Martin
Folsom Prison
Foran, Frank
Ford, Mrs. P.A.
foreknowledge of Josie Hughes’s murder
40th Infantry Division of the National Guard
Foster, Thomas
Fraley, Oscar
Frank, Richard (“Richard Frombee”)
Fraser, R. J.
Frasher, Paul
Fratis, Bruce
Frederickson, Otto
French, Fred
French, Hugh
French, Jack
French-Mengler-Rice, Ada (victim) . See also Fell, Slipton
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