The first apartment to visit is 400 A, with its side to Alvarado Street and its back to Maryland. The residents were a broker named William B. Lawrence and his wife, Adeline and their 17 year old son, Thomas. The Lawrence family had moved from 6th & Bixel to Alvarado Court to the home vacated by the Jessurun family when they moved down the court to 406 B.
William and Adeline told a story to the LA Examiner after the murder. The family was downstairs during the evening of the murder until about 8:30pm when Adeline went upstairs to the bedroom. William heard a short conversation coming from outside which including a woman laughing, a man saying goodbye, and a car driving away. Adeline also said that several days prior to the murder, a man came to their home inquiring for Taylor. William said the man looked enough like Taylor to be his twin.
William and Adeline told a story to the LA Examiner after the murder. The family was downstairs during the evening of the murder until about 8:30pm when Adeline went upstairs to the bedroom. William heard a short conversation coming from outside which including a woman laughing, a man saying goodbye, and a car driving away. Adeline also said that several days prior to the murder, a man came to their home inquiring for Taylor. William said the man looked enough like Taylor to be his twin.
as published in LA Examiner on 4 Feb 1922:
(JK) Lawrence:
"There are so many automobiles passing here all of the time and their
back-fire explosions are so similar to a pistol shot that we have gotten so
we pay no attention to them whatever. I have no recollection of hearing
anything that sounded like a shot at any particular time during the evening
in which the shooting occurred, but I might have heard a dozen such sounds without feeling the slightest alarm. I think every occupant of the court should try to recollect anything he or she saw which might in any way throw light on the event."
"There are so many automobiles passing here all of the time and their
back-fire explosions are so similar to a pistol shot that we have gotten so
we pay no attention to them whatever. I have no recollection of hearing
anything that sounded like a shot at any particular time during the evening
in which the shooting occurred, but I might have heard a dozen such sounds without feeling the slightest alarm. I think every occupant of the court should try to recollect anything he or she saw which might in any way throw light on the event."
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