September 1, 2022
Birch Bay, Washington
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December 22, 1925
Self-portraits of GHH
Photo by George Hodel believed to be Kent Kane Parrot, early Los Angeles Crime Boss who “owned half of the LAPD as well as then Los Angeles mayor, George Cryer, who was known as, “Parrot’s Puppet.”
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LA’s top crime boss 1920s-1940s.
From “The Early Years-Part I (1920s)-Chapter 7
Below photo believed to be Fred Sexton age 18
(Sexton a close friend and “fellow artist” believed to be George Hodel’s serial killer accomplice and assisted in many of the crimes from 1920s-1950. (Sexton fled to Mexico after sexually molesting his second wife’s child in the 1960s. He would then marry a teenager in Mexico and die in Guadalajara at age 88, in 1995. George Hodel outlived his murder accomplice by some four years and died in San Francisco at age 91, in 1999.
Fred Sexton circa 1925
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Unknown individuals are possible henchmen to Kent Kane Parrot circa 1925. Photo far right believed to be Tom Evans, a known drug smuggler and convicted felon who in 1949 would be questioned in relation to possible association with one of the LA Lone Woman Murder victims. (Mimi Boomhower).
Sample of GHH art photos as referenced in above article 1925. (For all twenty-seven (27) photographs, with a detailed analysis of each photo by Dallas-based photographer/art historian Bill Crump. See The Early Years-Part I (the 1920s): The Further Serial Crimes of George Hill Hodel M.D.
GHH photo circa 1933 taken in medical school
In 1925 George Hodel photographs were on exhibit at The Gamut Club
(https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/11/gamut-auditorium.html)
“Opened: 1904 as an exclusively male musical society by L.E. Behymer and other L.A. musicians. Soon the Gamut Club broadened its focus to other types of artists as well as local people of “artistic tastes.” This 1926 view of the Gamut Club is from the Los Angeles Public Library collection.
Behymer was also involved in the production of opera at Hazard’s Pavilion and became the head of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, presenting at the later building on the site at 5th and Olive, the Philharmonic Auditorium.
Seating: 668 in the auditorium plus various other meeting, banquet rooms and music studios. The club was the scene of a great variety of musical performances.
Status: The building has been demolished. It’s unknown when the club ceased to be active. Late 20s perhaps? It’s listed in the 1923 city directory under “theatres.”
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