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How Long Beach caused the death of John A. Lamb.
Immediately after his 1914 election as mayor of Long Beach, Louis Napoleon Whealton fired the chief of police and raided the city treasury. To replenish the funds, Mayor Whealton concocted a scheme to collect fines from any male "who made advances toward other men." Two special police officers entrapped and arrested thirty-one men, dragging them before a judge to pay up or risk a public trial. When one victim refused to play along, newspapers were quick to publish the names of everyone accused, including local pharmacist and popular churchman John A. Lamb. His suicide made headlines, but the city continued to target gay men well into this century.
Author and historian Gerrie Schipske uncovers the story of a tragic death with far-reaching consequences in Long Beach.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword, by Audrey Stephanie Loftin, Esq.
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Knowing the Precise Amount of Poison
- 2. What Brought People to Long Beach
- 3. John Amos Lamb: Pharmacist, Dedicated Churchman and Banker
- 4. John Lamb and Louis Hazelwood Smith: The Once Inseparable Couple
- 5. Louis Napoleon Whealton: A Tammany Hall Reject
- 6. Whealton Conducts Secret Trials Against City Staff
- 7. Whealton Finds Scheme to Replace Drained City Secret Services Fund
- 8. The State of Sodomy
- 9. Long Beach Launches Public Comfort Station
- 10. Lambâs Fateful Stroll Along the Walk of a Thousand Lights
- 11. Eugene Irving Fisher: Long Beach Reporter Feeds Details to Sacramento Bee
- 12. Herbert Lowe Trial Releases Details of âSpecial Officersâ Entrapping Local Men
- 13. Los Angeles Times Publishes Details and Names of Arrested Long Beach Social Vagrants
- 14. Only One Newspaper Prints Lambâs Entire Suicide Note
- 15. Gender Impersonation Is All the Rage in Long Beach
- 16. Long Beach Ministers Outraged by Lamb Suicide, Demand Publisher Stops Brutal Journalism
- 17. Herbert Lowe Wins and Other Named Social Vagrant Demands Trial
- 18. Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times Taunt Long Beach Over Holy City Image
- 19. Whealton Fights New Form of City Government
- 20. Arrestee Sues for Being Slandered During Stories on Long Beach
- 21. The Final Trial on 1914 Scandal
- 22. Long Beach Continues Targeting Gay Men in Public Restrooms Until 2016
- 23. What Happened to Lowe, Whealton and Others?
- Bibliography
- About the Author