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<\/a>She scanned the caf\u00e9 for another girl, not the family type, who might take the Tehachapi jaunt with her. She spotted Adeline Ortega. Julia and Adeline weren\u2019t close, but they\u2019d seen each other around, and had chatted before at Alfonso\u2019s. Adeline had recently been \u201cvagged,\u201d too. Julia persuaded her to come along for the ride. They would have lots to talk about on the way home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adeline made only one request. She wanted her friend Manuel to join them. Julia didn\u2019t object; what the hell, the more the merrier. Four young people in a car, a pint and a half of illegal booze, and a few hours on a dark highway\u2013it would be a miracle if trouble didn\u2019t find them. Miracles never happened to Julia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trip to Tehachapi was uneventful. They took Harvey to the home of a friend of his, and spent about thirty minutes passing a bottle of whiskey around. When it came time to leave, Manuel said he was exhausted. He stretched out on the back seat of Julia\u2019s car and nodded off. Julia drove while Adeline kept her company. A little later, Adeline got sleepy and switched places with Manuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manuel was the perfect passenger until he started pestering Julia to let him drive. She refused. The two had words, and Manuel tried to throw the car out of gear and grab the steering wheel. Julia, accustomed to dealing with men who would not take no for an answer, told Manuel to cut the crap or she would put him out on the highway. Manuel got belligerent and declared he\u2019d leave the car willingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>After Manuel got out, Julia drove her car, a 1930 Chevrolet, in low gear down the road. She was a softer touch than she seemed. She would give Manuel another chance to behave. But minutes after he got out of her car, she saw a light-colored car, with three guys in it, pick him up. The car caught up with Julia; Adeline still slept in the backseat. When the car pulled up alongside her, Manuel shouted he left his overcoat and hat behind and wanted to retrieve them. Julia reached over to the passenger\u2019s side and grabbed his belongings. She threw them out of the car at him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Manuel got angry. He jumped onto the running board of her car. He was on the driver\u2019s side, screaming abuse at her. Then, he reached over and pulled her hair and smacked her hard on the jaw. She noticed Harvey had left his .38 revolver stuck in the seat cushion. She grabbed the gun and shot Manuel right above his heart. He fell from the running board and tumbled to the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Julia braked the car to a stop and ran over to him. He was lying in a pool of blood, wheezing. He was about two heartbeats away from death. She dragged him to the side of the road. The car that Manuel had hitched a ride on sped off into the night. Seconds later, another car with three men in it pulled up to see what was going on. In the car were Dean Markham and his buddies, Joe Frigon, and Bob Tittle. The trio were rabbit hunting in Mojave, and headed back to L.A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Markham got out of the car, and walked over to speak with Julia. On his way over to talk to the distraught woman, he noticed a pool of dark-colored liquid, and Manuel on the pavement. He stepped wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Markham\u2019s car had overheated. They left Julia and Adeline behind, and took Julia’s car to fetch help in nearby Lancaster. They arrived at a hotel and asked the clerk where to find a cop. The clerk pointed at a pool hall down the street. He suggested they would find an officer there. Sure enough, just as the clerk said, Markham and his buddies found an officer shooting pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Markham, et al., piled into Julia\u2019s car, and returned to the scene. They could hear the siren wailing on the police car ahead of them as they sped down the highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Markham, his friends, and the officer, pulled up to the scene. Julia and Adeline stood in the road, shell-shocked. No wonder. The local undertaker beat the cop to the scene. He loaded Manuel\u2019s body into his hearse and drove it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the days following Manuel\u2019s death, his business partner asked about $500 (equivalent to $10,500.00 in 2023 U.S. dollars) Manuel carried with him. He was supposed to have deposited it. The morgue property slip listed the dead man\u2019s belongings. No mention of money. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n They indicted Julia for Manuel\u2019s murder on April 27, 1931. The case was called for trial in Department 27 of Superior Court; Judge Walton J. Wood presiding, Deputy District Attorney Barnes representing the People, and S .S. Hahn representing the defendant. The Deputy D.A. who prepared the case against Julia, was unavailable. Barnes requested a continuance. Judge Wood denied the motion and ordered Barnes to proceed with the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the conclusion of the state’s case, prior to being submitted to the jury, S. S. Hahn moved for an instructed verdict. The judge agreed with Hahn that all the evidence showed Julia shot Manuel in self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Julia left the court a free woman. Was she $500 richer? We\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE:<\/strong> This is an encore post from December 2012. This is one of the first posts I wrote for the blog. As I did then, I want to thank my crime buddy, Mike Fratantoni, curator of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Museum. 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![<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nManuel got angry. He jumped onto the running board of her car. He was on the driver\u2019s side, screaming abuse at her. Then, he reached over and pulled her hair and smacked her hard on the jaw. She noticed Harvey had left his .38 revolver stuck in the seat cushion. She grabbed the gun and shot Manuel right above his heart. He fell from the running board and tumbled to the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJulia braked the car to a stop and ran over to him. He was lying in a pool of blood, wheezing. He was about two heartbeats away from death. She dragged him to the side of the road. The car that Manuel had hitched a ride on sped off into the night. Seconds later, another car with three men in it pulled up to see what was going on. In the car were Dean Markham and his buddies, Joe Frigon, and Bob Tittle. The trio were rabbit hunting in Mojave, and headed back to L.A. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMarkham got out of the car, and walked over to speak with Julia. 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He loaded Manuel\u2019s body into his hearse and drove it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the days following Manuel\u2019s death, his business partner asked about $500 (equivalent to $10,500.00 in 2023 U.S. dollars) Manuel carried with him. He was supposed to have deposited it. The morgue property slip listed the dead man\u2019s belongings. No mention of money. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThey indicted Julia for Manuel\u2019s murder on April 27, 1931. The case was called for trial in Department 27 of Superior Court; Judge Walton J. Wood presiding, Deputy District Attorney Barnes representing the People, and S .S. Hahn representing the defendant. The Deputy D.A. who prepared the case against Julia, was unavailable. Barnes requested a continuance. Judge Wood denied the motion and ordered Barnes to proceed with the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAt the conclusion of the state’s case, prior to being submitted to the jury, S. S. Hahn moved for an instructed verdict. 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