indexSeparator = ' / ';
// Add one line per photo, using
// addPhoto ('filename', 'caption', 'index text');
// The third parameter is optional and will default to the number
// of the photo if not provided.
addPhoto('10.jpg',"William H. Parker as a rookie policeman, 1927. Born in Lead, S.D., Parker's first job was as a hotel “dick” at Franklin Hotel in Deadwood. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1922 and fell into a disastrous affair.
Courtesy: Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library.");
addPhoto('16.jpg',"Young Mickey Cohen, c. 1931. Acme.");
addPhoto('7.jpg',"Chief James “Two Gun” Davis. 'A burly, dictatorial, somewhat sadistic, bitterly anti-labor man who saw communist influence behind every telephone poll,' Chief James “Two Gun” Davis would win a reputation as one of the LAPD's most notorious police chiefs in the 1930s. He was also Bill Parker's mentor.
Courtesy: Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library.");
addPhoto('3.jpg',"Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel with his attorneys Max Solomon, and Isaac Pacht, circa 1944. Bugsy Siegel arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 with dreams of health, wealth, and leisure. But after losing $1 million in the stock market, he decided to turn his attention to organizing Los Angeles 'along Eastern lines.' Mickey Cohen was his muscle. LA Daily News, 1944.
Courtesy: UCLA Special Collections. © UCLA.");
addPhoto('6.jpg',"The Cohen gang. From left to right, Mike Howard, Mickey Cohen, Sol Davis, and James Rist. After Bugsy exited to Las Vegas, Cohen took over Los Angeles, at least in theory. In practice, someone immediately started trying to kill him. Some street smart observers pointed the finger at the Italian Mafia. Others fingered the L.A.P.D..
Courtesy: Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library.");
addPhoto('4.jpg',"Mickey Cohen headed to court, 1951.
Courtesy: Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library.");
addPhoto('9.jpg',"Hollywood madam Brenda Allen, 1948. A scandal involving her 114 “pleasure girls” paved the way for Parker's rise to power.
Courtesy: Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. © LA Public Library.");
addPhoto('8.jpg',"RBilly Graham, 1950. In 1949, Graham's Los Angeles crusade for Christ caught fire after William Randolph Hearst ordered his newspapers to “puff Graham.” After Cohen wiretapper Jimmy Vaus was born again under Graham's “canvas cathedral,” Vaus decided to introduce Cohen to Graham. The two became friends. Graham, convinced that Cohen “has the making of one of the greatest gospel preachers of all time,” decided to convert Cohen - as the centerpiece of his first Manhattan crusade for Christ.
Courtesy: Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library.");
addPhoto('11.jpg',"Actress Lana Turner with the notorious Hollywood gigolo/Cohen bodyguard Johnny Stompanato and her daughter Cheryl in Los Angeles, Calif., 1958.
Courtesy: UCLA Special Collections. © UCLA.");
addPhoto('13.jpg',"Chief Parker on the Police Academy Firing Range.
Courtesy: Los Angeles Police Historical Society.");
addPhoto('17.jpg',"Candy Barr, circa 1957. Candy Barr was striptease royalty, thanks in large part to her 1951 appearance in the stag film, Smart Aleck. The one-reel, 15-minute film circulated widely, making Barr arguably the world's first porn star. In 1957 Dallas police arrested Barr on charges of possessing 4/5ths of an ounce of marijuana. The green-eyed 22-year-old performer was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in the state prison. To Bing Crosby's son, a Candy Barr fan, it seemed a terrible injustice. He soon thought of just the person who might be able to help - Mickey Cohen. Author Collection.");
addPhoto('15.jpg',"Chief Parker meets John F. Kennedy, c. 1960.
Courtesy: Los Angeles Police Historical Society.");
addPhoto('14.jpg',"Chief Parker's body, lying in state in City Hall, 1966.
Courtesy: Los Angeles Police Historical Society.");