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Death Ends Police Chase: August 24, 1959.

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From the LAPL files:

“Robert Lee Daily, aka John M. Savage, aka George R. Gibb, was being sought in connection with over 60 burglaries in the Hollywood and Beverly Hills areas. He was shot dead by Investigator James McGrath when Daily tried to flee from McGrath in Encino. Detectives carry body of Robert Lee Daily, burglary suspect, from car in Encino after he was shot by district attorney’s investigator when he assertedly tried to get away. Police found nearly $15,000 in loot in his Woodland Hills home.”

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Crime Story: Van Nuys, CA 1959

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Crime Story: Van Nuys, CA 1959

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Photograph caption dated November 18, 1959 reads, “Thief Stole Their Wedding Gifts — Mrs. Mary Jim Tuttle, 17, and her husband, Army Pvt. Willard Tuttle, 18, look at shattered window which thief smashed before stealing all their wedding gifts from locked, parked car in Van Nuys. Wed three months, they were on their way to assignment in Ft. Lewis, Wash.”