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Leslie T. White was an investigator for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s
Office in the late 1920s. His 1936 book, Me, Detective, is an autobiographical
work. He also wrote Harness Bull and Homicide; as well as for detective magazines
of that period.
According to Robert F. Moss, “One such skeptic was Leslie T. White, a
newly-hired investigator for the District Attorney's office. The Doheny murder offered White his first taste of really "big
stuff," and he dove into the case with zeal. White's account of the investigation is recorded in his 1936 autobiography, Me, Detective, a book that was
published with little fanfare and almost immediately faded into obscurity. His memoir, though, gives a unique, unauthorized
version of the events at Greystone on the night of February 17th, 1929, and the details don't quite match up with the official
story. White recalled being summoned to the Doheny mansion at 2:00 a.m. There he found D.A. Fitts, the Beverly Hills police,
and a scene much like that described in the newspapers: Ned Doheny dead on his back in the guest room and Plunkett face-down
in the hallway outside. White went to work gathering physical evidence and interviewing witnesses.”
Source:
http://home.comcast.net/~mossrobert/html/criticism/cassidy.htm
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