Mickey Cohen sells out the stock of his haberdashery to cover the bail money of two missing associates: Dave Ogul and Frank Niccoli. (Dec. 9, 1949 / Los Angeles Times File Photo)
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From left, Harold “Happy” Meltzer, Mickey Cohen and bugging expert J. Arthur Vaus Jr. in May 1949 with a recording machine that Cohen brought into Meltzer’s trial. (Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times)
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Mickey and Lavonne Cohen on their way to testify in court, Sept. 20. 1949 (Al Humphreys / Los Angeles Times)
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Mickey Cohen’s home, 513 Moreno Ave., July 1949. (R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times)
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Mickey Cohen looks over the damage after a bomb shattered part of his Brentwood home and damaged neighbors’ houses, February 1950. (S.A. Hixon / Los Angeles Times)
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Harry Cooper, left, and Mickey Cohen leave Continentale Cafe an hour before the shooting outside Sherry’s cafe, July 1949. (John Malmon / Los Angeles times)
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This photograph was taken from the vantage point of the gunmen who fired at Mickey Cohen and his companions outside Sherry’s, July 1949. (Clay Wilcockson / Los Angeles Times)
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Highway Patrolman P.E. Hammond, left, Police Sgt. G.W. Murphy, center, and W.A. Hopkins study shotguns used in the attempt to kill Mickey Cohen, July 1949. (Bill Murphy / Los Angeles Times)
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From left, John K. Law, Sgt. Charles Williams, Sgt. K.H. Knowles and Deputy Guy Walker listen as Mickey Cohen describes the shooting at Sherry’s, July 1949. (R. L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times)
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From left, Police Chief William H. Parker, Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Dist. Atty. Ernest Roll confer on underworld violence, August 1951. (Clay Wilcockson / Los Angeles Times)
