Oil Heir Killed at Greystone Mansion

Edward Laurence “Ned” Doheny Jr., 35-year-old heir to the family oil fortune, was shot through the head and killed at Greystone Mansion, his 55-room, Tudor-style home in Beverly Hills. His secretary, Hugh Plunkett, was found nearby, also dead of a bullet wound. After a brief investigation, authorities ruled that a deranged Plunkett had shot his employer and then turned the gun on himself, but to this day the sensational crime is a source of rumor and speculation.