Mickey Cohen, who said he believed killers meant to get him, escaped death by being in washroom when gunmen splattered his office. He said he held door shut and climbed on sink in case gunmen decided to "spray" bullets through door. Photo dated: August 19, 1948.
Cohen, Mickey,--1914-1976 Organized crime--California--Los Angeles Gangsters--United States Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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