Jail coffee gave spunk to mystery blonde
Mystery and glamour always make a good news story. If you throw in a big-time gangster, it’s almost guaranteed to make the front page. That’s why the first paragraph of the Opelousas Daily World story on March 27, 1940, caught my eye. It offered all of the needed elements.
“Speculation ran rife today as to the identity of the gorgeous blonde being held in the parish prison, alleged accomplice of James John Ogden, fugitive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”