Was George Hodel doctoring and “connected” to L.A.s top law enforcement officer?
The second registration of interest in the DA Hodel Transcript was on a 1935 Packard license number, 75P 319, registered to: F.E. Mattoon, 251 S. Lucerne Ave, Los Angeles. Was Mattoon the patient George was treating with eye drops? Who was F.E. Mattoon? We will never know for sure, but you can bet the registration information definitely got the immediate attention of DA investigators. Why? Because F.E. (Frank) Mattoon, in 1950, then in his early nineties, was the uncle of Everett Mattoon, and Everett Mattoon, then age 58, was the top ranking law enforcement officer in Los Angeles and the No. 2 cop in the entire state. Everett Mattoon, was one of the most powerful politicians in California, and before becoming Deputy AG, had been L.A.County’s Chief Counselor. In that capacity he certainly would have known L.A. County’s Chief V.D. Control Officer, George Hodel. My guess is that if it was a Mattoon being treated at the Franklin House is was most likely Everett. His uncle’s advanced age, w
