However , in reality , Two-Gun Davis was to serve one of the most corrupt mayors in Los Angeles history , Frank L. Shaw , who had been elected despite the opposition of the Chandler Family , conservatives who owned the powerful '' Los Angeles Times '' newspaper . ( The 1910 L.A. Times building bombing had been carried out by a union member , upset with the anti-union stance of publisher Harrison Gray Otis , whose son-in-law Harry Chandler would take over as publisher of the '' Times '' in 1917 . The bombing killed 21 newspaper employees and injured 100 . ) To curry favor with the Chandlers , Shaw appointed Davis chief . Chandler was fiercely anti-labor , and Davis , as chief , could provide police muscle to discourage unionization
L.A. Times building bombing
Los Angeles Times bombing
James E. Davis (Los Angeles police officer)