THE VICIOUS MURDER OF CARL

• A CLOSED KNIFE WAS FOUND AT THE MURDER SCENE.
• BUD SAID THAT CARL THREW THE KNIFE, BUT THE KNIFE WAS FOUND EITHER NEXT TO OR BENEATH HIS BODY.
• G. FRED SWITZER, CARL SWITZER'S FATHER, SWORE AT THE CORONER'S INQUEST THAT BUD STILTZ THREATENED CARL'S LIFE PREVIOUSLY TO WHEN HE VICIOUSLY GUNNED HIM DOWN.
• JACK PIOTT, CARL'S COMPANION THAT NIGHT, CONTENDED THAT CARL WAS UNARMED.
• CARL WAS SHOT WITH A .38 CALIBER REVOLVER. IF CARL WAS EVEN HOLDING A KNIFE, THE IMPACT OF SUCH A POWERFUL WEAPON WOULD HAVE KNOCKED IT OUT OF HIS HANDS OR AT LEAST HE WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO CLOSE IT.
• THE WALL THAT WAS BEHIND HIM WAS LEFT WITH A HUGE HOLE THAT WAS UNREPAIRABLE.
• KILLED OVER A DOG ? THAT'S MORE THAN LIKELY A BUNCH OF CRAP WHEN YOU CAN SEE CARL'S PHYSICAL DETIORATION BETWEEN 1957-1958. HOW MUCH METHAMPHITEMINES COULD $50 BUY SOMEONE BACK IN 1959 ?
• WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CONTRADICTIONS IN THE NEWSPAPERS FROM THE TIME IN REGARDS TO CARL'S MURDER ?
• THE OWNERS OF THE LITTLE RASCALS BACK IN 1959 WERE INTERSTAE TELEVISION, WHO WAS THE T.V. BRANCH FOR ALLIED ARTIST, WHO USE TO BE MONOGRAM PICTURES. THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO'S WERE NOTORIOUS IN CORRUPTING THE LAW OFFICIALS IN THOSE DAYS. SINCE
• BUD STILTZ WALKED AWAY A FREE MAN, WHILE A MOTHER AND FATHER LOST A SON.

THE EVENING BULLETIN JAN. 22, 1959 ALFALFA, 'OUR GANG' STAR, IS KILLED IN FIGHT WITH FRIEND OVER $50 DEBT

North Hollywood, Calif., Jan. 22- (UPI)- Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer, 31, the freckled child actor in the old "Our Gang" movies, was shot and killed last night in a battle over a $50 debt. His former business partner was booked on suspicion of murder today. Switzer, who played "alfalfa" the character in the old series currentely being rerun across the nation on television as "the Little Rascals", was shot in the stomach by M.S. (Bud) Stiltz, 38, police reported. Stiltz, a welder, said the former juvenile star, who was down on his luck, was threatening him with a knife when he shot him. BADLY BEATEN Stiltz, badly beaten, said Switzer and a friend, Jack Piott, 37, came to the home of Rita Corrigan, 38, former wife of stuntman Crash Corrigan, HIT WITH A CLOCK During the fight, Switzer grabbed a glass-domed clock from a dresser in a bedroom and smashed it on Stiltz's head, stiltz said. Stiltz, who was bloodied and had a blackened left eye and a bandage over his right eye, grabbed a gun from a dresser drawer and Switzer made a lunge for it. They wrestled into the living room and the gun went off, the bullet smacking into the ceiling without hitting anyone. Mrs. Corrigan and her three children, a boy, 14, and two girls aged 12 and 13, who had been in the house during the fight, fled to a neighbor's home to call police. Switzer, according to stiltz, got possession of the gun briefly but Stiltz got it back. Switzer drew a knife and screamed, "I'm going to kill you--," Stiltz said. THREW KNIFE "I took the gun away from Alfalfa and he threw the knife at me," Stiltz said. "That's when I shot him." A knife was found beside Switzer's body on the living room floor of the ranch-style home. SHOT ONCE BEFORE. A year ago, Switzer suffered a flesh wound in a shooting by an unknown assailent in front of a bar in the San Fernando Valley. Later in 1958, he attempted suicide.

NEW YORKS TIMES JANUARY 23, 1959 Mr. Stiltz said Mr. Switzer had drawn a knife and that he shot in self defense. Jack Piott, 37, who was trying to help Mr. Switzer collect a $50 debt from Mr. Stiltz, contended that Mr. Switzer had been unarmed. Mr. Stiltz will be arraigned Jan. 30.

NEW YORK TIMES JANUARY 26, 1959 The shooting of Carl Switzer, a film actor, during a fight over $50 was ruled justifiable homicide, a coroner's jury ruled today. Moses S. Stiltz, 38, a welder, testified: "Alfie charged me with a jackknife. I was forced to shoot, and he closed the knife as he fell to the floor." They scuffled and Mr. Stiltz got a gun. He said he fired in self-defense. Charges against him were dismissed. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

THESE ARE JUST SOME EXCERPTS FROM THREE BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS FROM JANUARY 1959. CAN ANYONE FIND THE DISCREPANCIES ? I'LL SEND YA A REALLY COOL WAVE SOUND IF YOU CAN FIND THEM. REALLY, I MEAN IT.

These pages are currently under construction. Please feel free to check out the links that I've added below.

NEWS FLASH, NEWS FLASH, NEWS FLASH

Finally published, "Hollywood Con Man," by Lois Schwarz. This woman personally knew Carl Switzer from 1957-1958, and has even written about him in her book. Please check this title out at www.fatbrain.com, or click on this link here to go right to it.

Hollywood Con Man

If this code doesn't work, then go to www.fatbrain.com/ematter and search for the title, "Hollywood Con Man," by Lois Schwarz.

MORE NEWS, MORE NEWS, MORE NEWS Alfalfa, Death of a Rascal, is in production. Biograph/Mutoscope Company is producing a made for T.V. documentary on the death of Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer based on information from "The Alfalfa Conspiracy." The show will be produced, hosted and directed by former Rascal, Tommy "Butch" Bond, who was also a very close friend of Carl Switzers in real life, and his on screen nemesis on the old "Our Gang," comedy series back during Hollywood's Golden Age. More information as it developes.

ALFALFA CONSPIRACY LINKS

The Alfalfa Conspiracy in Text
Billy's T.V. Party featuring The Alfalfa Conspiracy
The Biograph Company - Alfalfa, Death of a Rascal (in production)
The Articles
Carl Switzer's Grave Marker
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