The City of Coronado had a shoe bandit in the 50’s (circa 1958), which had all the women “shaking in their shoes” to coin a phrase.
For this bandit only stole a woman’s left shoe! I remember women being afraid to leave their homes. About three months later, the bandit was caught. My father, GK Williams (Publisher of the Coronado Journal), wrote in his “High Tide” column, “any lady who lost her left shoe can pick it up at the Coronado Police Department.” The Police department was full of ladies for at least a week,and the array of shoes were in all sizes and colors!
Julie Williams Armstrong Class of 61′
