A more updated version of the WOMAN BOXER story can be found at the below link, and it is in two parts. it's written by terry graham with special contribution from the residents of rollin n ranch at Big John Flat.
I transcribed interview tapes, and later interviewed Howard Rowe, who was the head Ranger at Big Pines in the late 1930's. He heard rifle fire and later a homeless man showed up at the ranger station at Jackson Lake. The man was visibility upset and scared. After he discovered a body at the woman boxer's (The Countess Jeannie Vina Lamar) house, , she chased him off the hill, firing at him with a rifle as he went. His suitcase supported a single bullet hole in its side. The homeless man was from San Bernardino and he was providing sex and handyman work for her at the time of the incident.
When the unidentified homeless man told Ranger Rowe what happened, the Ranger advised him to go to Big Pines (where the only phone was) and call the sheriff's office. It is unknown if the Los Angeles Sheriff Office ever got the call. Who knows, the body of what might be Lamar's son may still be buried under decades of dirt in a pit about twenty yards to the northeast of the corner of her skeleton of a cabin. I learned later that the Countess Jeanne Vina Larmar might have died in a hotel room in the shady park of San Bernardino (on D st), instead of in a rest home as first reported. It is unknown how she died and her son's, Gus, demise is still a mystery.
How did Big John Flat get it's name is a question that still needs to be answered. Rumor has it that 'Big John' was a laborer helping build water pipes lines through Big Rock Creek to supply early ranches with water. He possibily homesteaded the Flat around 1890's, when, rumor has it, that he was killed and his body stuffed down his water well. The Farnbach family, who homstead that area around 1914 found Big John's bones near his cabin (this according to surviving grandchildren) There is a lot of mystery still floating around the quiet ridge of Big John Flat. Jeannie Lamar's cabin still stands today...it's a easy hike to it...it's worth it to hike there. You might get the strange feeling that at least two ghosts are watching you.
http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2005/news092605lamarflashfrompast.htm
