Terror in the City of Champions (50 page)

32.
“That’ll just about cost you . . .”: Ibid.

32.
“Now fellows, we’re down here . . .”:
DN
, March 22, 1934.

33.
“Willing? Why, I’ll be sitting . . .”:
DFP
, April 19, 1934.

33.
decanter through a train window:
DFP
, July 27, 1934.

33.
“his fate is in the lap of the gods . . .”:
DFP
, March 27, 1934.

33–34.
“This is my thirty-first year . . .”:
DN
, March 21, 1934.

34.
“Not so hard . . . been able to do that”:
DFP
, March 28, 1934.

34.
“a pack of lies”:
DN
, May 18, 1937.

34.
“There isn’t a pitcher . . .”:
DN
, April 7, 1934.

34.
“I’ve never seen anything like it”:
DFP
, April 15, 1934.

35.
“The championship bee is buzzing . . .”:
DFP
, April 22, 1934.

35.
“When the rest of the fellows . . .”:
DFP
, July 29, 1935.

35.
“He’s the nearest . . . same way”:
DFP
, April 22, 1934.

Neither Threats Nor Bribes

36.
Art Kingsley biography: Several sources, including
DN
, December 19, 1979, and Loren Preeter oral history, Amann Collection, Box 15.

36.
Plots against Kingsley: These are divulged in numerous newspaper stories, including
DN
, June 12, 1936, as well as in testimony related to
Wilson vs. Highland Park
, a case before the Michigan Supreme Court in 1938, Amann Collection, Box 3.

36.
“The whistle means your paper is on the porch”:
Highland Parker
, March 31, 1932.

37.
“He is not very smart”: Ibid.

37.
P
OLITICIANS
C
ANNOT
M
UZZLE
T
HIS
N
EWSPAPER
: Ibid.

37.
“Neither threats nor bribes . . . vastly better equipped . . . may be quite correct”: Ibid.

37.
“I shall do what I think is right”: Ibid.

37.
“a damn Jew . . . hook out of his nose”:
Highland Parker
, March 3, 1932.

37.
“for any office in this democracy”:
Highland Parker
, March 31, 1932.

37.
“Intolerance of race or religion . . .”: Ibid.

37.
“not an intellectual giant . . .”:
DN
, June 13, 1936.

38.
“Sacrificed at the altar of political ambition”:
Highland Parker
, January 5, 1933.

38.
“I have always been critical . . . mayor of any city”:
DN
, June 16, 1936.

38.
charge of criminal libel:
Highland Parker
, June 18, 1936.

39.
“through a window with a rifle . . .”:
DN
, January 27, 1937.

39.
“There’s your man”:
DN
, June 13, 1936.

41.
S
HALL “
D
ICTATOR”
K
INGSLEY
R
UN . . .
: Fake paper, Amann Collection, Box 9.

41.
Arlington Jones incident:
DN
, July 7, 1936, and
Wilson vs. Highland Park
.

It Hurt for Days

43.
“Boy, I’m just telling . . . I like to died”:
DFP
, May 8, 1934.

43.
longing for Edna: Ibid.

43.
“I’m going to surprise all of you guys”: Ibid.

44.
“Unless the [Tigers] change their ways . . .”:
DFP
, May 22, 1934.

44.
son’s bike was stolen:
DN
, May 1, 1934.

44.
Yacht club quotes and scene:
DFP
, May 27, 1934.

45.
“I want to apologize for saying that . . .”: Ibid.

46.
“baby-face Negro”:
DFP
, March 2, 1934.

46.
“The Ku Klux Klan stopped them . . .”: Barrow and Munder,
Joe Louis
, 26.

46.
“When he hit you, it hurt for days”: Roberts,
Joe Louis
, 16.

47.
“the most promising heavyweight prospect”:
Los Angeles Times
, June 22, 1987.

47.
“the classiest and most finished boxer”:
DN
, April 7, 1934.

47.
“distinct handicap . . . vigor out of the ball players”:
DN
, May 5, 1934.

47.
“If we finish our present swing through the east . . .”:
DFP
, June 12, 1934.

48.
“This sort of stuff belongs in a Class B league . . .”:
DN
, July 1, 1934.

49.
“chief squanderer . . . burning deck”: Ibid.

49.
“dizzy”:
DFP
, July 2, 1934.

50.
“All I wanted to do is to get that fellow . . .”: Ibid.

50.
“like a freshman footballer . . .”:
DFP
, July 3, 1934.

50.
“I guess I had it coming”:
DN
, July 2, 1934.

51.
“thoroughly chastened . . . case of the blues”:
DFP
, July 25, 1934.

The Little Stone Chapel

52.
Heinrich Pickert biography: Numerous sources, including
DN
, March 15, 1934, and June 5, 1934.

52.
“No one can tell what patience . . .”:
DN
, July 3, 1931.

52.
“Gum and police work . . .”:
DN
, April 3, 1934.

53.
“all the time”:
DN
, October 10, 1934.

53.
“teaching, living, talking, and breathing”: Ibid.

53.
“The appalling thing . . . a showdown soon”: Ibid.

54.
child lost for nine hours:
DFP
, June 3, 1935.

55.
“I believe in doing what’s right . . .”:
DT
, June 1, 1936.

56.
“Nothing could stop him . . .”:
DT
, June 2, 1936.

56.
Police initiated into the legion:
DN
, June 27, June 30, and July 1, 1936, and
DFP
, July 1–2, 1936.

57.
“meet a bunch of American fellows . . .”:
DN
, July 1, 1936.

57.
“very strenuous speaker . . . fear in any man”:
DFP
, July 2, 1936.

57.
“somebody might get hurt”:
DN
, July 1, 1936.

57.
“But I was afraid they would consider . . .”:
DN
, June 30, 1936.

58.
Hit-and-run deaths:
DN
, April 17, 1934.

58.
Ralph Wilson killing:
DFP
, April 7, 1934.

58.
“You’ll never get me”:
DFP
, March 27, 1934.