Terror in the City of Champions (54 page)

126.
Frank Murphy . . . Alex Groesbeck: Author interview with Brother Leo Wollenweber of St. Bonaventure Monastery.

126.
Andre Bessette meeting: Wollenweber,
Meet Solanus Casey
, 78.

127.
“kept press”: Basso, “Radio Priest—In Person,” 97.

127.
“the voice of the people”:
Milwaukee Journal
, May 23, 1935.

127.
“All these disturbing voices . . .”:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
, May 24, 1935.

The Killing of Silas Coleman

128.
He preferred blacks not be in his world at all:
The Afro-American
, August 1, 1936.

128.
Harvey Davis biography: Numerous sources, including
DN
, June 4 and 25, 1936.

129.
“I want to shoot a nigger”:
The Afro-American
, August 1, 1936.

129.
“Hey, Sid . . .”:
DN
, July 26, 1936.

129.
“Let’s get the hell out of here”:
The Afro-American
, August 1, 1936.

129.
“Well, I don’t see no use wasting . . .”: Dean, “Secrets of the Blank Legion,” 35.

129.
P
OLICE
O
FFICER’S
S
HOOTING OF
C
RAZED . . .
:
Highland Parker
, April 4, 1935.

130.
“Shooting a human being to death . . .” Ibid.

130.
“get hold of a colored guy”:
DN
, July 21, 1936.

130.
“a little excitement”: Ibid.

131.
“A guy can’t get a word in edgewise . . .”:
Los Angeles Times
, May 22, 1935.

131.
Jesse Owens at Ferry Field: McRae,
Heroes Without a Country
, 38–47;
DFP
, May 25, 1935; and
Los Angeles Times
, May 25, 1985.

132.
Silas Coleman killing: Numerous sources, including
DN
, July 21 and 28, 1936;
DFP
, November 26, 1936;
Pinckney Dispatch
, May 29 and June 5, 1935.

133.
“Get your guns, you fellows . . .”:
DN
, July 22, 1936.

133.
“Don’t see any boat fishing out there”:
DN
, July 28, 1936.

133.
“like a deer”:
DN
, July 21, 1936.

133.
“Don’t let that nigger get away”:
DN
and
DT
, November 26, 1936.

134.
“or it will be too bad for you”:
DN
, July 22, 1936.

134.
“the bullet-riddled body of a Negro . . .”:
DFP
, May 27, 1935.

134.
“The crime of murder is no novelty in Detroit . . .”:
Pinckney
Dispatch
, June 5, 1935.

Worries

135.
“worried about his failure”:
DFP
, May 23, 1935.

135.
“to bolster his morale”: Ibid.

136.
“We’ve got to do something”:
DFP
, May 28, 1935.

136.
“the human slingshot . . .”:
DFP
April 8, 1934.

136.
“thoughtful and observant”:
DFP
, May 1, 1935.

136.
“thoughtful, wide-awake”:
DFP
, May 27, 1935.

136.
“Hank puts more thought, effort . . .”:
DFP
, April 8, 1935.

137.
“I don’t think Carnera can fight . . .”:
New York Daily News
, June 21, 1935.

137.
“When he does that to me, I’ll be right in there . . .”:
DFP
, May 13, 1935.

137.
“I started noticing some things I thought . . .”: Louis,
Joe Louis
, 48–49.

137.
Lena Horne: Louis,
Joe Louis
, 56.

138.
“I hope Joe can take us around . . .”:
DFP
, June 16, 1935.

138.
“It was twenty-five years ago when Jack Johnson . . .”:
DFP
, June 25, 1935.

138.
“He sure is a wonderful man . . .”:
DFP
, June 22, 1935.

138.
M
EET
J
OE
L
OUIS
:
DFP
, June 24, 1935.

138.
“Joe just whipped him badly”: Barrow and Munder,
Joe Louis
, 50.

138.
“There was so much noise . . .”:
DFP
, June 26, 1935.

138.
“He won! He won! He won!”:
DT
, June 26, 1935.

139.
“I’ve been in a nightmare . . . even pitching”:
DFP
, June 12, 1935.

139.
Entertained Harry Bennett:
DFP
, June 13, 1935.

139.
“Look out, Yanks, there’s a bengal loose . . .”:
DFP
, July 10, 1935.

140.
“I don’t want no celebration . . .”:
DFP
, July 2, 1935.

140.
“All I can say is I’m glad to be home”:
DFP
, July 3, 1935.

140–41.
“Hi there, fellows. . . . Sign this, will you, Rowe”:
DFP
, August 25, 1935.

141.
“I guess they take experience . . .”:
DFP
, June 30, 1935.

141.
“How many does Gehrig have?”: Ibid.

142.
“But there are limitations . . .”:
DFP
, July 5, 1935.

142.
“The only solution is to cancel the game . . .”:
DN
, July 10, 1935.

142.
H
ANK
M
ARRIED?
T
IGER AND
B
LOND
D
ON
S
AGE
G
RINS
:
DFP
, July 9, 1935.

142.
“You can light your cigar . . .”:
DFP
, July 11, 1935.

142.
Will Rogers’s news reports: Smallwood and Gragert,
Will Rogers’ Daily Telegrams, Vol. IV
, 309–311.

143.
Will Rogers’s death: Ketchum,
Will Rogers
, 383–394, and
DFP
, August 17, 1935.

143.
“He loved and was loved by the American people”:
DFP
, August 17, 1935.

143.
“We all tried to get him not to go . . .”:
DFP
, August 16, 1935.

143.
“There isn’t a man in the world . . .”:
DFP
, August 10, 1935.

143.
“But if the Yankees can’t win . . .”: Ibid.

143.
“It seems that a member of our club has been killed”:
DFP
, August 17, 1935.

143.
“I guess when your number comes up . . .”: Ibid.

144.
“These things like injuries . . .”:
DFP
, August 17, 1935.