16: MRS. SHERLOCK HOLMES
Grace’s interview from “Woman Who Solved Ruth Cruger Mystery,” New York Sun, June 24, 1917, 42; “Mrs. Grace Humiston Tells,” Eau Claire Sunday Leader, July 8, 1917, 9; “Mrs. Humiston,” Waco Morning News, July 8, 1917, 9; “Mrs. Grace Humiston Does Not Look Like a Detective,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 24, 1917, 6; “Mrs. Humiston’s Theory,” New-York Tribune, June 17, 1917, 8.
“at every step” (p. 259): “How I Solved the Ruth Cruger Mystery,” Pittsburgh Press, June 21, 1917, 1.
“begin the work” (p. 259): “Mrs. Humiston,” Waco Morning News, July 8, 1917, 9.
“dissuaded by that” (p. 259): “Mrs. Grace Humiston Does Not Look Like a Detective,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 24, 1917, 6.
“born and bred New Yorker” (p. 260): “Woman Who Solved Ruth Cruger Mystery,” New York Sun, June 24, 1917, 42.
“missing-girl editor” (p. 260): Larry Goldsmith, “Gender, Politics, and ‘White Slavery’ in New York City: Grace Humiston and the Ruth Cruger Mystery of 1917,” unpublished article, 26.
to only speak to them (p. 260): Guido Bruno, “Commissioner Woods and New York’s Missing girls,” Pearson’s Magazine, October, 1917, 166.
“Ay, any change” (p. 261): “Lines to Mrs. Humiston,” New-York Tribune, July 8, 1917.
petrified near a riverbank (p. 261): “It’s Satan Dead, They Say,” Concord Times, August 2, 1917, 8.
“had been disgraced” (p. 262): “Cocchi Makes Confession,” New Castle News, June 23, 1917, 2.
Athos’s testimony (p. 262): “Belief Grows Stronger,” Courier-Journal, July 27, 1917, 2. Martin Donnelly, the private detective, also testified that said he saw a filthy Cocchi emerge from his cellar around 11:30 on the night of February 14. Though obviously damning, this was incredibly providential.
“right of privacy” (p. 263): “Mrs. Humiston Wins,” New York Times, August 11, 1917, 16. The court directed Mrs. Humiston to file a bond of $2,500 to protect the defendants.
“moment of passion” (p. 265): “Ruth Cruger’s Finder,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 12, 1917, 36.
“7476-Rector” (p. 266): “Detectives,” adverstizement, Evening Telegram, July 18, 1917.
job offers (p. 266): “Woods Enlists Aid,” New York Times, July 22, 1917, 9.
Grace’s personal bodyguard (p. 266): “Society Women Join the Ranks of War Workers,” Washington Times, September 30, 1917; photograph, Evening Independent, July 7, 1917. Commissioner Woods founded the home Defense League to aid the police: 22,000 volunteered, without pay. Renamed the New York Reserve Police Force, women volunteers patrolled childrens’ areas and were trained in emergency first aid.
“against white-slavers” (p. 266): “Mrs. Humiston, Who Cleared,” New York Evening World, June 18, 1917, 2. Mrs. Adler: “Those of us who aided Mrs. Humiston in this matter urge that some organization, preferably a women’s organization, make it possible for this highly gifted and very capable women to continue the work. Undoubtedly she could find and save many girls.”
every major city in the United States (p. 267): “To Protect Women,” Newport Journal, August 31, 1917, 2.
Morality League (p. 267): “League to Protect Girls,” New-York Tribune, August 8, 1917, 14.
police special investigator (p. 267): Mark Twain, Scrapbook, vol. 39, May 1–September 15, 1917. Twain cut out this article, along with the striking image of Grace’s bodyguard, for his scrapbook.
“the control of men” (p. 267): “Woman Who Cleared Cruger Case,” Washington Post, June 19, 1917, 4.
“with the tides” (p. 267): “Mrs. Humiston Is Hampered,” Lima News, July 24, 1917, 7.
Code and Ritual (p. 268): Alberto Verrusio Ricci, “Black Hand Exposed,” True Detective, September 30, 1930, 29; Ibid., October 30, 1930, 50.
La Rue’s fiction (p. 268): “Miss LaRue’s Tale,” New York Times, July 24, 1917, 9; “Miss La Rue’s Woes Sound Like a Book,” New York Sun, July 24, 1917, 4.
Mrs. H. T. Clary (p. 269): “Grand Jury Calls,” New York Times, July 19, 1917, 7.
“had while they last” (p. 269): “Miss La Rue’s Woes Sound Like a Book,” New York Sun, July 24, 1917, 4.
kind of self-hypnosis (p. 269): “Hypnotic Power of Books,” New York Sun, August 12, 1917, 50.
indicted on blackmail (p. 269): “2 Indicted on Story,” New-York Tribune, August 21, 1917, 14.
17: THE MARKED NECK
Details from Joseph F. Dougherty and K. S. Daiger, “Behind Drawn Blinds,” True Detective Mysteries, March 30, 1930; “Arrest of Suspected Man,” Washington Times, August 10, 1917, 2.
“for all time” (p. 271): “Suspicion Attaches,” Washington Times, August 10, 1917, 1.
“Human Spirit” (p. 272): New York Pickets at the White House, photograph, January 26, 1917, National Woman’s Party Records, group II, container II: 276, Library of Congress; Suffragist with “Kaiser Wilson” Poster, photograph, record group 165, Records of the War Department General and Special Staff, National Archives and Records Administration.
“entered their doors” (p. 272): Alissa Franc, “A Woman Visits,” Washington Times, August 10, 1917, 2.
“going to be solved” (p. 272): “Bride Killed,” Washington Times, August 11, 1917, 1.
“around her waist” (p. 273): Alissa Franc, “Other Man Tale,” Washington Times, August 11, 1917, 3. “We are unconsciously accustomed to hearing women talk this way. We know that the lives of these women are, and always have been, straight and clean, and that this way of talking is simply an outlet for a little surplus vanity. We feel it does not matter.”
“a woman assailant” (p. 273): “Mrs. Humiston Tells,” Washington Times, August 12, 1917, 1.
“which to work” (p. 273): “Woman Expert,” Washington Times, August 13, 1917, 2.
playing craps (p. 274): Joseph F. Dougherty and K. S. Daiger, “Behind Drawn Blinds,” True Detective Mysteries, March 30, 1930, 31.
“unusually black” (p. 274): “Negro Is Held as Annapolis Slayer,” Washington Post, August 14, 1917, 1.
Snowden’s interrogation (p. 274): “Negro Cringes under Grilling,” Washington Times, August 14, 1917, 2; Jennie H. Ross, “Alleges Brutal Methods Used to Make Snowden Confess Crime,” Afro-American, February 2, 1918; Stephen Braun, “Clemency for Hanged Man,” Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2001.
did not confess (p. 274): “Maintains Innocence,” Washington Times, August 16, 1917, 1.
exhumation of Lottie’s body (p. 274): “Believe Woman Was Assaulted,” Washington Herald, August 15, 1917, 1; “Mrs. Humiston Says,” Washington Times, August 13, 1917, 1.
“will never rest” (p. 275): “Miss Murray Aids,” Washington Times, February 21, 1919, 6.
“if you don’t” (p. 277): “Delay Inquest,” Washington Herald, August 16, 1917, 2. A joke later appeared in some Baltimore newspapers about Grace’s inability to drive a car; this story might be the genesis of that.