“at least in this locality” (p. 294): Ibid.
hightailed it to the hotel room (p. 294): “Mrs. Humiston Admits,” New York Sun, November 27, 1917, 3. The Sun reporter called Grace Humiston’s office for a statement on Bell’s findings. Grace admitted that she sent Adkins and a “Miss Francis” to Camp Upton to register at the hotel on the military reservation there as man and wife under an assumed name. She reminded the reporter that they did so successfully. They registered as a married couple, despite their obvious age difference and might have done so without problem if they were not recognized by a soldier.
“shaded in this manner?” (p. 294): “How It Works,” New-York Tribune, November 28, 1917, 10.
“this disgusting errand” (p. 295): “A Disgraceful Experiment,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 28, 1917, 6.
“disgusting trick” (p. 295): “Humiston ‘Plant’ Scored by Baker,” Washington Post, November 29, 1917, 5.
“of sensation mongers” (p. 296): “Light on Mrs. Humiston,” New-York Tribune, November 29, 1917, 8.
“things that ain’t” (p. 296): “Intimates Mrs. Humiston,” Salina Daily Union, November 16, 1917, 4.
“scintilla of evidence” (p. 296): “Mrs. Humiston’s Charges,” New-York Tribune, November 29, 1917, 3.
lasted three hours (p. 296): Ibid.
“problems on our hands” (p. 296): “New Charges Made by Mrs. Humiston,” New York Sun, November 29, 1917, 14.
“thoroughly fumigated” (p. 297): “A Study in Morbid Psychology,” Brooklyn Life, December 1, 1917, 9.
“remove the smirch” (p. 297): “Rookie Demands That Slur,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 9, 1917, 45.
“he has set” (p. 298): “Brands Humiston Camptales False,” New York Sun, December 19, 1917, 4.
“crazy about uniforms” (p. 298): Ibid.
“activities to New York” (p. 299): “Takes Police Power,” New York Times, December 30, 1917, 23; “Woman Morals Guardian,” Milwaukee Journal, December 30, 1917, 1; “Mrs. Humiston Is Dropped,” New-York Tribune, December 30, 1917, 3.
committee disbanded (p. 299): George W. Wickersham, Joseph P. Lincoln, James S. Cushman, Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst, Mrs. Felix Adler, Mrs. A. Ladenberg, Evangeline Booth, Harold Content, Mrs. William Curtis Demarest, and Rev. Dr. Charles Slattery all resigned.
Izola Forrester (p. 300): Izola worked with Grace in the Morality League, in her office, and in a variety of other roles. Izola, the granddaughter of John Wilkes Booth, was a secret writer who honed her craft while working on and off with Grace. She went on to have a terrific career as a writer.
“various army camps” (p. 300): “Pair Driven from Camp,” Washington Post, November 28, 1917, 2.
former New York City policemen (p. 300): Roger Batchelder, Camp Upton, Boston: Small, Maynard, 1918. The Upton military police force included 142 former New York policemen, some during its construction phase.
“to Mayor Hylan” (p. 301): “Mrs. Humiston Explains Why,” New-York Tribune, December 31, 1917, 5.
a little hollow (p. 301): “Mrs. Humiston Is Dropped,” New-York Tribune, December 30, 1917, 7. “Commissioner Woods asked for my resignation on December 11, after I had refused to give the committee of which George W. Wickersham is chairman the evidence I possess as to evils in camp areas.”
20: THE ASSASSIN STRIKES
The details of the attack come from “Threatens Mrs. Humiston’s Life,” New-York Tribune, January 20, 1918, 8; “Boy Threatens Mrs. Humiston,” Times Herald, January 22, 1918, 5.
“quite as easily” (p. 304): “Mrs. Sherlock Holmes,” Cromwell Argus, December 2, 1918, 6.
“sense of suffocation” (p. 304): “Women of Middle Age,” Times Herald, April 5, 1921, 12.
rule 39 (p. 304): There were still several points of inquiry that didn’t seem to fit. One was that Martin Donnelly had seen Cocchi covered in dirt. Another told a story that two employees of the Consolidated Gas Company had been refused entrance to Cocchi’s cellar on February 14 and 15.
decision to Justice Goff (p. 305): “Lagarenne Guilty,” New York Times, Februry 22, 1918; “Detective Is Convicted,” Bridgeport Telegram, February 23, 1918, 20.
“with the unearthing of it” (p. 305): “Gives Lagarenne Credit,” New York Evening World, February 18, 1918, 3.
signature on some reports (p. 305): “Convicted Detective Witness,” New York Evening World, February 26, 1918, 2.
“best of me in court” (p. 306): “Osborne Aims Blow,” New York Times, February 28, 1918, 9.
dismissed the indictment (p. 306): “Captain Cooper Discharged,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, February 28, 1918, 1; “Acquitted in Cruger Case,” New York Times, March 1, 7.
Lagarenne’s sentence (p. 306): “Cruger Case Sleuth Fined,” New York Evening World, April 19, 1918, 2.
court costs (p. 306): “Special Expenses in Connection with the Murder of Ruth Cruger,” City Record, City of New York, February 28, 1921.
Snowden verdict (p. 306): “Jury Quickly Finds,” Washington Times, February 1, 1918, 3; “Find Snowden Guilty,” Washington Post, February 1, 1918, 2.
“she was doing” (p. 307): Court of Appeals (Records and Briefs), John Snowden, October term 1918, case no. 95, vols. 1–2; “Ask New Trial,” Washington Herald, December 6, 1918, 2.
Val Brandon testimony (p. 307): John Snowden v. State of Maryland, Court of Appeals (Records and Briefs), October Term 1918, case no. 95.
crowd at execution (p. 308): “Cards Issued for Snowden,” Washington Times, Februrary 27, 1919, 1.
band played gospel (p. 308): “Our Legacy: The Last Hanging,” Capital Gazette, February 3, 2015.
Murray was there (p. 308): “Mrs. Murray Aids,” Washington Times, February 21, 1919, 6.
“I will not interfere” (p. 308): “Will Not Interfere,” Evening Capital, February 25, 1919, 3.
meekly and quietly (p. 309): “Cards Issued for Snowden,” Washington Times, Februrary 27, 1919, 1. Attorney Theodore Brady said, “I have never in all my experience seen a man like Snowden.”
“unsealed if necessary” (p. 309): Ibid.
“Humiston back to Annapolis” (p. 309): “Mrs. Murray Out in Statement Regarding Part,” Evening Capital, February 27, 1919.
“sweatbox in Baltimore” (p. 309): Hannah Jopling, Life in a Black Community, London: Lexington, 2015, 71.
“with a lie in my mouth” (p. 310): Excerpt from the last statement of John Snowden, February 27, 1919.
“God will bring things right some day” (p. 310): “Anonymous Letter,” Evening Capital, March 3, 1919.
21: THE INVISIBLE PLACES
“it seems to fall” (p. 311): Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Trans. Robert M. Durling, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, 136–38; canto 21.
reservist in the Italian army (p. 311): “Cocchi’s Immunity,” New York Sun, July 7, 1917, 4.
provide food from outside (p. 312): “Cocchi Fights Return,” Washington Post, June 23, 1917, 5.