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'The Enemy Within'
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: October 31, 2024, 9:48 am
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One of the sad things about this case's history is the quality
of the material published after Ali was released....and what
wasn't brought up at the time of George Damon's arrival on the
scene in 1901.
I'm not criticizing the views of those who wrote about it
concerning their belief in whether he was innocent or not, but
how the events
and individuals are portrayed by people who were there at the
time of the crime.
Likewise, I am not being disrespectful to those who believe
Damon's story was valid.
What I am puzzled by is how Francis Wellman, Charles Edward
Russell, and the very few who wrote about the case got it so
wrong.
Russell is a pet peeve of mine. Two years ago, I went through
the 'Can A Man Be Railroaded?' article and found at least 13
mistakes. Today,
I could go back and find one or two more, knowing more about the
case. At least four of his mistakes are laughable.
His two articles, the one in the 1913 newspaper, The Coming
Nation, and a 1931 Illustrated Modern Detective article,
probably did more
damage than any other published works considering the
circulation. We might want to add the 1986 New York Daily News
article, The
Railroaded Ripper, to that pair.
Books by Edmund Pearson ( a small section on the case ) and
Edwin Borchard ( an entire chapter ) were more well-grounded but
were
read by far fewer people.
You would think that someone who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1928
would have put together a credible account of events and people
simply
because he was there at the scene of the crime.
Sadly, his two efforts are the worst examples of case coverage
to date and the best example of an enemy within.
It is also a major puzzle, at least to me, why no one in
Manhattan sought out Damon to interview him, aside from the
generic reports
we find in Manhattan papers.
#Post#: 3624--------------------------------------------------
Re: 'The Enemy Within'
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: November 8, 2024, 7:19 am
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While it isn't earthshattering, this is an example of witness
testimony being misrepresented in the press.
There was no excuse for it since the person who made the report
was there at the time.
From the New York Herald on June 30th. This edition was
published immediately following the testimony
of several witnesses on the 30th. This happens to be what the
Herald reported concerning Mary Miniter's testimony
on what C. Kniclo looked like.
I've included the actual trial transcript featuring the question
presented by Fred House to Miniter.
Ne York Herald
June 30, 1891
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HTML https://i.imgur.com/xZwLHC4.png
....and now what she actually said:
Question by Fred House:
HTML https://i.imgur.com/AUoJgnB.png
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