At 1:07 a.m. on October 1, a bomb destroyed the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21. Behind it is a sprawling story involving violent labor warfare, anti-union publisher Harrison Gray Otis, dynamite campaigns, the McNamara brothers, celebrity defense attorney Clarence Darrow, private detective William J. Burns, confessions and a separate scandal involving allegations that Darrow's side tried to bribe jurors.
Neither 87 year old Bertie May or I knew about this story. However, Ma is old enough to have an opinion on unions. I, also, have an opinion, but I carry much less conviction than Ma. After ward, she said, “Can you take out the anti-union stuff? I don’t want to get killed.”
No, Ma. It’s kind of your entire approach to the whole episode. Plus, no one cares that much. I guarantee it.
