WEB SITES
The Clarence Darrow Digital Collection of the University of Minnesota Law Library is the indispensable online resource. Almost as helpful are Douglas Linder’s University of Missouri–Kansas City site Famous Trials and Northwestern University’s Homicide in Chicago site.
The Web site of the Public Broadcasting System offers transcripts and exhibits from several documentaries about Darrow and his times, including fine American Experience productions on Chicago and the Scopes and Massie trials. The American Heritage site offers articles on Earl Rogers, the Sweet trials, and other subjects relevant to Darrow. Idaho Public Television has a top-notch site on the Haywood trial called Assassination: Idaho’s Trial of the Century.
The online Encyclopedia of Chicago, maintained by the Chicago History Museum, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University, was very helpful, as was Scott Newman’s Jazz Age Chicago and two sites maintained by nonprofessional historians: The Chicago History Journal site of the indefatigable Sharon Williams, and the Idaho Meanderings site, maintained by John Richards, a descendant of Frank Steunenberg.
INDEX
Abbot, Willis, 4.1, 8.1
Abhedananda, Swami
Adamic, Louis, itr.1, itr.2
Adams, Steve, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, nts.1n15, nts.2n16, nts.3n6, nts.4n2
Addams, Jane, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 14.1
Ade, George, 2.1, 5.1
Adler, Philip
African Americans
Binga case
Bond case, 14.1, nts.1n9
Clark and Holt case
Curry case
Darrow’s alliance with, 10.1, nts.1n7
De Priest case
Freeman case
great migration north
lynchings and race riots, 10.1, 18.1, 19.1, nts.1n6, nts.2n31
Scottsboro Boys case
See also Sweet case
Alexander, George, 11.1, 11.2
Alfano, Luigi
Altgeld, John Peter, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 14.1
background and personal qualities
Darrow’s relationship with, 2.1, 5.1
death of
Debs Rebellion and
Gary and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
gubernatorial election
Haymarket case and, 2.1, 2.2
Ogden Gas deal, n3
Populist movement and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
presidential election of 1896, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Yerkes and, 7.1, nts.1n13
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 15.1, 20.1, 20.2, 21.1, nts.1n14
Scopes case, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
American Federation of Labor (AFL), 11.1, 12.1
American free-speech case, 7.1, nts.1n8
American Inquiry Commission
American Medical Association (AMA), 5.1, 5.2
American Railway Union (ARU), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
American Revolution
American Tragedy, An (Dreiser), 20.1, nts.1n1
Anarchism, 2.1, 15.1. See also Haymarket case
Anderson, David
Appel, Horace, 12.1, 12.2
Arnold, Charles
Arnold, John
Auden, W. H.
Averbuch, Lazarus, 10.1, nts.1n11
Azzop, John
Babbitt (Lewis), nts.1n1
Bachrach, Benjamin and Walter
Baer, George, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Bailey, Forrest, 18.1, 20.1
Baillie, Hugh, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2
Bain, Robert, 11.1, 13.1
Baker, Ray Stannard
Baldwin, Roger, 15.1, 20.1, 21.1
Bank of America, 7.1, 21.1, nts.1n18
Banks, Charles
Barker, George “Red”, 16.1, 20.1
Barmore, Jennie
Barnum, Gertrude, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, 21.1
Darrow’s relationship with, 5.1, 5.2
Barnum, William
Barrymore, Ethel, 9.1, 9.2
Barrymore, John
Bates, Ruby, 20.1, nts.1n20
Becker, Francis
Beckwith, John
Belknap, Hugh
Bell, Sherman, 8.1, 8.2
Berger, Victor
Biddinger, Guy, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2
Bidwell, Riverious
Billburg, Anthony
Binga, Jesse
Bissett, George
Black, William
Blight, Reynold, n10
Bonaparte, Charles, 8.1, nts.1n22
Bond, Isaac “Ike”, itr.1, 14.1, nts.1n9
Booster (petty criminal)
Bootleggers, 16.1, nts.1n13
Borah, William E., 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 21.1, nts.1n22
Bordwell, Walter, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 12.1, nts.1n17
Bourne, Randolph
Bowman, Karl
Boyd, Thomas
Boysen, Anna
Bradley, Fred
Bradley, Preston, 5.1, 21.1
Brandeis, Louis, 6.1, nts.1n24
Branson, Thomas
Brant, Otto, 11.1, 11.2
Breen, Peter, n4
Breiner, Leon, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, nts.1n12
Brentano, Theodore
Brewer, David
Brockway, James
Brown, F. Wayland, n16
Brown, Harvey, 8.1, 10.1
Brown, John, 2.1, nts.1n10
Browne, Sam, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1
Bryan, Mary, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6
Bryan, William Jennings
anti-evolution position, 18.1, 18.2, nts.1n1
Darrow’s envy and antipathy toward
death of, 18.1, nts.1n43
Leopold and Loeb case, interest in
Populist movement and, 4.1, 4.2
presidential campaign of 1896, 4.1, 4.2
presidential campaign of 1904
Scopes case, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, 18.8, 18.9, 18.10, 18.11, 19.1
Bryan, William Jennings, Jr.
Bryant, Louise
Burke, Robert “Bobbie”
Burns, John
Burns, William (detective), 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, nts.1n6, nts.2n18
Burns, William (unionist)
Butler, John Washington
Butler, Walter
Canfield, H. S.
Capital punishment, Darrow’s opposition to, itr.1, 2.1, 19.1, nts.1n8
Caplan, David, 11.1, 13.1
Caplan, Flora
Capone, Al, 16.1, 16.2, 21.1, nts.1n24
Carberry, John, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
Cardozo, Benjamin, n12
Carillo, Donato
Carlin, Nellie, 5.1, 7.1
Carlin, William
Carnegie, Andrew
Carozzo, Michael “Dago Mike”
Carr, Harry
Cartwright, L. M.
Catlin, W. W., 2.1, 11.1, 12.1
Cavanaugh, Billy
Caverly, John, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 17.8, 17.9, 17.10, 17.11, nts.1n13, nts.2n18
Chandler, Harry, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Chawke, Thomas, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, nts.1n26
Chesterton, G. K.
Chetlain, Arthur
Chicago, itr.1, 2.1
Chicago (Watkins), nts.1n1
Chicago & North Western Railway
Company, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1
Chicago mayoral campaign of 1903, 6.1, nts.1n16
Child labor, 6.1, 6.2
Chippie, Andrew
Church, Archibald, 3.1, 17.1
Civic Biology, A (Hunter), 18.1
Civic Federation, 5.1, 7.1
Clark, Stonewall
Cleminson, Haldane
Cleveland, Grover, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, nts.1n4
Darrow’s populist criticism of
Debs Rebellion and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
presidential campaign of 1888
Coal industry
unions and strikes
working conditions in mines
Coal industry hearings
conciliation initiative
Darrow’s activities outside hearings
Darrow’s closing argument, 6.1, nts.1n12
Darrow’s fee
Darrow’s hiring to represent labor
establishment of federal commission
expert witnesses’ testimony
final report
historical significance
industry officials’ testimony
industry profits and
miners’ testimony
Mitchell’s testimony
national guard commander’s testimony
press coverage of, n9
strike victims’ testimony
Cobb, Calvin, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1
Cochran, Neg, 15.1, 19.1
Coit, Henry
Colby, Bainbridge, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Cole, Arthur
Coll, Henry
Collins, Lorin
Colosimo, Big Jim, 16.1, 17.1
Columbian Exposition
Comerford, Frank, 15.1, 15.2
Commission on Industrial Relations
Communist Labor Party, 15.1, 15.2
Comstock, Anthony
Conley, William, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5
Connolly, C. P., n19
Cooper, Peter
Cooper, Theron
Coppersmith, Ella
Cosmano, Vincenzo “Sunny Jim”, 16.1, 16.2, 21.1
Cosmopolitan Electric Company, 5.1, 5.2
Costello, Tom, 16.1, 16.2
Coughlin, John “Bathhouse”, 2.1, 7.1
Cox, Harmon
Cox-McCormack, Nancy
Crabill, Simeon
Craddock, Ida
Crane, Harry
Crawford, J. L.
Cregier, DeWitt, 2.1, 2.2
Crosby, Tommy, itr.1, 5.1
Crowe, Robert, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 21.1, nts.1n13, nts.2n19
Cruice, Daniel, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
“Culprit, The” (Housman)
Curry, Fred
Curtis, W. C., 18.1, 20.1
Czolgosz, Leon, 5.1, 5.2
Darrow, Amirus (father), itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 18.1, nts.1n10
influence on Darrow, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Darrow, Ammirus (great-grandfather), 1.1, 1.2
Darrow, Channing (brother)
Darrow, Christopher (cousin of Ammirus)
Darrow, Clarence
African Americans, alliance with, 10.1, nts.1n7
American Inquiry Commission
birth of
bohemian lifestyle
celebrity status, itr.1, 10.1, 19.1
Chicago, move to
Chicago return following California ordeal
childhood and youth, itr.1, 1.1
coal mine tour, 6.1, 6.2
Commission on Industrial Relations
compassionate nature, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 1.1
death, feelings toward, 1.1, nts.1n17
death of, 21.1, nts.1n25
education of, 1.1, 1.2
estate, sale of
European visits, 5.1, 14.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
feminist views
fictionalized versions of, n1
film portrayals of
final months
financial situation, itr.1, itr.2, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1, 11.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 21.1, 21.2
food preferences
free love commune in California, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1
freethinking philosophy (see philosophical outlook below)
government’s surveillance of
heart attack
hometown visit in 1925, 18.1, nts.1n5
individual freedom, commitment to, itr.1, 15.1, 21.1
Italian Hall tragedy
lecturing career, itr.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.1, 9.1, 10.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 18.1
love, hunger for
love affairs, itr.1, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 19.1
marriages (see Darrow, Jessie Ohl; Darrow, Ruby Hamerstrom)
mastoiditis infection, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
money-carrying habits, 10.1, nts.1n12
National Recovery Review Board
philosophical outlook, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 10.1, 14.1
physical appearance, itr.1, itr.2
Prohibition, opposition to, itr.1, 10.1, 16.1, nts.1n13
radical causes, dedication to, 2.1, 5.1, nts.1n17
radio and film work
recreational activities
religious faith, attitude toward
sixty-first birthday celebration
social climbing
Spanish-American war, opposition to
suicidal thoughts
teaching career
World War I, support for
Zionism, opposition to
See also Darrow, Clarence, legal career of; Darrow, Clarence, political career of; Darrow, Clarence, writing career of; specific persons
Darrow, Clarence, legal career of
“advocate for the common folk” archetype
American free-speech case, 7.1, nts.1n8
Arnold case
assortment of clients
Bank of America case, 7.1, nts.1n18
Becker case
Binga case
Bond case, 14.1, nts.1n9
Brockway case
Brown case, n16
capital punishment, opposition to, itr.1, 2.1, 19.1, nts.1n8
Carillo and Greco case
City Hall work in Chicago, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Clark and Holt case
closing arguments, approach to
Communist Labor Party case
corporate practice, itr.1, itr.2, 2.1
Crosby case
Curry case
Darrow’s lecturing career and
Darrow’s reflections on his career in 1925
De Priest case
Dreiser case
early experiences, 1.1, 1.2
Eastland disaster case, 14.1, nts.1n15
Eddy case
education in the law
Faherty case, n17
final case
first big legal triumph
first closing argument in major criminal case
free love movement and
free speech limits during wartime, opposition to
Gitlow case, 15.1, nts.1n14
greed and cynicism charges against Darrow
Harris case
Harvard, Ill., practice, n1
Haymarket case and, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, nts.1n7
Healey case, 16.1, 16.2
Higgins case
“honor killing” defense
Iroquois Theatre fire case, 7.1, nts.1n7
jury appeals, approach to, itr.1, 14.1
Kidd case
Kyle case
Lewis case
Lundin case
Masters, partnership with, 7.1, 10.1
McWilliams case
Milwaukee anarchists case
Munding case
Munsene case
New York move, consideration of
nonconformists, post-war representation of
Ogden Gas deal
organized crime figures, defense of, 16.1, 16.2
Prendergast case, 3.1, 3.2
presence in courtroom
Ramsay case, n8
Red Scare cases
re-establishment in Chicago following
jury-bribing trials
Rockford Reds case
Rudowitz case
Scottsboro Boys case
Seward as inspiration for
Simpson case, 16.1, nts.1n8
Sissman, partnership with
Stephenson case
Stone case
streetcar ownership case
Strutynsky case
Supreme C
ourt bar, admission to
Tennes case, 16.1, 16.2
Turner case
turning from corporate to criminal law
Union Traction Company cases
unorthodox tactics, itr.1, 3.1, 8.1
Van Keuren case
Varecha case
Warren case, n8
wealthy clients’ fees used to underwrite defense of the poor, itr.1, 5.1
Weil case
Winters case
women lawyers, advice for
Wright case
writings on the law
See also Coal industry hearings; Darrow jury-bribing headings; Debs case; Haywood trial; Leopold and Loeb case; Massie case; McNamara case; Scopes case; Sweet case; Western Federation of Miners case
Darrow, Clarence, political career of
Chicago mayoral campaign of 1903, 6.1, nts.1n16
Cleveland’s presidential campaign of 1888
congressional campaigns, 2.1, 4.1
departure from politics
early experiences, 1.1, 1.2
free trade issue
Hearst’s presidential campaign
Illinois gubernatorial nomination, rejection of
Illinois legislative office, 5.1, 7.1
judicial campaign
Palmer’s election to Senate
polling place security measures, n14
Populist movement and, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Darrow, Clarence, writing career of
“Breaker Boy, The”
“Easy Lessons in Law”
Eye for an Eye, An, 7.1
Farmington, 7.1, nts.1n7
“Influences That Make the Law, The”
literary world, involvement in, 5.1, 7.1
newspaper and magazine articles, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 10.1, 14.1, 16.1
Persian Pearl, and Other Essays, A, 5.1
Resist Not Evil, 5.1, 14.1, nts.1n16
“Skeleton in the Closet, The”, 5.1, 5.2
Story of My Life, The, 21.1, 21.2
“War for Peace, The”
“Woman”
Darrow, Edward (brother)
Darrow, Emily Eddy (mother), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Darrow, Everett (brother), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 12.1, 13.1, 20.1
Darrow, George (first Darrow in America), 1.1, nts.1n3
Darrow, Helen (Everett’s wife), 12.1, 20.1
Darrow, Herman (brother), 1.1, 2.1
Darrow, Hubert (brother), 1.1, 2.1
Darrow, Jedediah (brother of Ammirus)
Darrow, Jedediah (grandfather), 1.1, 1.2
Darrow, Jennie (sister), 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 7.1, 12.1, 12.2, 20.1
Darrow, Jessie Ohl (first wife), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 7.1, 14.1, 17.1
divorce from Darrow, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
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