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There are enough of them in this. A lot of these fellows are Sicilians. They're accustomed to doing what they want to do when they're mad. It's just terrible. It's a dreadful thing. If the Governor lets the state police come in, I don't know what will happen.”

Then he took me out to speak to the men. One of them named Ludovicci said, “Lady, it will be bad if the police come in. Mr. Johnny is right.”

I sat down by the telephone in a private room upstairs in the hotel and telephoned the Governor. I had a terribly long conversation with him. He was very disturbed about it. He then called Harvey Ferris. Harvey Ferris told him absolutely contrary; that I was one of these optimists and that I just didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't even murmur to the Governor about the dynamite. You musn't say it. I didn't know it to say it. If I'm called to the stand, I swear I don't know it. It was that kind of a thing. I didn't tell the Governor. I was going to take all the chance that there was to be taken. I knew that and didn't want anybody else to take the chance. I begged the Governor to believe me; that if he called off the state police we could stop the rumpus.

“How will you stop the rumpus?”





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