Notes preface 1. Editor and Publisher, July 31, 1926. 2. Kimberly Kenny, Canton: A Journey Through Time (Chicago: Arcadia, 2003), 119. 3. William Dean Krahling, “Don r. Mellett of the Canton Daily News,” (M.A. thesis, university of iowa, 1967), 6. 4. Editor and Publisher, July 24, 1926. 5. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dec. 5, 1926. 1. the newspaperman 1. Franklin Miller Jr., The Mellett and Hickman Families of Henry County, Indiana (Gambier, ohio: Privately published, 1976), 48–50. 2. unless otherwise noted, most of the material that forms the basis for this chapter is drawn from Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 1–25; and Glenn Himebaugh , “Donald ring Mellett, Journalist: The shaping of a Martyr” (Ph.D. diss., southern illinois university, 1978), 74–152. 3. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 14. 4. Himebaugh, “The shaping of a Martyr,” 110–11. 5. ibid., 117. 6. ibid., 147. 7. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 17.· 186 · 8. elizabeth Jane Greiner, “saxton street: reconstruction of a red Light Community 1906–1913” (M.A. thesis, ohio state university, 1987), 1. 9. William s. Couch. “Canton: A Lurid City.” in An Ohio Reader: Reconstruction to the Present, ed. Thomas H. smith (Grand rapids, Mich: eerdmans, 1975). 10. Mark Thorton, “Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure,” Cato Policy Analysis No. 157 (July 19, 1999), accessed Aug. 29, 2005, from http://www.cato. org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html. 11. ibid. 12. edward Behr, Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (New york: Arcade, 1996), 103. 13. Greiner, “saxton street,” 3–27. 14. The 1926 transcript of s. A. Lengel’s hearing is found in the Day, Ketterer File, William McKinley Presidential Library and Archives, Canton, ohio. 15. “stench” Time, Aug. 2, 1926. 16. H. C. Pontius letter to Governor Vic Donahey, Nov. 5, 1926, Day, Ketterer File. 17. Greiner, “saxton street,” 25–27. 18. Gary Brown, “The District May Be Gone, but Not the Profession,” Canton Repository, June 15, 1985. 19. e. T. Heald, The Stark County Story, 4 vols. (Canton, ohio: stark County Historical society, 1949–59), 4:801–2. 20. Greiner, “saxton street,” 63, 111, 270, 278. 21. James M. Cox, Journey Through My Years (New york: simon and schuster , 1946), 220. 22. Jerry L. updegraff, “A study of the Circumstances surrounding the Murder of Don r. Mellett in 1926” (M.A. thesis, ohio university, 1974), 15–18. 23. ibid. 24. Heald, The Stark County Story, 4:801–2. 25. James e. Cebula, James M. Cox, Journalist and Politician (New york: Garland, 1985), 19–27. 26. Cox, Journey Through My Years, 49. 27. Paul F. Bollar, Presidential Campaigns (New york: oxford university Press, 1984), 212–13. 28. Cox, Journey Through My Years, 323. 29. ibid. 30. Cebula, James M. Cox, 130. 31. Himebaugh, “The shaping of a Martyr,” 151–52. 32. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 25. notes to pages 6–13 · 187 [18.223.210.76] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:32 GMT) 2. mellett in canton 1. unless otherwise noted, most of the material that forms the basis of this chapter is drawn from Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 16–24, 48–235; and Himebaugh, “The shaping of a Martyr,” 42–46, 64, 163. 2. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 51–52. 3. Michael schudson, Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers (New york: Basic Books, 1978) 144–45, 158, 161. 4. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 43. 5. Himebaugh, “The shaping of a Martyr,” 163–65. 6. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 7. 7. Deposition of D. r. Mellett, Mar. 1, 1926, Day, Ketterer File. 8. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 28. 9. statement of Lloyd Mellett, July 27, 1926, Day, Ketterer File. 10. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 55–56. 11. Canton Daily News, Nov. 1, 1926. 12. Judge H. C. Pontius, “Notes on Ben Clarke,” n.d., Day, Ketterer File. 13. updegraff, “A study of the Circumstances,” 18. 14. statement of Lloyd Mellett, July 27, 1926, Day, Ketterer File. 15. updegraff, “A study of the Circumstances,” 20. 16. Himebaugh, “The shaping of a Martyr,” 44. 17. statement of Lloyd Mellett, July 27, 1926, Day, Ketterer File. 18. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 87–90. 19. ibid., 90. 20. Kenny, Canton, 120. 21. Himebaugh, “The shaping of a Martyr,” 42–43. 22. John Barlow Martin, “Murder of a Journalist,” Harper’s Magazine, sept. 1946, 275. 23. statement of Leo schumacher, July 28, 1926, Day, Ketterer File. 24. updegraff, “A study of the Circumstances,” 22. 25. Martin, “Murder of a Journalist,” 275. 26. Krahling, “Don r. Mellett,” 109. 27. ibid., 95...