Clarence Darrow

Stay with me, this will take a minute....

In season 3, episode 1, when Jimmy is helping Chuck take down the tinfoil, Jimmy finds a book. He and Chuck reminisce about it, and Chuck tells Jimmy that their grandmother was reading it to her class when the Titanic sank in 1912.

Jimmy and Chuck's family is from Cicero in Illinois. That also is where Western Electric is.

In 1915, Western Electric chartered two excursion boats for their company picnic. One of those was The Eastland. That ship capsized at the dock on the Chicago River, killing 844 people. (Some say the sinking was caused, in part, by the extra life boats required after The Titanic, but no writing of the time, or the writings of serious historians since list that as a cause. Another topic for another day).

In Season 3, Episode 6, there is a discussion between Howard and Chuck about Chuck getting his act together. Howard mentions Clarence Darrow.

After the Eastland, only one person (the ship's engineer) was ever taken to trial over the disaster. He was represented by.... Clarence Darrow.

That is all probably apropos of nothing, and a connection made only in my head, but thought I would share it...

Submitted April 30, 2018 at 07:05AM by TheRealBobbyC https://ift.tt/2jjehrA