Payoffs in the Cloakroom

The Greening of the Michigan Legislature, 1938-1946

Bruce A. Rubenstein, Lawrence E. Ziewacz

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Year: 1995
• Print ISBN:
  9781611861952
  9780870133879
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628952049
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

Payoffs in the Cloakroom is a spellbinding follow-up to Rubenstein and Ziewacz's critically acclaimed Three Bullets Sealed His Lips. Three Bullets brought to life new evidence on the 1945 murder of Michigan Senator Warren Hooper. Payoffs in the Cloakroom takes up where Three Bullets left off, unraveling a complex web of political corruption and dirty state politics. In the process, the authors demonstrate that Senator Hooper was murdered to prevent his grand jury testimony against republican boss Frank McKay, who was facing bribery charges. 
     Making use of actual court proceeding, personal interviews, and newspaper accounts, and even a re-evaluation of police evidence, Rubenstein and Ziewacz tell a story that contains all the ingredients of first-class detective fiction—only in this instance, the story is based on fact. With chapter titles such as "Charlie and His Little Black Book," "I Never Dreamed Murder," and "Them Bones, Them Bones," the authors have, once again, provided a stimulating and absorbing account of one of the darker chapters of Michigan's political history.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• AUTHORS’ NOTE
• CAST OF CHARACTERS
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE - THE DEN OF CORRUPTION
• CHAPTER TWO - CHARLIE AND HIS LITTLE BLACK BOOK
• CHAPTER THREE - “I NEVER DREAMED OF MURDER”
• CHAPTER FOUR - “FITZ” TAKES THE FALL
• CHAPTER FIVE - AN AYE FOR A TOOTH
• CHAPTER SIX - “THEM BONES, THEM BONES”
• CHAPTER SEVEN - “WON’T SOMEBODY BET ON THE BAY?”
• CHAPTER EIGHT - STRIKE THREE—MCKAY’S NOT OUT
• CHAPTER NINE - ...BUT SIGLER IS
• CHAPTER TEN - CHARLIE TAKES THE FIFTH
• EPILOGUE
• BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE