Summary of T. J. English's The Savage City

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#1 The name of Martin Luther King Jr. was brought up once again in 1963, when he was scheduled to appear at a march in Washington, D. C. The event was planned for two hundred forty miles to the south, but preparations took place in New York City.

#2 On August 28, 1964, the largest march on Washington for jobs and freedom took place. It was a sight to behold, the throngs of activists gathered together before dawn like algae in a vast pond.

#3 King’s speech was broadcast to millions of people, and it struck a chord with them. It was short but powerful, and it resonated with people across the city.

#4 The police were called to a double homicide in Manhattan. The bodies of two young women were found in the apartment, bound together and partially covered by a blanket. One of the bodies was nude, with curlers in the woman’s hair. The other body was fully clothed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822525467

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#1

The name of Martin Luther King Jr. was brought up once again in 1963, when he was scheduled to appear at a march in Washington, D. C. The event was planned for two hundred forty miles to the south, but preparations took place in New York City.

#2

On August 28, 1964, the largest march on Washington for jobs and freedom took place. It was a sight to behold, the throngs of activists gathered together before dawn like algae in a vast pond.

#3

King’s speech was broadcast to millions of people, and it struck a chord with them. It was short but powerful, and it resonated with people across the city.

#4

The police were called to a double homicide in Manhattan. The bodies of two young women were found in the apartment, bound together and partially covered by a blanket. One of the bodies was nude, with curlers in the woman’s hair. The other body was fully clothed.

#5

When police arrived at the apartment, they found the bodies of two girls, one who was nude and the other who was wearing a green skirt. The bodies were completely covered in blood.

#6

The Wylie-Hoffert murders were a major story, and the front page of the New York Times was dominated by two articles. The top headline was about the historic March on Washington, while the bottom headline was about the murders.

#7

The March on Washington received little attention from the media, while the Wylie-Hoffert case received extensive coverage. The media speculated that the key to the case might be found in the personal histories of the victims.

#8

George Whitmore, a high-school dropout, was working at a restaurant and entertainment hall inside the Ivy Hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey, when the Wylie-Hoffert murders occurred. He was able to catch bits and pieces of the March on Washington on TV.

#9

Whitmore was born in Philadelphia in 1944. His family moved to New Jersey, and he spent his youth bouncing from home to home with his mother, who was constantly sick. He was ten years old the first time his father brought him to the abattoir, where hogs are dismembered.

#10

The Whitmores moved to Wildwood, a shore town that became a chilly ghost town in the winter and then swelled with revelers in the summer. There was work to be found in Wildwood from late May to early September, when the bars, nightclubs, and show palaces turned the area into a blue-collar Jersey Riviera.

#11

The police officer, Lieutenant Parker Johnson, who had let George go that night, was a role model for him. He inspired in George a willingness to trust the police without question.

#12

Detective Bill Phillips was assigned to the Seventeenth Detective Squad, based in the Seventeenth Precinct station house on East Fifty-first Street. He was tasked with canvassing the neighborhood after the murders, asking store owners, residents, and doormen if they had seen anything unusual around the time of the double homicide.

#13

Detective Phillips had developed far more sophisticated scams for stealing money off the population he was sworn