Elmer skimmed file sheets. They ran threadbare. He ran dozy. An occurrence sheet jerked him awake. October ’33. That very hot month. The PD Arson Squad rousts the cellmates. Per the Griffith Park fire. The blaze that scorched Wayne Frank. It’s all Meyer Gelb’s fault. He made “apocalyptic remarks.” He predicted “big antifascist chaos.” The rousts
