Every now and again, as I’ve written about him a few times in the past, I get an odd call about infamous Ford enforcer Harry Bennett, who built a fortress not far from here in 1930 to protect him from his many enemies. Not too long ago, as you might recall, a man contacted me […]
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If all goes well, in a few days, I’ll be meeting a man whose father built the secret tunnels beneath Harry Bennett’s castle on the Huron River
Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anti-union, Arthur Brisbane, Battle of the Overpass, Benjamin Stolberg, Black Legion, castles, Ford, Ford Service Department, Gestapo, guns, Harry Bennett, Hitler, intimidation, KKK, labor history, lions, murder, paranoia, The Black Legion Rides, tunnels, union busting, unions 9 Comments
Ypsilanti’s most despicable son, Harry Bennett
In advance of the release of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War, which is set to hit bookstores on Tuesday, Salon.com is running a salacious excerpt on the questionable activities of Ford enforcer, and notorious Ypsilanti resident, Harry Bennett. Here’s a taste. Henry Ford was […]
Posted in History, Ypsilanti Also tagged A Stiff Game, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War, Chester LaMare, Detroit, Ford Service Department, Harry Bennett, Henry Ford, labor history, porn, private police force, Sailor Reese, The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, The Casting Director, the Ford stomach, union busting, unions 14 Comments