Gerald E. "Jerry" Buckley
- Gerald E. "Jerry" Buckley
Gerald E. "Jerry" Buckley (died July 23, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan) was a Detroit radio commentator, who successfully campaigned for the recall of Mayor Charles Bowles in the wake of corruption allegations. Prior to his death, Buckley had served as an investigator for Henry Ford, and as a special investigator for the United States government.[cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,739981,00.html | title=Death in Detroit| work=Time|date= 1930-08-04] ]On the night of the successful recall, Buckely was approached by three men and shot eleven times in the lobby of the LaSalle Hotel.[cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741546,00.html | title=Detroit's Question| work=Time|date=1931-05-04] A crowd of over 100,000 people attended his funeral. [cite book|last=Poremba|first=David Lee|title=Detroit: A Motor City History|page=118|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charlseton, SC]
date=2001|ISBN=978-0-73852-435-1] After his murder, Detroit Police Commissioner Wilcox declared that Buckley was a known extortionist and racketeer and had likely been killed because of his underworld connections.
Although there were several arrests, there were no convictions obtained for the killing. The gunman were later identified as Russell Syracuse, Joseph English, and John Mirabella. [cite web | url=http://www.crimemagazine.com/buckley.htm | last=May| first=Allan|title=Jerry Buckley: A Victory Short Lived | accessdate=2008-07-01]
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