History quiz
QUESTION: In 1931 a Marquette resident, Wallace Wysocki, wrote a hit song entitled “There must be a bright tomorrow (for each yesterday of tears).” What was notable about Wysocki?
a. He was an inmate at Marquette Branch Prison.
b. He was only 13 years old.
c. He could not read music.
d. He lived in Bums Jungle by the lower harbor.
ANSWER: A. Wysocki was convict No. 3223 at the prison, serving a sentence for armed robbery.