SI Vault Gilbert Rogin July 17, 1961 Here is an extraordinary
report on a disturbing new figure in boxing: Heavyweight
Contender Sonny Liston, who is comforted (right) by his wife
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before 3 a.m. on June 12 Mrs. Delores Ellis, a 29-year-old Negro
woman, was driving home alone through Philadelphia's Fairmount
Park when she noticed a car following her. The pursuing car drew
alongside, a spotlight was played upon her and she was ordered
to pull over and stop. Just then, John Warburton, a park guard,
drove up. The two men turned off their lights and sped away.
Warburton gave chase at speeds reaching 80 mph. When he overtook
them, one man jumped out of the car and ran. Warburton fired a
warning shot, and the fugitive halted. The driver remained
motionless behind the wheel. Warburton remarked later, with some
astonishment, that the d