- We learn of Father's past. Born in White Plains, New York, he's an only child. As a young man he invested the few dollars he had in a fireworks company and then bought a flag-manufacturing firm. He also fought with the Army in the Philippines.
- Father feels right in going to the police. He tries to explain Coalhouse's actions. He's asked if Coalhouse will strike again and says he thinks he will. The police begin looking for Coalhouse in Harlem.
- Father arrives at the station to find Chief Conklin, who stinks of whiskey. Father is disgusted by him. The police tease the Chief, telling him they should just hand him over. A guard is placed at Father's house.
- One week after the Emerald Isle explosion, a fire station in the West End is blown up. A policeman is given a letter and told it should be published in the paper.
- The story makes front pages across the country. Negroes in the city hide for fear of their lives. The letter that is published in the papers demands that the auto be returned in its original condition, and is signed: Coalhouse Walker, President, Provisional American Government.
- A picture of Coalhouse in St. Louis is found and reprinted in all the papers, and a manhunt begins. Father and Mother are hounded by the press.
- Father feels guilty and takes his son to see a baseball game. Mother thinks to herself that Father is an idiot, and wonders how she can feel that way about her husband.