Though Murder Has No Tongue (41 page)

Decapitations, as signature in torso murders,
9
,
50
,
137
,
175–79

Delany, Oscar and Agnes,
88–89

Democratic Party, in Cuyahoga County,
6–8
,
115
,
143

Dentz, Marjorie Merylo,
73

Depression, Cleveland in,
6–8
,
15
,
23
,
118

Dirkmaat, Dennis C.,
105
;
on discrepancies around Dolezal's death,
103–6
,
167
; head of applied forensic sciences department,
100–101

“A Discussion of the So-Called Torso Cases” (Lyons),
19

Dismemberment, in torso murders: Dolezal and,
32–34
,
53
; by one or more killers,
36
; skill in,
9
,
53
,
55
,
161

Dolezal, Al, on Nigrins,
176–78

Dolezal, Charles (Karel),
45
,
61
,
84
; lawsuits on brother's behalf,
24–25
,
79
,
99
,
147–49
,
172–73
; relations with brother,
13–14
,
46
,
47
; wedding photo of,
14
,
69

Dolezal, Frank,
14
,
22
; apartment of,
23
,
37
,
38
,
48
,
53–54
; arraignments of,
44–45
,
49
,
50–51
; arrest of,
11
,
23–24
,
27
,
63
,
144–47
; autopsy of,
61–62
,
74
,
167–68
; background of,
12–13
,
17–18
,
22–2
3
,
31
,
52–53
; Beaufait's interview with,
37–38
; blood in apartment of,
30–31
,
34
,
37
,
48–49
; burial of,
63
; charges against,
44–45
,
51
,
56–57
; confusion of,
38
,
86
; defense team for,
46
,
50
; discrepancies in case against,
32
,
35
,
165
; exhumation of body rejected,
102
; guilt
vs.
innocence of,
52
,
67–69
,
108
,
169–70
; injuries attributed to suicide attempts,
40
,
84
; injuries in inquest records,
63
,
83
,
168
; injuries of,
40
,
42
; inquest into death of,
62–63
,
168
; interrogations and injuries of,
47–48
,
85–86
; interrogations of,
17–18
,
32
,
34
,
79
; isolation of jail cell,
88
; Jones's story of attack by,
38–39
,
94
; knowledge of victims,
22–23
,
31–32
,
35
; lie detector test,
40–41
,
55
; Lyons and,
21–24
,
144
; Martin Sweeney's silence about,
169–70
; media coverage of,
33
,
36
,
41
,
42–43
,
45–46
,
48
,
53
; media coverage of arrest of,
24
,
30
,
53
,
55–56
; mental condition of,
38
,
55
,
59
,
83
,
85–86
,
168
; Merylo on,
44–45
,
165
; mistreatment of,
41
,
46–48
,
55
,
60–61
,
63
,
102–3
; Ness on,
134
,
164
; not expected to walk out of jail,
59
,
151
; nothing like profile of killer from torso clinic,
53–54
; O'Donnell on,
36
,
146
,
169–70
; personality of,
21–22
,
54
,
70
; photos of,
69
,
71
; politics over arrest of,
27
,
146
; poor command of English,
32–33
,
37
,
39–40
; possibly causing death,
150
; press questioning treatment of,
41–43
; relations with family,
13–14
,
42
,
70
; rumored to have killed sister and nephew,
39
,
175–79
; sheriff blocking insanity defense,
42–43
; story by roommate of,
37
; suicide attempts,
39–41
,
47
,
55
,
58–59
,
83–84
; surveillance of,
18
,
21–22
; testimony about mistreatment of,
42
,
48
,
62
,
93–95
,
151
; weakness of case against,
30–31
,
108
,
165
.
See also
Confessions
,
Dolezal's
;
Death, Dolezal's

Dolezal, Joan,
69

Dolezal, Louise Vorell,
13–14
,
14
,
42
,
45
,
69

Dolezal family,
63
; animosity toward Vorells,
172–74
; lack of communication in,
176
,
177
; memories of Frank in,
70–71
; not talking about torso murders,
67–68
; responses to death of Frank,
172–73
; suffering from torso murder case,
70–71
,
96

Dolezal Satterlee, Mary (great-niece),
14
,
72
,
73
; on family's animosity toward Vorells,
172–73
; investigating torso murders,
67
,
69–71
; missing pieces of family history,
172
,
176
,
178–79
; trying to prove Frank's innocence,
67–69

Donovan, Dennis,
102
,
104
,
105
,
107

Douglas, John,
126
,
132

Due process.
See
Civil liberties/due process

Ecker, Enrique E., on blood in Dolezal's apartment,
35
,
37
,
48–49

Economy, Cleveland's,
6–7
,
15
,
23
,
118

Edwards, William E.: on Dolezal's death,
60–63
; Jones sisters' stories and,
91–95
; O'Donnell
vs.,
82
,
90
,
146–47

English: Charles Dolezal's poor command of,
90
,
173
; Frank Dolezal's poor command of,
32
,
37
,
39–40

Erasmus V. Raus & Sons funeral home,
158

Exhumation, of Dolezal's body,
102

Eye problems, Dolezal's,
13
,
21

FBI, 125n.
See also
Hoover, J. Edgar

Fear, among public,
5
,
11

Fierro, Marcella F.,
107
,
107–8
,
148

Fire department, drafted in murder case,
15

The Flats,
5–6
.
See also
Shantytown raids
, Ness's

Forensic psychiatry,
180–92

Forensics, on Dolezal's death,
96–97
,
99–107

Four against the Mob
(Ness and Fraley),
113

The Fourteenth Victim
(documentary),
75–76

Fraley, Oscar, Ness revealing secret suspect to,
113
,
129
,
139–40

“Frank,” and Andrassy,
21

Fransen, John,
157
; on Kingsbury Run and Black Dahlia murders,
124
,
136–37
; suspecting Sweeney of torso murders,
124
, 125n,
137

Fried, A. V.,
83–84
,
88–89
,
148

Fronek, Emil,
159–60

Gambling, O'Donnell
vs.
county over,
8
,
146–47
,
149–50

Geiger, Marge,
107

Gender, of victims,
4–5

Gerber, Samuel R.,
8
,
51
; on beatings of Dolezal,
61–62
,
150–51
; behavior at inquest,
61
,
75
,
91–95
,
167
; calling autopsy of Dolezal unnecessary,
58
,
61
; in delicate position around Dolezal's death,
63
,
107
,
148
,
167–68
; denying saying torso murderer was alcoholic doctor,
135–36
,
169
; on dismemberments,
35–36
,
55
,
161
; on Dolezal's death,
58–59
,
80
,
166–67
; evaluation of conclusions by,
79
,
101
,
174
; O'Donnell's combativeness with at inquest,
90–91
; politics and,
19
,
55
; pressured to call inquest into Dolezal's death,
61–62
,
78
,
82
; reputation of,
55
,
61
,
79–81
,
167–68
; retirement of,
136
; running inquest on Dolezal's death,
83–84
,
86
,
90
; Sweeney as suspect and,
135
,
143
,
168–69
; in torso murders investigation,
56–57
,
129
,
143
,
166

Gilliespie, John J. (Jack),
22
,
23

Goldblatt, Harry,
61

Gongwer, W. Burr,
6–7

Grand Jury, Dolezal case given to,
44
,
49
,
51–52
; likely to collapse,
108
,
165
; timing of death and,
147–48
,
150

Great Lakes Brewing Company,
72–73

Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland hosting,
5
,
14–15

Grossman, Royal,
129
,
140
,
142
,
154
,
169

Guilt: Dolezal's, in theories of cover-up of Sweeney as torso murderer,
128
; Dolezal's death and,
58
,
108
,
128
; Dolezal's suicide attempts and,
39–40
; effects of rumors of murdered sister and nephew on Dolezal's,
176
,
179
; insanity defense and,
183–85
; no proof of Sweeney's,
154–55
,
161–62

Hare, Robert D.,
186

Hertz, David R.: on Dolezal's beatings,
85
; on Dolezal's death,
60–63
; on Dolezal's defense,
46
,
50
; on rearraigment of Dolezal,
50–51

Hogan, James,
136

Hoover, J. Edgar,
162
,
188–89

Identification, of victims,
5
,
120

In the Wake of the Butcher
(Badal),
67
,
72
,
75

Inquest, into Dolezal's death,
62–63
,
78–79
,
102
,
166
; Brown's testimony at,
84–85
,
89
; dilemma over handling of discrepancies and suspicions,
86
,
89
,
95–96
,
167–68
; discrepancies in,
82–83
,
85–86
,
88–89
,
103–4
,
148
; forensics experts examining,
99
; Gerber leaving photos and full record of,
74
,
81–82
,
99
,
167–68
; Gerber not pointing out discrepancies at,
84
,
91
,
167
; Jones sisters' testimony at,
91–95
,
167–68
; O'Donnell present through all testimony at,
89–90
,
167
; pressure on Gerber about,
82
,
90–91
,
167
; scheduling of,
82
,
107
; suicide story at,
86–89

Insanity defense,
42–43
,
183–85

Intelligence, of Mad Butcher,
54

Interrogations: of Dolezal,
32
,
33–34
,
37
,
79
,
84–85
; of Sweeney,
140–42
,
144
,
158–59

Irish immigrants, in Cleveland,
116

Jack the Ripper case,
97
,
162

Jail.
See
Cuyahoga County Jail

Johnson, Tom,
6

Johnson, Tomi (Andrassy's granddaughter),
72

Jones, Lillian: story of attack by Dolezal,
38–39
,
94
; testifying about Dolezal's mistreatment,
91–95
,
151
,
167–68

Jones, Ruby Lee, testifying about Dolezal's mistreatment,
93–95
,
151
,
167–68

Keeler, Leonard: giving Sweeney lie detector test,
140
,
144
,
154
; perfection of lie detector by,
40

Kent, K. S.,
42