Born to Lose (67 page)

Interstate Detainer Act,
245–47
,
250

Iowa: FBI expecting Hoss to be in,
137–38
,
139
; warrant of transfer to take Hoss from,
164
.
See also
Waterloo, Iowa

Irvis, K. Leroy,
312

J. C. Higgins .22 caliber pistol,
151
; Hoss keeping close,
62
,
86
,
139
; Hoss killing Zanella with,
66
,
215
; Hoss leaving in car,
139
,
143–44
,
147
,
158
; in Peugeots' kidnapping,
105
,
154
; stolen in Falconer robbery,
17
,
54
,
220
; in trial for Zanella murder,
205
,
209
,
215

Jackson, Brady,
279
,
287–88

Jackson, Minnesota, Hoss traced to,
135–36
,
212

jails, Hoss in and out of,
191
,
194

Jennings, Deputy Bill (at Western Pen),
302–3
,
327–28

Jennings, William (Allegheny County detective),
29
,
54
; on Defino's rape,
22
,
24
,
33
,
220
; Falconer robbery and,
17–18

JoAnn (Hoss's girlfriend),
218

JoJo,
252–53

Jones, Pete,
167

Jones, Richard A.,
90

Joy, Jill, FBI agent posing as,
268–69
,
272
,
275–76
,
310–11

Kansas, search for Lori Mae's body in,
175
,
178–79
,
182
,
186

Kansas City, Kansas: Hoss dumping Lori Mae's body near,
174–77
; Hoss killing Lori Mae around,
157–58

Keen, John,
265–66
,
285–88
,
298
,
353

Kehoe, Don,
141–46

Kelly, Kevin,
357

Kelly, Rita,
118–19

Kelly Florist,
122

Kentucky, as destination in Maxwell kidnapping,
89–91

Ketchel, Walter “Monk,”
165–66

kidnapping, of Defino,
1–3
,
19–20
; Hoss calling voluntary,
168
; Zurka in,
33
,
151
,
251

kidnapping, of Maxwell,
86–95
,
98
,
136
,
168
; called voluntary,
152
,
168
,
209–11
; confessions of,
221–22
; hints of in phone call,
88–89
; Hoss abandoning,
94
,
97
; Hoss admitting,
152
,
221–22

kidnapping, of Peugeots,
105–11
,
128
; anniversary of,
353–54
; efforts to find,
129–30
,
146–47
; family's response to,
125
,
240–41
; FBI not publicizing death of,
162
,
166–67
; Hoss admitting,
153–58
,
161
,
172
,
221–24
; Hoss denying knowledge of,
126
,
150
,
153
; Hoss keeping Lori Mae,
112–16
; Hoss not expecting to serve time for,
331
; Hoss questioned about whereabouts of,
126
,
148
; Hoss slandering,
162
; Hoss telling Fawkes about,
129–30
,
172
; indictment for,
179
,
244
,
258–60
; influence on trial for Zanella's murder,
201
,
212
; Linda Peugeot promising not to report,
108–9
; mentioned in penalty phase of trial for Zanella's murder,
219–24
,
235
,
238–39
,
253–54
; motion for dismissal of charges about,
250–51
,
256
; Pittsburgh Press article on,
336–37
; police awareness of,
116–17
,
120–21
; precedence of vs. Zanella's murder,
167–68
,
182
; witnesses to,
105–6
,
121
,
222–23
. See also murders, of Peugeots; trial, for Peugeots' kidnapping

kidnappings: committed in crime spree following escape,
220
; death penalty as possibility for,
244

Kings Department Store (LaVale, Maryland),
116
; Hoss at,
152–53
; Peugeots kidnapped from,
103–7
,
120
; Peugeots' purchases from,
104–5
,
147

Kiser, Donald,
180–81

Klimko, Tony,
349

knives: Delker killing Sermons with,
279
; in Falconer break-in,
17
; in Hoss's fight with Spruill,
261
,
265

Knott, Jim,
104
,
127

Kosmal, Reed,
77–80

Kozakiewicz, Charles “Kozak,”
313
; after Peterson's murder,
301–2
,
306
; as security chief,
286–87
; unable to stop Peterson's murder,
298–99

Krall, Captain,
302

Kuenstling, Robert,
139–40

Kurtik, Lawrence,
78

Kyler, Julius,
343

Lake Motel (Richfield),
177

Lakewood Cemetery: Hoss and,
27–28
; Hoss buried in,
351
; Hoss working at,
86–88
; Hoss's father working at,
188

Lapansky, Daniel,
33–35

LaVale, Maryland: Hoss avoiding telling FBI about,
152
; Peugeots kidnapped from,
103–7
,
120

law, Hoss studying,
242–43
,
245

Lechwar, Ken,
264–65

letters: inmates seeking pen pals,
256–57

letters, Hoss's,
268
; correspondence with media personalities,
349
; desperation for,
233
,
236–37
,
335
,
337
; to and from Diane,
231–35
,
250–51
,
256
,
269
,
289
,
313
,
338
; to and from Fawkes,
213
,
251
,
257
; improving grammar and penmanship of,
236
; motions to courts in,
242–43
; promising more violence,
274
; revenge fantasies in,
251
; talking about murders in,
239
,
313

Levine, Mike,
317

Lewis, Loran L.: on defense's complaints about trial for Zanella's murder,
235
; McGrogan acquitted for Peterson's murder by,
335
; presiding over trials for Peterson's murder,
316–17
,
323–24
,
326
,
330–31
,
333
,
340
; sentencing for Peterson's murder,
339

Livingston County, Illinois,
355

Lockhart, Eddie,
304

Lopinson, Jack and Judy,
245–46

Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania,
84–86

Lubresky, Thomas,
57
; blaming escape on Hoss,
248–49
; escape from Allegheny County Workhouse,
45–49
,
151
; Hoss needing for escape plan,
41–44
; police looking for Hoss and,
58–59
; recaptured in California,
232

MacLennan, Ian,
136
,
213
; agent posing as Jill Joy and,
310–11
; desire for Hoss's execution,
317
; in power struggle over Hoss,
164–65
,
181–83
; taking Hoss to look for Peugeots' bodies,
181–82

Madera, Don,
301

Malloy, Pat,
304

Mangol, Fred,
60–61
,
205
,
217

Manning, Bill,
306

manslaughter, for Zanella's murder,
97–98

Maroney, Jimmy,
56

Maroney, Michael,
56
,
71

marriage, Hoss and Sharon trying for,
272
,
288–8

marriage, Hosses',
24
,
189–91
,
232–35
,
237

Marsh, Tom,
189–92

Maryland: death penalty in,
357
; Hoss demanding speedy trial in,
245
,
257–59
; Hoss in,
90
,
129
; Hoss planning escape en route to,
242–43

Maryland State Police,
128
,
179

Mason, Donald,
54
,
128
; asking for continuance,
246–47
; Peugeots' kidnapping and,
244
,
260

Mason, Floyd,
52–54

Massof, Bill,
201

Mastros, Gus,
263
,
266
,
308
; on anger at administration after Peterson's murder,
303–5
; on rumors of conspiracy in Pe-terson's murder,
313
,
337
; on treatment of killers after Peterson's murder,
312

Matecka, Betty Hoss (sister),
52
,
124
,
188
,
190–91
,
231
; death of,
337–38
; Hoss's trials and,
218
,
225–26
,
317
,
322
; possible incestuous relationship of,
195–96
,
272
; similarity of Hoss's victims to,
104
,
196
; support for brother,
273–74
,
310
,
344

Matecka, Bill (brother-in-law), Hoss using as alias,
124
,
127

Matzen, Tom,
141–46
,
160
,
213

Maxwell, Gertrude,
88–89

Maxwell, Karen: Hoss boasting about Zanella's murder to,
87
,
90
,
95
; testifying in trial for Zanella murder,
208–11
,
217
,
238–39
. See also kidnapping, of Maxwell; rape, of Maxwell

Mayberry, Richard,
36
,
245

Maywood Lunch (Waterloo, Iowa),
139–46

Mazzone, Leo,
353–54

McCall, John,
63
,
68
,
205

McCauley, Mark,
179–80

McCullough, Ray,
122–23

McCune, Garland,
77–79

McGowan, Bernard,
310

McGrogan, Robert,
291
; acquitted for Peterson's murder,
310
,
335
; crimes after release,
354
; denying participation in Peterson's murder,
301
,
310
; and plan to murder Peterson,
292–93
,
294
; reporting on murder of Peterson,
294
; as state's evidence in Peterson murder,
314
,
320–23
,
342–43
; treatment after Peterson's murder,
300–301
,
306
,
312
; at trial for Peterson's murder,
327–29
; unwilling to help stop Peterson's murder,
297–300
,
335
; wanting to avoid involvement in Peterson's murder,
292–94
,
300
,
321
,
324
; Zimmerman cross-examining,
321–24
,
325–26

McInery, Charles,
205

McKenna, Kenneth,
21
,
34–35

McLafferty, Bill,
41

McWilliams, William J.,
258–59

media,
159
,
309
; broadcasting plea for Hoss to release Peugeots,
129–30
; change of venue requests due to,
238
,
316–17
; coverage of Hoss's crimes in,
124
,
313
; defense's complaints about,
235–36
,
310
; on Hoss's recapture,
147–48
; Peterson's murder in,
310
,
316–17
; on Peugots' kidnappings and murders,
182
,
245
; trial for Zanella murder and,
218–19
,
227–28
; wanting interviews with Hoss,
199–200
; Zanella's murder in,
198
,
208
,
235–36
,
238
. See also newspapers

Mercury station wagon, stolen from Falconers,
17–18

Meredith, Carol,
59

Meyers, Mary (alias). See Hoss, Mary (mother)

Meyers, Samuel (alias). See Hoss, Samuel (father)

Miceli, John,
71

Mid-Western Motel (Fremont, Nebraska),
130

Minahan, Don: after Hoss's trial for Zanella's murder,
218–19
,
231
; in penalty phase of trial for Zanella murder,
208–11
,
219–25
; prosecuting Hoss for Zanella's murder,
200–202
,
204
,
207–8

Mitchell, South Dakota,
130
,
179

mob figures, and Hoss,
28–29
,
191

Mohr, Gerald,
220

Molly, at Maywood Lunch,
140–44

money: Hoss holding up gas stations for,
113–14
,
124
,
130–31
; Hoss not supporting families,
51
,
191
,
195
; Hoss using victims',
91
,
108
; Hoss's lack of,
97
,
103
,
112
; reward offered for location of Peugeots' bodies,
275–76
,
311