The Mad Sculptor (52 page)

Bernard, Allen,
124

Bernard, Pierre,
150
–
51

Bernheimer, William.
See
Burton, Bill

Bethel Bible College,
58

Bishop, Bryan,
212
–
13

Bispham, L. M.,
70

Blackwell’s Island,
4
,
310

Blaisdell, Russell E.,
x
,
139
,
144
,
205
,
215
,
262

Blood Alley,
4

Bockel, John,
269

Boston Strangler,
313

Brecht, George,
14
–
15

Briehl, Walter,
114

Bromberg, Walter,
33

Brough, Alexander,
257

Buchalter, Louise “Lepke,”
17

Budd, Grace,
47

Burke, John Masterson,
108

Burke Foundation,
107
–
9
,
110

Burton, Bill,
304

Bushel, Mignon,
269
,
282
–
83

Butter, Stephen,
164
–
66
,
196

Butts, Harry,
20

Byrnes, Frank

autopsy of,
176
–
77

burial of,
200
–
201

character of,
x
,
167
,
178

murder of,
160
,
161
,
201
,
244
–
45
,
247
,
281

Cambinias, Cosmon,
163

Canton, New York,
138
–
44

Capone, Al,
14
,
99

Cardozo, Benjamin,
277

Carey, Arthur,
36

Carson, Frank,
240
–
41

catathymic crisis,
127
,
144
–
45
,
321

Chandler, Raymond,
303
–
4

Charney, David,
44

Chelsea Realistic Products,
128
–
29
,
134

Chicago Herald and Examiner
,
240
–
42
,
248
,
252

Chicago Tribune
,
240

“Christian Fish Defense,”
15

Christy, Howard Chandler,
147

Clairmont, Louis de,
235

Cleary, Edward,
270

The Cobra
(Irwin, R.),
136
–
37

Cockerell, James,
228

Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog,”
14
–
15

Colleoni of Verocchio,
132
–
33
,
153

Collins, Ernest,
7
–
8

comic books,
114

Condé Nast,
131
,
147

confession

by Fiorenza,
41
–
43

by Irwin,
240
–
42
,
243
–
47
,
253

Congdon, Leroy,
143
–
44

Cornell, Katharine,
4

Corrigan’s Bar and Grill,
158
,
187
–
88
,
189
,
191

Cosmopolitan
,
303

Coward, Noël,
4

Cowing, Edward,
262
,
264

Crawford, Florence L.,
69
–
70

criminals

child,
64
–
68
,
114

forensic psychiatry for,
116
–
17
,
126
–
27

gangster,
14
,
17
,
231

juvenile,
64
–
68
,
114

necrophiliac,
48
–
49

pedophile,
48
–
49

pickpocket,
14

rapist,
31
–
46
,
47
–
49
,
169
–
71

See also
murder

Crimmins, Frank,
179
,
249
,
251
,
257

Cupani, Ignazi,
32

Curry, Frank,
174

Cusack, Thomas,
46

Daily Mirror

Easter Sunday Massacre coverage by,
172
,
184
–
85
,
210

Stretz trial coverage by,
28

Titterton murder coverage by,
35
–
36
,
39
,
43
–
45

Daily Népszava
,
187

Daley, Joseph,
196

Dannemora State Hospital,
295
–
98

D’Antonio, Pauline,
32
,
43

Darling, Lloyd E.,
78

Darrow, Clarence,
18
,
76
,
115

Day, James H.,
284

Dead End
,
5
–
6
,
64

death sentence,
46

dementia praecox (schizophrenia),
127
,
150
–
51
,
280

Demsky, Izzy,
140
–
41

Detective Tales
,
298
–
99

Dewey, Thomas,
xi
,
280
,
284
,
290

DeWitt, W. A.,
37

Dickens, Charles,
114
–
15

Dienhart, John,
xi
,
242
,
247

Dillinger, John,
211
–
12

Dishaw, Pauline,
204

Dodge, B. G.,
315

Dodge, William C.

on Easter Sunday Massacre case,
189
,
193
,
209
,
255
–
56
,
264

on Nussenbaum murder case,
226
–
27

D’Oronzio, George,
269
–
70

Douglas, Kirk,
141

Doyle, Conan,
162
,
163

Doyle, Ray,
249

Dreiser, Theodore,
44
,
299

Dunne, Dominick,
304

Durant, Will,
105

Easter Sunday Massacre

autopsies,
169
–
70
,
176
–
77

Beekman Place and,
159
–
64
,
171

business and exploitation of,
185

Byrnes’ murder in,
160
,
161
,
201
,
244
–
45
,
247
,
281

clock in,
181
,
220
,
247
,
251
–
52
,
255
–
56
,
280

clues to,
181
,
204
,
220

crime scene of,
159
–
64
,
237

fingerprints from,
185
,
189

funeral for,
195
–
97

glove in,
161
,
191
,
204
,
238

Gueret as suspect in,
178
–
80

ice pick in,
153
–
54
,
161
,
174
,
179
,
193
,
237
,
239
,
247

insanity plea for,
262
–
66
,
267
–
76
,
280
,
281
,
287
–
90

Koscianski’s contribution to solving,
234
–
36
,
259
–
61

Leibowitz defense of,
257
–
58
,
262
–
63
,
268
–
71
,
281
–
82

neighbors’ statements on,
163

night of,
165
–
66
,
237
,
243
–
47
,
280

preliminary reconstruction of,
167
–
68

as sex crime,
169
–
71
,
245

soap carvings in,
160
,
204
–
5
,
245
–
46
,
326
–
27

suspects,
164
–
66
,
173
–
76
,
177
–
81
,
185
–
95
,
203
–
7

tabloid coverage of,
162
,
169
–
73
,
176
–
77
,
182
–
85
,
206
–
7
,
210
–
13
,
215
–
18

Titterton murder’s similarities to,
171
,
177
,
185
,
213

Touchi in,
159
,
162
–
63
,
244
,
245

victims’ friends’ statements on,
165
–
67
,
172
–
73

victims’ whereabouts before,
165
–
67

See also
Gedeon, Joseph
;
Gedeon, Mary
;
Gedeon, Veronica
;
Irwin, Robert

Elmira Reformatory,
32
,
46

Elmore, Simon,
48

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
73

Engels, Moya,
223
–
24
,
225

“Eskimo Pie Defense,”
14
–
15

Ettl, Alexander,
210

Ettling, George,
128
,
136

evangelism,
54
–
59
,
60
–
61
,
69
–
70
,
138

Evans, Frank, Mrs.,
38

Fallon, George,
37

Farrell, Thomas,
305

Feigin, Samuel,
107

Fénelon, François,
61

Fetton, James,
177

Fiorenza, John

background of,
ix
,
32
–
33

confession by,
41
–
43

on crime scene,
33
–
34

death sentence of,
46

investigation of,
40
–
41

tabloid interview of,
43
–
45

Titterton murder trial of,
45
–
46

“Fiorenza’s Own Amazing Story” (Charney),
43
–
45

Fish, Albert,
47
,
116
–
17
,
268
,
320

Fitzgerald, Zelda,
116

Fletcher, John,
55

Flower, Bobby,
x

at funeral,
196

marriage to Veronica Gedeon,
131
,
164
,
166

statement and interview of,
166
,
263
–
64

Flynn, Francis,
47
–
48

Fontanne, Lynn,
4

Ford, Michael,
198
,
200

forensic psychiatry,
116
–
17
,
126
–
27

Fountain of the Great Lakes
(Taft),
88
,
242

Frank von Coop & Co.,
10

Freschi, John J.,
272
,
276

Freudian theory,
115
,
117
,
119
–
20

Frolich, Finn,
85

The Front Page
,
252

Gabellini, Mario Enzo,
305

Gambaro, Peter,
33
,
41

gangsters,
14
,
17
,
231

Gantry, Elmer,
54
–
55
,
315

Garbo, Greta,
4

Garland, Hamlin,
87

Gebhardt, Fritz

background of,
ix
,
12

crime scene of,
8
–
10

relationship with Vera Stretz,
10
–
12
,
20
–
24

Gedeon, Ethel

background and character of,
x
,
112
,
131
–
32

on crime scene,
159
,
160

at funeral and burial,
195
–
97

in hiding,
209

marriage to Kudner,
132
,
134
,
135
–
36

See also
Irwin, Robert

Gedeon, Joseph

alibi of,
158
–
59
,
175
,
187
,
189
,
191
,
199

arrest and arraignment of,
194
–
95
,
197
–
98
,
199
–
200
,
209
,
258

as bachelor,
131
,
157
–
58

background of,
x
,
111
–
12

on crime scene,
159
–
60
,
171

as father,
130
–
31

at funeral and burial,
195
–
97

interrogation of,
189
–
93
,
197
,
199

murder theory about,
190

relationship with Mary Gedeon
131
,
158
,
191
,
192
–
93