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Ur fer the pressure oF “ Wh ich ‘ WootBel: reporters haf was working nig day wit! 's private ins ostigator, UyVtr Wt. and his attorneys, Geores TF Rosalie Asher, in a Lo unearth, after twelve evin. years, ney soe Of Chessman’s ine Noecence, An exo tion of tee rial evi- : cence Would bao Zh to convince any jury t ’ of the pping-sex offenses for which he : need te death, But th court re-hear a case on fts merits once does pr a jary hos passed on it. The high courts : Were tmerested only in wen siden ay which W ce dfield veas on artheas When da the brit of ane rrhedon the West Coast, cst stand Block to our ievesti- wag Chessman himscll, Me had for Teveons which have not yet ee sephet av oclear, that he would Pan be Quown as a stool pigeon, sabe Dous discover avho the : 1 dit was. ai cauch it fous that dy HESSNIAN was caught in 2 police ‘rap shortly after commission of dozens of ‘sestial iit Les “ngetes ares. When N@ Wis cat = aii victims iden- ively anc ha ad- ‘mes. He 1s also committed Mave 2.2" ler. me es never repented of thesa o; nes, one of which “sent a girl straight to a mental hosetal, woare she awaits only Cheisman. ceath for a full re- . every. rig 4 an evil genius | whe. OY a suvies of amazingly cles r anc .cvalved fagnl gim- miess, has managed ic take i sdvantage o° cur court system ' 9 s.zy alive far fonger than he “had any riz mht to. He is a de- esd and confirmed sex ma- . ‘niac and deserved no betie- fate . than the gat chamber. This myt>. disterted as was, vas let*al in its effect. fimost te to the day of Chessman’s czath, pase-e often referred to :imt as a murderer, it rapist, or both. A few day: after Fd his execution, the New York 3 Un ald Tribune, ina two-ce’ ann 5 head,ine. Son implied that h $ war a Killer. $ Ou . _— of a dead: - the, $ SE% “rimes On women and girls | _ of the Red Light crimes. Neither \ forking on pen pills ane. coffee, Lin- . Woodfeld and 1 check. “dont lead tor lead. The aaswer, which appeared ” two days after my arrival, was ironic: ly comained right in the police records and trial testimony, It had been 2 long time since anyone had seriously gone into the records of the criginal crines, for the past seven years, Caessmian’s bates had been fonsht purely wesel grounds, The seves-year figure was to prove significant. In the police records of Cressman’s original eriing by the pol ive at the time of his ; utrest, we fone wiry iL we were look- “Ty rlt* a Ley vam witnal “ranova,” Tee cops bak ta haanary spollight Cheosesen told ef POG. “Etes been pulling the sex jobs,” Heowent on to give a general descrip- ion of the man. “Hte’s uhout five fect ten inches tall, 140 comnds, and a Jest udker,” Chessman toll therm, The cops at th tine ebbe to doce ae hs tpparerhy werent ody taned Torraneva 3 4 4 4 i ad he nor his car answared cde. ~~ scriot: ons then existing of the Red Light Bandit. In fect, unti! he was captured. it was as- sumed that there was mere than one sucn bandit. icentifi- 2 z & s 2 % i r rg & THE FACTS CHE SSRAN vas caught in a chase involving a clothing. store noidup, one cay after the last cations were vague and in most cases mace without benefit of a pohce lineup. usual in such procedures. The girl victim of the Red Light bandit did not go io Camarillo State Hospital un- til nearly two years after she attacked. No psychiatrist been willing to say her men- tai iliness was caused by the attack, $ Crassman had an 1.0. of 3 abcut 130, far above average, but far below the genius ‘evel. 4 «ye . . { His cbility to keep his case in j court so iong had been largely 5 cue to admitted judicie! error and ihe many serious gans. in : Proper conduct of the trial. All 4 Psychiatrists who have ex- j amined him declared he was } “ircapable’ <f committing the - * sex-crimes with which he was cherge rede D + MOTE OO Eg ES ‘vho gid conceivably be the Bed Light ani No Terranova was qnestiened. No phOto of “¢ -rranova was shown te the victims of the Ned Light Bandit. erra- NOR Was deboest. a flement of Chessriin’s well-known, vist) imagi Mm, apparently. The police questioned Chessman for three days before booking him. Reports indi eate that he fost more than twelve pounds dating that period. Flia’y, say the cops. he broke down sud made seme damaging admissions that convinced them they had the right mar. Chessman claimed he was beaten, kicked in the grain, hit. the stomach, aad otherwise persuaded to tik Three witeeses whe were in the connty Pih-power taok with Chossinen £0 Hed that be showed) evidence of having been brutally worked over. pProsccution produced aomaaber of withesses whe said they didn't seu Chessaiin worked over. Certainly it was the kis oof a beef made Vhe ev evers habiioad criminad whe has side damaging adicissions to te police. C tiess. reat named oo. EA pe! officer ay the pea whe Deo , and abered ta tye -Cetector i potas ata read. vhiahe ah Peas wt Fate te slts, tet Wor owes hot 1 ¢ oy i oo : tifa ash aye t t dy t 4 t EO. steer tia 1 : toadba tee tt tn aie top te shoe: ry foe He oo H ca dntaacmee No one geet cark cate, Powes ea questien of Uaese ha svg. thar Ancosy tocaed ap ay detere site Dew point of evidence. Ho shows ap cheery in the photegrap). {ecomrunying this story, A. volice medical Feport, dicted 1, 357 48, : te Chessmmies arrest, reads: fant aly ner warky, te charmed” Wis on ced dh) of Chess: han aay revedts a seah fis forelend as two sticsps, Why was ths aot mentioied in the police prcdical exambarten? A deter entry ir the me ‘dical report, dated > i3/ AS, says: “Aiter call fre AL Muthew s (the public, Ge lender}, subicct was brought bac: re-iuspection .. . mubjext holy Hine and + ai Pere tears ar Dyvise by two police Yet oa st anker (hic sante accioad otfke Vas 4 t pale ofS ay LosG tee vhaims sek G3 recall this mec efter talking to Hit: this morning when rst inspection oceerred, the -nen was bragging 4 having nothing wrong with nin. and of not beine sick after being asked by the un Aersignea. This additicn to Chessrian’s re-ord was written three months alter his Jicted beating, It is obviously an atte: mpt fy exe plain away the ext on Chessman’s head which had shown up in all the pi-to- groin ‘gt graphs taken cf Chessman at the tie re Of his police booking, Ww hy did the police fail to make « rece ord of that. cut at the time of Chessizan’s. examination? : Chessman’s main enterprise in IG48 he has admitted, was sticking & p and shaking down brothels and bookie igints, most of which were op’ rating with police Protec- Hon, This deer mney to explain une popularity with the lav c.ound L. A. at this thre, Shortly after Chessman’s arrest, U: lice released to censation: * paper the jaro o- wiiicked a gir! po- weekly new’. sion thar Chessnae ced’ ffoyeu Petus x ” a ART oe ae we é ” Is > eee ag te re nae