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_ ON EIN ahem OT ARENDERD we Be ESI UPR IN Se Fo WEN MDE SOQ Vth tOre: DaCK Gro its Recs, . it “a Qo mmaber of View of all sorts, the article ch ims, four. Checking into the hackground of the Ly z ise orhipes attributed toe 7sggmiring this perix: “with the cons myst “us Terranova, of whom the iE ogman uy peNee, asd allered he heel av of the police.” “Lhe cops were on poli ha Uno rvord, we found that t Tossed te an of them. No official ree. the Mie all over town,” the article states, Prosecutos ~ Miller Leavy also had trou- “s “€ these Vheced offerses, either f1 che As to whether L. A. cops might have — ble betievi ings that such 2 person as Terra- r 7 >of a co: veting ora povee report. has been capable of brutality at that time, the nove existed. There no sizn ef him : Pappeared, reeurd, as cited in the same article. is that anywhere. “Jou” Terranova, Leavy said, 4 ef it was subsequently proved that during ties period, Los Angeles suffered was a “fiction,” one of these pine dreams E ce Peterseri Was induecd to give fase one of ike higyest police-bratati: y scandals which always turned up in the albis of hae -** i mony, thar she wes a ‘prostitute, ain its history. Result? Parker condin ted bitual criminals. Tt was certainly true that : tL ttine: seq Watanes ef Chessman’s and a probe cwith lie detectors, vnormnlly one Terranova was Chessmean's principal alibi. * tC Hie -dominated or- of his feverive Cevices}. He birned che It was ‘Terraneva’s car he was caught fa, 7s s Angeles arca. evidence over to™the Police Besre of | Chessman claimed, and it was Terraneye i oho Po rer geeiaticns were never Rights. Vercnet: “Eiuht officers were ine who had hand possess af the ear at th i So owenleds pee Peterson disappesred dicted and four went te San Quentin er time of the capital crimes which took : ely after Os ineider: and has never the ceunly iL Two others were dropped — place in the days before Chessnaan’s arrest * . seen agcin Tt is oar belief, and was | from the ferce. and another thirty-six were ona clothiag-store holdup rap. ‘Terranova, r. of Chestoan, that fo she is still abve, olflciatl: reprimanded.” if he turned pp. misht sew up the prose. , could de fo expat ithis pucslives So co tas ¢faé der the possibifty that Cliess- cution’s case by prev he was clsewhere, woof police brutality were treth. or he wasn’t the man—er he might be the ' Unt the Lo AL cops fal, especially when docking at the evidence real Red Licht Bandit. id have actad dike Une? Ta a naticsal shown hore, which California’s Clemency Check'ng a litte further, we found tha y 1 We Oni. ine ~vomonths ago, Secretary Cecil Poole told the writers had such a imap as Terrscova did exist. as bre S oui thet the Los Angles never before beon called to his attenton, — found, in fact, a man 22 med Chav"..- Savers . was st ihet me cone This is one of the p! of new material ine Terranova, who fit the victim’: descrip- u fornis Crime Comnve- the governor and his staff cansidercd too dons of the Red Ligat Bandit to a T, righ: OF authe nities through: -¢ unimpori int to bother delaying an execue down to a scar over the cighe ose. Cas first : c tien over. . described by the states star wu. ons, teen iv wes in 19S. The see piece of evidence, however, age Mary Alice Meza. stio was the vViciic. ; 4 oot, wee . Name. Gk-¥} Chessman ‘ re Ping se So te ete Ot Fs f: . t ‘ . . to - 4 Georze TS Bavis , P Two : ee Now the world is about tc Learn’ about thosa facts. \ ee firet time reople will have the truth about the Chessman & . presented by 2 completely impartial source. They will be able-te decide for thenselves whether I am quilty or innocent. And wnat inmresses me mast is that Milt Machiin enphasizad to mes EVOA after all the time and money the: Kreosy people Aad spent in thei livestigation, they weren't interested in sens nionatien or searing & Saat. They weve and are interested in seeins “justice tone, in ; having the truth known. IL I survive--and now certainly Zz have a fignting chance--it wiil be in large: part through the efforts of va magenine and the human beings behind it. And even if Z Zan 2 gd, iknow that you, with attorneys Rosalie Asher and Al ¥ and the People at Argosy wilh continue to Light for my : pes ous vindication, That is Twant, ateve ell else, for I am satisfied it will heip more Ry anything else to reveal the L senseless futliity and barbarism of the death cenalty and the rea: and terrible dangers involved when citize ens of a stata demand. ; vengeance above cruth, oes aoe os ae : i s last letters (page two}, sent to authors: ough Attorney George T. Davis, bequeatis -a Arcosy tine fight for vindication.” Chessman ex; ises gratitude that Arcosy evidence qwas giver: to defense, One ! Chee oblivation fe <YWOQWr » op =