Jersey Justice: The Story of the Trenton Six

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I N D E X Ackerson, Henry E., 102 ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union Adams, Florence, 125 admissibility of confessions: first trial, 31–33, 34, 36–37; second trial, 135–136, 139, 140–141, 142–143, 144–145, 147, 149, 156, 159, 165, 166–167, 168–170, 171; Trenton Two trial, 200–202 Alexander, Raymond P.: and admissibility of confessions, 135–136, 140, 141, 171; background of, 120, 218; and decision to appeal verdict in second trial, 187; and identification of suspects, 132, 146, 155; life after trials, 208; opening statement for second trial, 127–128; reaction to verdict in second trial, 185, 187; and Sullivan’s perjury trial, 203–204; summation at second trial, 173–175 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 212; and decision to appeal verdict in second trial, 187; on racial discrimination toward suspects, 84; and representation at second trial, 119 Amman, Louis, 32, 38, 40, 136 Anderson, Laura C., 27 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (1996), 213 appeal. See Supreme Court of New Jersey, appeal to Aronson, James, 88 autopsy, of William Horner, 27, 130 Bajek, Michael J., 117, 184 Ballard, Omar Abdul, 211, 212 Baltimore Afro-American, 159 Barclay, Virginia, 2, 47, 61–62, 70, 106, 133, 167, 180 Bates, Sanford, 193 Belfrage, Cedric, 88, 118 Bethea, John, 167 Biesecker, Cora E., 126, 184 Black, Hugo, 100 Bloch, Emanuel, 95, 113, 118 Bloking, Laurence A., 31 Boss, Ruth, 126 Bowker (Mr.), 93 Bowker (Mrs.), 93, 132 Brearley, James, 14 Brennan, Thomas, 121, 125, 135, 163–164, 186 Broadus, Charles, 15, 84 Brown, Arthur, 86, 90 Brown, J. Herbert, 168 Brown, LeGrand, 163, 171, 182 Brown v. Board of Education, 18 Buck, Pearl, 192 Burrell, J. Mercer: on admissibility of confessions, 201–202; assists defense, 120, 192; background of, 218; at funeral of Collis English, 198–199; and identi fication of suspects, 170; reaction to verdict in second trial, 185 Burroughs, Robert F., 77 Cagan, Ida, 125, 184 Camisa, Harry, 3–4, 80 Cantor, Manuel, 20 Carheart, Verona M., 54 Case, Irene, 126 Centurion Ministries, 213 Chancery Lane First Precinct police station , living conditions at, 58, 144 “Chancy,” 11, 57, 60, 166 Chicago Sun-Times, 112 citizenship, right to equal, 21 241 242 index Civil Rights Congress (CRC), 86; advertises for help for Trenton Six, 90; agitation concerning Trenton Six, 88–90, 102–103, 124; asks for help from Human Rights Commission of UN, 103; demands freedom for Trenton Two, 189; distributes “Lynching Northern Style,” 98–99; ends involvement with Trenton Six case, 118; executive secretary offers help for Trenton Six, 92; leaflet distribution during second trial by, 125; meeting with Governor Driscoll, 97; organizational program for legal side of case, 93–94; organizational program for nonlegal side of case, 92–93; overview of, 87; sends Bessie Mitchell on speaking tour across U.S., 103–104; Youth and Student Division of, 104 Clark, Tim, 103 clemency, 212 Cohen, Herman, 164 Cole, J. George, 77–78 Collins, Joseph H., 80 Communist Party, Mercer County, 82–83 Communist Party USA, 18–19, 87, 88, 93, 118 confessions/statements, signing and witnessing of, 46. See also admissibility of confessions Conlon, Joseph E., 200 Connolly, Donal, 18–19, 203 Connor, James A., 31 Cooper, Albert, 2 Cooper, Ralph: background of, 7–8, 215; on barring of counsel of choice, 116; confession of, 42–43, 44, 51, 61, 62–63, 143, 171, 200, 201; criminal record of, 160, 193; cross-examination of, 62–63, 160; examination by defense, 60–61; during first trial, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39; identi fication of, 170; insists Wilson took part in crime, 45; moved to Mercer County jail, 199; parole of, 202; possible drugging of, 139; representation for second trial, 113, 119; sentencing of, 186, 200; summation of, 71, 179; transferred to Trenton State Prison, 189–190; witnesses for, 61–62. See also Trenton Six; Trenton Two trial Corio, Dr., 48, 49 cost of trial, to taxpayers, 79 CRC. See Civil Rights Congress Creeden, James E., 40, 136 Crime Crushers, 4, 137 Cullen, Russell J. Jr., 62 Cytowic, Edmund R., 30 Daily Worker, 86, 87, 91, 94, 95, 112, 116, 123, 188 Danser, John, 211 Dawson, Charles H., 38, 40–41, 56, 137 Dean, Elwood, 88 Death House, of Trenton State Prison: attorneys able to confer with men at, 96; correspondence with Trenton Six, 81–82; description of, 80; inmates’ description of time spent in, 86–87 death penalty: abolishment by New Jersey, 213–214; and U.S. Congress, 212–213...