Mad Butcher: Charles Vorell rumored to be, 172–73; one or more killers, 35–36, 56–57; profile of, from Pearce’s “torso clinic,” 9, 53–55, 161; staging bodies, 6, 54; as transient, 173. See also Dolezal, Frank; Sweeney, Francis Edward
Maher, Richard L., 151–52
Mahon, John J., 50–52
Marks, Gertrude Ann (Sue) Nigrin, 178–79
Matowitz, George: investigation of torso murders and, 15–16; Merylo and, 16, 44; silence on Dolezal case, 45, 56, 165; unlikely to allow deal for Sweeney, 152
Matowitz, Thomas G., Sr., 136, 149–50
McCormack, Martin A., 46
McDevitt, Paul, 22, 23–24, 26
McFarland, Rebecca, questioning Dolezal’s suicide, 75, 82, 97
McGunagle, Fred, 130–31
Media: casual standards of, 32–33; on Cleveland politics, 7, 151–52; criticisms of O’Donnell in, 48–50, 170; on Dolezal case, 33, 42–46, 48–50, 63, 165; on Dolezal in custody, 40–41; on Dolezal inquest, 62–63, 78, 82; on Dolezal’s arrest, 24, 30, 52, 55–56; on Dolezal’s confessions, 32; on Dolezal’s death, 58; Dolezal’s photos in, 40–41, 69, 71, 74, 77; on Dolezal’s sanity, 42; on Dolezal’s treatment, 34, 41–43, 46–48; fiftieth anniversary stories about torso murders in, 135–36; hints of Sweeney as suspect in torso murders in, 134–35, 169; Jones’s story of attack by Dolezal in, 38–39; major players in Dolezal case silent in, 56; Ness courting, 36; O’Donnell’s relations with, 32, 48–49, 146; reviewing torso murders, 70, 130–31; rumors that Dolezal killed sister and nephew in, 175–79; on secret suspect in torso murders, 130–31, 143; on sheriff’s department vs. police department, 32; Sweeney’s popularity with, 114–15, 119, 151–52; on torso murders, 3, 5, 24
Medical training, Sweeney’s, 118, 161
Mental disease: caused by alcohol and drug use, 187–89; determination of sanity and, 182–85; diagnoses of Sweeney’s, 120–21, 189; evident in Sweeney’s late-life writing, 129–31, 188–89; Sweeney’s wife questioning sanity, 119, 155
Mercyhurst College, forensic experts investigating Dolezal’s death at, 97, 99–107
Merrills, Helen, 25–27
Merylo, Peter, 16; on arrest of Dolezal, 24–25, 27; background of, 15–16; on case against Dolezal, 17–18, 24–25, 31–33, 56, 149, 165; on Dolezal’s death, 94–95, 165–66; on Dolezal’s guilt, 44–45, 52; effects of torso case on daughters of, 71, 73; Lyons and, 26–27, 149; Merrills and, 25–26; Ness and, 16–17, 165; notes on torso murders, 28, 52, 78–79, 94–95, 99; on Sweeney as suspect in torso murders, 132–33, 152, 160–62; working on torso murders, 16–18, 44–45, 57, 173
Miller, Nick, 39
Miller, Raymond T., 6–7, 19
Miller, William, 43
Monney, Charles A., 6
Motowitz, 27
Mulroy, John, 39
National Museum of Crime and Punishment, 180
Ness, Eliot, 8, 19, 36, 72–73, 75; collaborating with Fraley, 113, 140; on death of Sweeney’s brother, 171–72; on Dolezal case, 25, 27, 56, 94, 134, 149, 164–66; interrogation of Sweeney, 140–42, 144; leaving Cleveland, 151, 161, 166; Martin Sweeney and, 115, 140; Merylo and, 16–17, 25, 27, 32, 94, 165; O’Donnell vs., 146–47; operatives of, 94, 133, 165; reputation of, 10, 164; searching for killing space, 20–21, 31; secrecy around suspicions about Sweeney, 129, 140, 154; secret suspect in torso murders, 113, 115–16, 125n, 132–40, 143, 154; shantytown raids by, 10–11, 120, 159; Sweeney as secret suspect of, 127, 133–34, 140, 158–59; Sweeney’s cards and letters to, 129–31, 139, 162, 188–89; unable to make case against Sweeney, 152–55, 158–59; working on torso murders, 15, 127–28, 161
Ness, Elizabeth, 129, 142
Ness, Robert Eliot, 129
Ness, Sharon, 129
Nigrin, Anna Dolezal, 39, 175–79
Nigrin, Gottlieb, 175, 177–78
Nigrin, Joseph Allan, 39, 175–79
Nigrin, Joseph Allan, II, 178
“Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity” defense, 183–85
Notebook, found in Dolezal’s apartment, 31
Number, of victims, 5
O’Donnell, Martin L., 38, 44; case against Dolezal and, 34, 39, 42–43, 58, 108, 169–70; Charles Dolezal’s lawsuits against, 24–25, 27, 79, 99, 147–49, 173; death of, 147, 149; on discrepancies in Dolezal’s confessions, 33–35; at Dolezal inquest, 82, 89–91, 167–68; Dolezal’s arrest and, 11, 23–24, 27, 30, 52, 145–47; on Dolezal’s death, 3, 58, 88, 91, 104–5, 148, 170; on Dolezal’s injuries, 41–42, 46–48, 62; election of, 7–8; Gerber and, 167–68; ignoring gambling, 8, 146–47; letter implying Dolezal killed sister and nephew to, 175–79; Lyons and, 20, 23–24; media and, 30, 36, 45–46, 48–50, 53 56, 146; mistreatment of Dolezal under, 42–43, 50, 55, 63, 92; police department and, 44, 56; political maneuvering of, 7–8, 19, 27, 146; power of, 63, 90, 92, 164–65; reputation of, 52, 146; revisiting Dolezal’ apartment, 37; in theories of cover-up of Sweeney as murderer, 128; treatment of Dolezal under, 42, 46, 84, 150–51; violating Dolezal’s civil liberties, 42, 45–46, 50, 84
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. See Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home (Sandusky)
Olson, Greg, 104
O’Neil, Floyd, 3, 88
Palda, George, 85, 86
Pearce, A. J., 19, 155; “torso clinic” of, 8–10, 53–55, 135, 161; torso murders under, 36, 166
Pendergast, Leonard F., 120–21
Penty, Myron J., 44, 49, 50–51
Peterka, Edward, 158–60
Phillips, Frank C., 27
Platter, H. M., 157
Plea, Dolezal not entering, 44
Police Department, Cleveland: Dolezal’s death and, 60, 74, 81–82; killer staging bodies to mock, 6, 54; lack of experience with serial killers, 9–10; lack of progress on torso murders, 3–5, 10; Pearce’s “torso clinic” for, 8–10; rumors about secret suspect in torso murders within, 135–36, 140; sheriff’s department vs., 24–25, 32, 43, 47–48, 56, 146; Sweeney and, 133, 134, 136. See also Law enforcement agencies; Merylo, Peter; Ness, Eliot
Polillo, Florence (victim no. 3), 5, 31; disposal of body, 31, 35, 42; Dolezal charged with death of, 44, 56–57, 165; Dolezal’s confessions about, 32–36, 42; Dolezal’s relationship with, 17, 22–23, 31–32; as only murder Dolezal charged with, 36, 57; possible drug deals with Sweeney, 156–57; possibly different murderer than other torso cases, 56–57
Politics, 63, 144; in Cleveland, 6; in Cuyahoga County, 6; Dolezal’s arrest used in, 27, 146; in lack of impact of torso clinic profile, 54–55; in law enforcement turf wars, 19, 27, 44, 48, 165; Martin Sweeney’s career in, 114, 118–19, 143, 151–54; torso murders used in, 6, 96, 115
Postcards, from Sweeney to Ness: “Gaylord Sundheim” name fitting style of, 139; mental disease evident in, 129–31, 188–89
Profile, from “torso clinic,” 9–10; Dolezal not fitting, 53–54; lack of impact of torso clinic, 54–55; Sweeney fitting, 161
Psychiatry: assessing risks of violence, 189–91; diagnoses of Sundheim, 189; forensic, 180–92; at Pearce’s “torso clinic,” 9
Psychohistory, of Sweeney, 181
Psychopathy, 185–86
Race, of victims, 5
Religion, Dolezal’s, 47
Republican National Convention, 5, 15
Republicans, in Cleveland administration, 7, 115
Reputation, of victims, 5, 72, 120
Robinson, Robert, 160–61
Roosevelt, Franlin Delano, 119
Rumbelow, Donald, 162
Safety director, Eliot Ness as, 8, 164–65
Sagalyn, Arnold, 133–34, 140–41, 154
Sailor, victim no. 4 thought to be, 31
Sanity: forensic psychiatry in determination of, 182–85; Sweeney’s, 119, 120–21, 155, 183–85
Schug, Andrew, 75, 82, 97, 133
Schwein, Florence, 81, 134, 139, 140
Scientific Investigation Bureau, Cleveland, 74, 134. See also Cowles, David
Search, of Dolezal’s a
partment, 17, 31, 36
Sellers, Charles W., 27
Serial killers, triggers for, 155
Sex crimes, torso murders as, 17
Sexuality: Dolezal reported as “pervert,” 17–18, 88; Dolezal’s, 12, 17–18, 22, 37; search for “perverts,” 18, 21; Sweeney’s, 157
Shantytown raids, Ness’s, 10–11, 120, 159
Sheppard murder case, influence on Gerber’s reputation, 80–81, 166
Sheriff’s department, 20, 24, 150; Charles Dolezal’s lawsuits against, 99, 147–49, 173; Cuyahoga County Commissioners cleaning up, 149–59; on Dolezal’s death, 60, 107; Dolezal’s injuries while in custody of, 84, 103; Jones sisters’ testimony during absence of, 167–68; mistreatment of Dolezal by, 34, 41–42, 47, 61–63, 79; police department vs., 24–26, 31–32, 43, 49, 56, 146. See also Law enforcement agencies; O’Donnell, Martin L.
Short, Elizabeth (the Black Dahlia), 136–37
Sickert, Walter, 97
Slaughterhouse, Dolezal’s job in, 31
Slavic Village, Kingsbury Run area now known as, 174
Smart, Clarence, 85, 87–88, 104–5, 148
Sokol family, Mary Sweeney and, 121
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home (Sandusky), 157; Sweeney admitted to, 120, 122, 159, 160; Sweeney’s leaving, 133, 166
Soukup, Fred P., 86; on Dolezal’s death, 59–60, 63; Dolezal’s defense and, 46, 48, 50; on Dolezal’s injuries, 46–48, 62, 85
Sternicki, L. J., 168; examining Dolezal, 47–48; testifying about Dolezal’s condition, 86
Stone, C. W., 119, 187
Stone, Mark Wade: The Fourteenth Victim documentary by, 75–76; investigating Dolezal’s death, 75–76, 79, 81–83, 95–96, 147–48; taking materials on Dolezal’s death to forensic experts, 96–97, 99–108
Straus, Reuben, 61, 80–81, 158
Suicide, Dolezal’s. See Death, Dolezal’s
Suicide attempts, Dolezal’s, 24, 39–41, 47, 55, 58–59; injuries not explained by, 62, 84, 103; in inquest records, 83–84
Sunbather, at Norris Brothers, 160–61
Sundheim, Gaylord, 180; as Ness’s secret suspect, 113, 139, 154. See also Sweeney, Francis Edward
Sweeney, Anna Cleary, 116
Sweeney, Catherine Mehan/Mahon, 116
Sweeney, Delia O’Mara, 117, 124
Sweeney, Dominic, 116–17, 124
Sweeney, Francis Edward, 157; alcoholism of, 119–23, 186–87, 189–91; appearance of, 160–61; background of, 116–17; cards and letters to Ness, 129–31, 139, 188–89; continuing to write prescriptions, 156–57, 187–88; cousin’s awareness of deterioration of, 121–22, 143; cousin’s awareness of police suspicions about, 143–45; in cover-up theories, 127–28, 151–54; death of, 123; diagnoses of, 189; drug abuse by, 123, 157, 186–89; evidence against, 156, 158–61, 163; family of, 118; family’s awareness of suspicions about, 170–71; fitting profile from Pearce’s torso clinic, 161; Fransen considering best suspect, 124, 125n, 137; guilt of, 161–62, 168–69; health problems of, 117, 122–23, 186–87; institutionalization of, 119–20, 122–23, 127–28, 136, 145, 157, 190–91; interrogations of, 144, 158–59, 161; lie detector tests for, 113–14, 140–42, 144, 152, 154, 161; likelihood as Mad Butcher, 134–36, 154–63, 189–91; location of, 122–24; medical training of, 118; mental deterioration of, 119–21, 161, 188; military service of, 117, 190; Ness and, 158–59, 162; as Ness’s secret suspect in torso murders, 116, 127, 132–40; personality of, 118, 161; photo of, in materials about torso murders, 137–39, 138; police unable to make case against, 136, 144, 152–55; possible triggers for murders by, 155–56, 158–59, 161; possibly doing illicit medical work, 156–57; psychohistory of, 181, 183–85; sanity of, 119–21, 155, 183–85; sending letters and postcards to Ness, 130–31, 162, 188; surveillance of, 133–34, 154–55, 161, 166, 186–87; as suspect in torso murders, 129, 154, 180–81; violence by, 119, 189–91; wife’s charges in divorce petition, 119–21, 155; writing to Hoover, 162, 188–89. See also Sundheim, Gaylord
Sweeney, Francis Edward, Jr. (Francis’s son), 120, 170
Sweeney, Honora Callery, 124
Sweeney, James Anthony (Francis’s son), 120, 170–71
Sweeney, John, 116, 124
Sweeney, Joseph M., 150
Sweeney, Marie Carlin (Martin L.’s wife), 118
Sweeney, Martin J., 116, 117–18, 124
Sweeney, Martin Joseph, Jr., 171–72
Sweeney, Martin L., 6–7, 114; awareness of police suspicions about cousin, 127–28, 143–45; background of, 116–17; cousin as secret suspect in torso murders, 116, 140, 153–54; cousin’s deterioration and, 121–22; in cover-up theories about torso murders, 127, 144; disaffected Democrats and, 7–8; Ness and, 8, 140; political career of, 114, 118–19, 151–54, 153; silence about Dolezal case, 56, 169–70
Sweeney, Mary (Francis’s sister), 121, 133, 171
Sweeney, Mary Josephine Sokol (Francis’s wife), 118; awareness of suspicions about ex-husband, 170–71; charges in petition for divorce, 119–21, 155–56
Sweeney, Myles, 124
Sweeney, Winifred Callery, 116, 124
Sweeney family: among Irish immigrants in Cleveland, 116–17; entangled genealogy of, 124; mental disease in, 117–19; relations among, 118, 121, 124–25; tainted by mental illness and suspicion of murder, 181
Symes, Steven A., 101, 104, 105
Tattoos, on victim no. 4, 31
Taylor, Nettie, 39, 175, 178–79
Todd, T. Windgate, 81, 158
Torso clinic, 36, 166; profile of killer from, 53–55, 135, 161
Torso murders: Black Dahlia murder not linked to, 124, 136–37; characteristics of, 17, 137, 185–86; conspiracy theories about, 127–29, 150–54, 171–72; difference of Polillo, 36, 56–57; difference of victim no. 11, 80–81, 158; effects on families of involved parties, 70–73; lost material pertaining to, 155, 162, 181; media coverage of, 3, 5, 24, 70, 130–31, 135–36; Ness’s secret suspect in, 113, 115–16, 125n, 129, 132–40, 139, 143, 180–81; in partisan politics, 6, 96, 115, 169; under Pearce vs. Gerber, 166; possible resumption of, 160–61; pressure to solve, 14–15, 169; quantity of notes and reports on, 16–17, 28, 52; stopping, 63; teams working on, 67, 139, 147; thorough investigation of, 162–63; timing of, 144, 190–91. See also Mad Butcher
Trunk, Lloyd, 62
Tylicki, Clarence M., 32, 59, 150
Unknowns (Ness’s secret operatives known as), 165
The Untouchables (Ness and Fraley), 113
Veterans Administration Center (Dayton): Sweeney at, 122–23, 191; Sweeney writing prescriptions at, 157, 187–88
Veterans Administration Hospital (Cleveland), Sweeney and Burton lobbying for, 144
Victim no. 1. See Andrassy, Edward
Victim no. 3. See Polillo, Florence
Victim no. 4, 31
Victim no. 7, 157
Victim no. 8 (Rose Wallace), 22, 35
Victim no. 11, 80–81, 120, 158
Victim no. 12, 120, 158
Victims: Andrassy as only one with rope burns, 156; lack of identification of, 120, 145; Lady of the Lake as, 4, 145, 155; masks, in police museum, 70; possible method of subduing, 159–60; reputation of, 72, 120; timing between, 145. See also Bodies
Vorell, Charles, 172–73
Vorell, Frank: Dolezal family’s animosity toward, 172–74; on Dolezal’s mistreatment, 62, 84; testifying at inquest on Dolezal’s death, 82, 90; visiting Dolezal, 42, 86
Vorell, Lillian, 174
Wallace, Rose (victim no. 8), 22, 35
West, K. S., 119, 187
Whelan, Tommy, 139
Winchell, Walter, 134–35, 143
World War II, overshadowing Dolezal’s death, 58
Young, Del, 88
Zak, Charles, 178
Zalewski, Martin, 16–18, 25–26, 132–33
Zlamal, Oldrich, 47, 55, 103
Zoul, William J., 44
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