by Peter Janney
interviews with Leo Damore, 93–94, 131, 140, 267, 278, 318, 321, 445, 451
and Jerry Hunter, 102
Judge Howard Corcoran, 109–110, 113, 119, 125, 135
Julius Robertson (law partner), 93
Justice Older Than the Law, 102, 380
and Martha Crump, 93–94
Mary McLeod Bethune, 92, 148
NAACP, 93
opening statement at trial, 113, 134
Purcell Moore, 104
Rachel Bryant Graham (grandmother), 90–92, 100
Ray Crump Jr., 26–27, 93–104; and appeal of habeas corpus, 101; as scapegoat, 96, 106, 139; belief in Crump’s innocence, 93, 103–104; and Crump’s alibi, 94; first meeting with, 93–95; and formal appearance, 100; hair samples of, 103, 107; preliminary hearing of, 97–100; and prior arrests of, 95; psychiatric examination of, 101; and verdict of trial, 136; and Vivian, 94–96, 131
and Reverend Jesse A. Brown, 90, 93
and Spelman College, 92
summation to the jury, 135–136
Trial, 105–136; Bill of Particulars, 107; conflicts with Alfred Hantman, 107–108, 111–113, 116, 119, 121; cross-examination of Arthur Weber, 130; cross-examination of Ben Bradlee, 113–114, 365; cross-examination of Bill Branch, 121; cross-examination of Dr. Linwood Rayford, 115; cross-examination of Henry Wiggins, 119–121; cross-examination of John Warner, 126; cross-examination of Joseph Ronsisvalle, 116–117; cross-examination of Paul Stombaugh, 133; cross-examination of Roderick Sylvis, 124–125; cross-examination of Warren Johnson, 132–133; cross-examination of William L. Mitchell, 131–132
visits to Georgetown, 96
visits to towpath, 102, 140
and William Roundtree, 92
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), 92
Ruby, Jack,
and James Wagenvoord, 308
murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 282, 308
Russell, Dick (author), 443
Acknowledgment, 503
Foreword, 1–5
The Man Who Knew Too Much, 313
On The Trail of the Assassins, 5
and Robert Morrow, 314
Salinger, Pierre,
as JFK’s press secretary, 243
call to Ben Bradlee on the night of Mary Meyer’s murder, 73
and Georgi Bolshakov, 243
Salisbury School: New England prep school attended by Quentin Meyer in 1964, 34–5
Savwoir, Edward O. (jury foreman at trial): reaction to jury verdict as racially motivated, 110, 137
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr. (historian),
and American University address, 259
attendance at Mary Meyer’s funeral, 64
and Bobby Kennedy, 286, 290
Cuban Missile Crisis, 235, 247
diary of, 290
disclosure of CIA Director John McCone to Bobby Kennedy, 286
and JFK’s proposed curtailment of CIA budget, 237
and Mary Meyer’s influence on JFK, 232
reference to ‘national security people,’ 235, 465
Schorr, Daniel (journalist): on CIA’s invasion of Bay of Pigs, 236
Schwartz, Robert (“Bob”),
and approach of Cord Meyer, 163
friendship with Tony Pinchot, 163
and Liz Wheeler, 161
reaction to Grey Towers, 161
relationship with Mary Meyer, 159–64, 201
and Ruth Pinchot, 161
Schweiker, Senator Richard, 21
David Talbot’s interview with, 21
and Lee Harvey Oswald’s phony defection, 21
subcommittee of Church Committee, 21
Scott, Peter Dale (author), 301
and First Executive Session of Warren Commission, 301
influence of Allen Dulles on Warren Commission, 301–302
Scott, Winston (Mexico CIA Station Chief), 84, 443
and JFK assassination as conspiracy, 84
and James Angleton’s removal of papers, 84
Scouloukas, James (DC Police Officer), 43–44, 129
(See also: Robert Decker),
and broadcast of Henry Wiggins’s description of alleged assailant, 43–44, 129
Second Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.), 89–90, 134,
and Reverend Jesse A. Brown, 89–90
as Ray Crump’s pastor, 89, 134
Sheppard Pratt (psychiatric hospital used by CIA), 251, 268
and Philip L. Graham, 251–252, 268–269
Shimon, Joseph W. (“Joe”) 253
Allied Investigators as CIA front, 388–389
as government assassin, 389
as JFK White House adviser, 253
as liaison to Mafia, 312, 386
as Washington police inspector, 253, 312, 381, 388
and Bobby Kennedy, 172, 388
daughter Toni Shimon (see also: Toni Shimon), 253, 381–389
disclosures to Jack Anderson, 386–387
Easter weekend 1963, 253
and George H.W. Bush, 388
and hatred of J. Edgar Hoover, 382–383
and inside knowledge of Mary Meyer’s murder, 312, 384
and James Angleton’s control of CIA, 312, 389
Johnny Roselli, 312, 386–387
and Lyndon Johnson, 254, 381, 383
Operation Mongoose, 254, 381, 386–387
and President Roosevelt, 253, 381
references to the film Executive Action, 385, 388
Sam Giancana, 386–387
Santo Trafficante, 386–387
testimony at Church Committee, 385–386
and U.S. Secret Service, 382
undercover CIA, 253, 381
and William K. Harvey (CIA), 386–387, 389
year of birth, 381
Shimon, Toni (daughter of Joseph W. Shimon), 253, 380–390
alleged Trafficante contract on her life, 387
author interviews with, 380, 469, 481, 490, 503
Easter weekend 1963, 253, 383
and family divorce, 381–382
and father’s confession of being a government assassin, 389
father’s love for William (“Bill”) Harvey, 386
and father’s reactions to JFK assassination, 384–385
and her mother Elizabeth, 381–382
and murder of Mary Meyer, 383–384
Sketchbook as diary (see also: diary of Mary Meyer), 70, 75–84, 87, 224, 364
and Anne Chamberlin, 79–80, 82
and Anne Truitt, 76–83
and Ben Bradlee, 75–81
burning and destruction of, 79, 82
and Cicely Angleton, 77–80
and Cord Meyer, 78–79, 83, 87
descriptions of, 80, 82–83
and James Angleton, 76–81
references to in National Enquirer
(1976), 80, 82
and Tony Bradlee, 75–81
Smathers, Senator George, 189, 198
trip with Jack Kennedy, 189, 198
Smith, Donald (Assistant U.S. Attorney): presence at first hearing for Ray Crump, 54
Smith, James H. (“Jimmy”), Esq.,401–424, 501–502
author’s interviews with, 401
and Bobby Kennedy, 404
friendship with Leo Damore, 404
and John H. Davis, 431
and Kenneth P. O’Donnell,
and Leo Damore’s suicide, 501
and telephone call with Leo Damore on March 31, 1993, 402–424
Smith, Sally Bedell (author), 80–82, 207, 229–230, 252, 273
author interview with, 82
and Blair Clark, 252
and Charles Bartlett, 229–230
Grace and Power (2004), 441, 442, 459, 461, 463, 466, 499
interview with Anne Truitt, 82
interview with Cicely Angleton, 207
interview with Tony Bradlee, 80–81, 229, 273
and JFK’s 46th birthday party, 227
and Mary Meyer’s relationship with JFK, 82, 207, 230–232, 253
references to sk
etchbook/diary of Mary Meyer, 80–82
Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald, (formerly Lanahan, and daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald), 39, 64, 155, 156, 192
attendance at funeral, 64
caricature of Cord Meyer, 192
references to Mary Meyer, 39, 64, 155, 156
Smith, Stephen (brother-in-law of JFK),
and desire to explore LSD, 216
and Timothy Leary, 216
and Van Wolfe, 216
Spaulding, Betty Coxe, 171
references to Cord Meyer, 171
and UN Charter Conference 1945, 171
Spaulding, Chuck (friend of JFK’s), 171, 173, 208, 213
and Dr. Max Jacobson, 213
Jackie Kennedy’s attraction to dangerous men, 208
on differences between JFK and Cord Meyer, 173–174
and UN Charter Conference 1945, 171
Stahl, Peter (see Gregory Douglas). 351, 353–354, 357, 362
Starnes, Richard (reporter): as referenced by journalist Arthur Krock, 276
Stassen, Harold, 170–172
as delegate to 1945 UN Charter Conference, 170, 171
and Cord Meyer, 170–172
Stebbins, Charles (U.S. Park Police Detective), 48
Stone, Oliver (filmmaker), 258, 327, 419, 420, 470, 476
and J. Michael Kelly, 350
and L. Fletcher Prouty, 327, 420
and psychedelics, 258
and Real Time with Bill Maher (2009), 258, 470
references to film JFK, 327, 350, 420,
Storch, Walter (email alias of Gregory Douglas. See also: Gregory Douglas), 352, 357, 359, 362
Stombaugh, Paul M. (FBI Special Agent), 133
and Dovey Roundtree’s cross-examination of, 133
and Ray Crump’s hair, 133
trial testimony of, 133
Summers, Anthony (author), 83, 430, 443, 463, 503
letter of Evelyn Patterson Truitt to, 83–84, 443, 463
Sylvis, Roderick (D.C. Police Officer), 43–44, 58, 112, 122–125, 128, 132, 135, 140, 321, 330, 336, 424
at Fletcher’s Boat House, 43, 58, 122, 124, 125, 135, 321
author’s interviews with, 437, 449
and Dovey Roundtree’s cross-examination of, 124–125
and mystery “Negro male,” 44, 123–125, 128, 140, 336
and partner Frank Bignotti, 43–44, 122–123, 135, 321
and questioning of young white couple, 43, 122–123, 125, 132, 321, 330, 424
testimony at trial, 122, 336
Talbot, David (author), 21, 276, 285–6, 304, 310
and Bobby Kennedy’s accusations toward CIA, 285, 286
interview with Robert McNamara, 310
interview with Senator Richard Schweiker, 21
and Kennedy family post JFK assassination, 285
references to Brothers (2007), 285, 304
and William Walton, 304
Taylor, General Maxwell: regarding
1963 Vietnam fact-finding mission, 275,
Technical Services Division of CIA (TSD),
and alleged role in murder of Mary Meyer, 332
creation of disguises, 332
and Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, 332
Texas School Book Depository, 281, 298
and conspiracy to assassinate JFK, 285,
and Lee Harvey Oswald (employee),
shots fired from, 281, 285
Thayer, Robert (CIA): regarding Ben Bradlee’s alleged CIA contact in Paris, 363
Thomas, Kenn (author): interview with Deborah Davis (1992), 273
Three Sisters Island: in Potomac River, 48, 447
Tippit, J. D. (Dallas Police Officer), alleged murder of by Lee Harvey Oswald, 281
District Attorney Henry Wade, 298
and Mark Lane, 298
Tonkin, Gulf of (incident and resolution),
as pretext for legal escalation of Vietnam War, 309
and Lyndon Johnson, 310
repeal of, 310
and Richard Nixon, 310
and US Maddox, 309
and US Turner Joy, 309
Trafficante, Santo (Mafia), see also: Joseph Shimon, 386
and Castro, 386
and contract on Joseph Shimon’s life, 386
Operation Mongoose, 386
references to by Jack Anderson, 386–7
Trento, Joseph (author),
email to and from Gregory Douglas,
and J. Michael Kelly, 350
and James Angleton, 372
and Operation Zipper, 353
and Plato Cacheris, 350
and reaction to Regicide, 353
reference to L. Fletcher Prouty, 349
and Robert Crowley, 379
The Secret History of the CIA, 359
and Thomas Kimmel, 360
and William (“Bill”) Corson, 349
Triplett, William: as investigator for Timothy Leary and Rebel Magazine, 221, 461
(see also: Timothy Leary).
Truitt, Alexandra (Anne and James Truitt’s daughter), 85
author interview with, 85–6
Mary Meyer’s murder as taboo, 85–6
and Nina Burleigh, 86
Truitt, Anne (sculptor/artist, and wife of James Truitt), 30
and alleged burning of Mary’s diary (sketchbook) with Tony Bradlee, 78
as close friend to Mary Meyer, 32, 36, 74
and Bradlee account of search for diary, 74
contents of Mary’s diary, 82
friendship with James Angleton, 74
alleged alerting of diary to James Angleton, 76
letter to New York Times (1995), 77
Mary Meyer’s comments to, 32
on Mary Meyer’s awareness of art and masculine character, 36
and Phoenix outburst of Philip L. Graham, 249
regarding Mary Meyer’s diary, 74
Sally Bedel Smith’s interview with, 207
telephone call to Ben and Tony Bradlee and revelation of Mary’s diary, 76
and tragedy of men of her generation, 174
Truitt, Evelyn Patterson (second wife of James Truitt),
and ex-CIA agent Herbert Barrows stealing James Truitt’s papers, 83–4
letter to author Anthony Summers (1983), 83
Truitt, James (“Jim”),
as friend to Mary Meyer, 70
as Washington Post vice president, 70
and Ben Bradlee’s firing of, 70
and break-out story to National Enquirer (1976), 70
diary and records of, 70; allegedly stolen by Herbert Barrows, 83–4; and documentation of Mary’s affair with JFK, 83–4
interest in psychedelics, 202; Mary Meyer’s use of psychedelics, 202
interviews with author Deborah Davis, 225
letter to Deborah Davis, 431, 453, 456, 458
and Mary Meyer’s confiding to, 30, 35, 36
and Mary Meyer’s towpath encounter with Jackie Kennedy, 35–6
and Mary’s affair with “an Italian noble,” 187
on Mary Meyer’s friendship to many, 140
and Phoenix outburst of Philip L. Graham, 249
Ron Rosenbaum’s interview with, 74; and location of Mary’s diary, 364
relationship with James Angleton, 1
and relationship with Philip L. Graham, 248
and second marriage to Evelyn Patterson, 83
suicide death of, 83
Truman, Harry S., 100, 381
and Allen Dulles, 233, 234, 302, 479
and ‘Truman retraction, 301, 302
editorial in Washington Post after JFK assassination, 300, 301, 302, 478
eradication of CIA’s covert operations, 306
and Florence Kater picketing of, 201
and inception of CIA, 233
and 1948 NSC Directive 10/2, 233
1964 letter to Look Magazine, 302
Operation Ajax (Iran), 233, 234
quote of, 105
research of Ray Marcus, 300, 301
support of World Federalism, 176
Winston Churchill, 234
Turnure, Pamela, 200, 201
affair with JFK, 200, 201
and Florence and Leonard Kater, 200, 201
and residence in Mary Meyer’s House, 200, 201
Twyman, Noel (author): reference to Bloody Treason: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, 25, 26, 313
and author John H. Davis, 25, 26
U-2 Spy plane (CIA), 232, 242, 245, 282, 288
Joint Technical Advisory Group (JTAG), 282
Lee Harvey Oswald and Atsugi, 282
and National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), 288
and Thomas Arthur Vallee, 282
use during Cuban Missile Crisis, 242, 245
United Nations, 175, 261, 274, 276, 277
and Ambassador William Attwood, 275, 276
and Carlos Lechuga (UN ambassador), 275, 277
and references to in President Kennedy’s American University Commencement Address, 261
United Nations Charter Conference (San Francisco 1945), 170, 171, 172, 173, 174
and Cord Meyer, 170, 171, 172, 174, 178
Harold Stassen, 170
and Jack Kennedy, 172
neutering of, 171, 172, 173
and Security Council veto power, 172
United World Federalists (UWF), 66, 176
and A. J. Priest, 176
Ashville, N.C. Conference, 176
and Cord Meyer, 66, 176
membership of, 176
U.S. Justice Department, 104, 264
and Alfred Hantman, 107, 108, 137, 138
and Bobby Kennedy, 236
and Charles Duncan, 107, 137
and confidential internal memo from, 108
Criminal Division of, 107, 108, 137
and David Acheson, 104, 137
and Joseph Shimon, 253, 381
U. S. (National) Park Service, 38, 48, 60, 97, 116
and Detective Charles Stebbins, 48
and Joseph Ronsisvalle (map maker), 116
and officer Ray Pollan, 97
and patrol of canal towpath, 38,
and search for murder weapon, 38, 60, 97
U. S. Secret Service, 59, 283, 463
and agent “Bill Smith,” 290, 291, 292
and Chicago assassination plot, 282, 476
delivery of Zapruder Film to NPIC, 287, 289, 290, 291, 292
involvement in JFK assassination, 20, 286
and Joseph Shimon, 382
and logs of, 226, 463, 472
University Club of Washington, 353
(see also: Thomas Kimmel, Gregory Douglas, and William Corson)
Vallee, Arthur Thomas: reference to Chicago assassination plot, 282
Vassar College,
Anne Chamberlain, 366
as rebel at, 155, 156
Cicely d’Autremont Angleton, 64
class of 1942, 11, 156, 453
classmates of Mary Meyer, 11, 39, 64, 156, 182, 453