49. “Texarkana Timeline.”
50. Geringer, “The Phantom Killer.”
51. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
52. Dallas Morning News, Jan. 12, 2003.
53. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication dated June 13, 2012.
54. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
55. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication dated June 13, 2012.
56. Geringer, “The Phantom Killer”; Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
57. Texarkana Gazette, April 16, 1946.
58. Malsch, pp. 164–5.
59. Dallas Morning News, April 17, 1946; Geringer, “The Phantom Killer.”
60. Texarkana Gazette, April 16 and 20, 1946.
61. Ibid., April 20, 1946.
62. Ibid., April 17, 1946.
63. Ibid., April 20, 1946.
64. Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
65. Texarkana Gazette, April 17, 1946, and May 3, 1971; Arkansas Gazette, April 18, 1946; Dallas Morning News, April 18, 1946.
66. Dallas Morning News, April 17 and 18, 1946.
67. Texarkana Gazette, April 18, 1946.
68. Ibid., April 21, 1946.
69. Ibid.
70. Ibid.
71. Texarkana Gazette, May 3, 1971.
72. Ibid., April 23, 1946.
73. Ibid., May 1, 1946.
74. Ibid.
75. Ibid.
76. Ibid., May 3, 1946.
77. FBI File No. 62-80864: teletypes dated May 1 and 2, 1946.
78. Texarkana Gazette, May 3, 1946.
Chapter 6
1. “Phases of the Moon: 1901 to 2000,” NASA Eclipse Web Site, http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phases1901.html (accessed Jan. 10, 2011).
2. “Official Weather: Texarkana, Arkansas,” Weathersource, http://weathersource.com/account/official-weather?location=texarkana%2C+arkansas&start-date=05%2F03%2F1946&end-date=05%2F04%2F1946&subscription-demo=1&sid=tka177gcjsj1qmirqp4n14tbu7&search=1&station-id=10592&latitude=33.4366&longitude=-94.0199 (accessed October 30, 2012).
3. Texarkana Gazette, May 4 and 5, 1946; Dallas Morning News, Jan. 12, 2003.
4. Texarkana Gazette, May 4 and 5, 1946.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.; Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
8. FBI File No. 62-80864: case summary dated Jan. 24, 1948.
9. Texarkana Gazette, May 4, 1946.
10. Ibid., May 5, 1946.
11. Ibid., Dec. 11, 2008; USA Today, Dec. 11, 2008; Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001; “The Phantom Killer of Texarkana USA.”
12. FBI File No. 62-80864: letter dated May 4, 1946.
13. Ibid.: second letter dated May 4, 1946.
14. Texarkana Gazette, May 4, 1971.
15. Ibid., May 29, 1946.
16. Texarkana Gazette, May 5, 1946 and May 4, 1971; Geringer, “The Phantom Killer”; Sanchez, “The Phantom Killer.”
17. Texarkana Gazette, May 5, 1946; Geringer, “The Phantom Killer”; Sanchez, “The Phantom Killer.”
18. Texarkana Gazette, May 5, 1946.
19. Arkansas Democrat, May 8, 1946.
20. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated May 7, 1946.
21. “Lubaloy C41100,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubaloy_C41100 (accessed November 8, 2012).
22. “.22 Long Rifle,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle (accessed November 8, 2012).
23. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated May 8, 1948.
24. Bob Rayburn’s Colt Woodsman Home Page, http://colt22.com/index.html (accessed November 8, 2012).
25. FBI File No. 62-80864: letter dated May 28, 1946.
26. Ibid.: memo dated June 1, 1946; laboratory work sheet dated June 3, 1946.
27. Ibid.: invoice dated June 6, 1946; memo dated June 21, 1946.
28. Ibid.: laboratory work sheet dated June 3, 1946.
29. Geringer, “The Phantom Killer”; Sanchez, “The Phantom Killer.”
30. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated May 8, 1946.
31. Ibid.: cable dated May 9, 1946.
32. Ibid.: memos dated April 20 and December 6, 1946.
33. Ibid.: memo dated May 8, 1946.
34. Ibid.: letter dated May 15, 1946.
35. Ibid.: memo dated May 8, 1946.
36. Ibid.: laboratory report dated May 10, 1946.
37. “Blood type,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type (accessed November 12, 2012).
38. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated May 8, 1946.
39. “Texarkana Moonlight Murders,” The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture.
40. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated May 27, 1946.
41. Ibid.: memo dated Aug. 23, 1946.
42. Ibid.: lab report dated May 10, 1946.
43. Texarkana Gazette, May 7, 1946.
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid.
48. Ibid.
49. Ibid.
50. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated May 7, 1946.
51. Texarkana Gazette, May 5, 1946, and May 4, 1971.
52. Malsch, pp. 165–6.
53. Dallas Morning News, Jan. 12, 2003.
54. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
55. Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
56. Glenn Ferguson email correspondence with the author, June 13, 2012.
57. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
58. Texas Ranger Files: letters dated Aug. 15, 1946; Feb. 24, 1947; March 1, 1947; Oct. 21, 1947.
59. Ibid.: letter dated Jan. 16, 1951.
60. Dallas Morning News, Aug. 16, 2001.
61. Ibid.
62. Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
Chapter 7
1. Arkansas Democrat, May 7, 1946; Arkansas Gazette, May 8, 1946.
2. Arkansas Democrat, May 7, 1946; Arkansas Gazette, May 8, 1946.
3. Dillinger; Hardel.
4. Arkansas Democrat, May 7, 1946.
5. Ibid.
6. Social Security Numerology, http://socialsecuritynumerology.com/info.php?num=147-09-4323 (accessed November 22, 2012).
7. Arkansas Democrat, May 7, 1946.
8. Arkansas Gazette, May 8, 1946.
9. Arkansas Democrat, May 7, 1946; Arkansas Gazette, May 8, 1946.
10. Dillinger.
11. Ibid.
12. Wilson and Pitman, p. 402.
13. Malsch, p. 166.
14. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
15. Arkansas Gazette, July 25, 1976.
16. Ibid.
17. Dallas Morning News, Aug. 18, 1996.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid., Aug. 25, 1996.
20. Texarkana Gazette, May 6, 1971.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid., May 8 and 9, 1946.
23. Ibid., May 9, 1946.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid., May 10, 1946.
26. Ibid., May 8, 1946.
27. Arkansas Gazette, May 7, 1946.
28. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1946.
29. Ibid.
30. Texarkana Gazette, May 10 and 11, 1946.
31. Dallas Morning News, May 10, 1946.
32. Texarkana Gazette, May 10, 1946.
33. Ibid.
34. Texarkana Gazette, May 11, 1946.
35. Ibid., May 12, 1946.
36. Arkansas Democrat, May 11, 1946.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. Ibid.
40. Ibid.
41. Ibid., May 12, 1946.
42. Ibid.
43. Texarkana Gazette, May 12, 1946.
44. Arkansas Democrat, May 13, 1946.
45. Arkansas Gazette, May 13 and 14, 1946.
46. Texarkana Gazette, May 15, 1946.
47. Ibid.
48. Arkansas Democrat, May 16, 1946.
49. Ibid., May 15, 1946; Arkansas Gazette, May 16, 1946.
50. Arkansas Democrat, May 12, 1946.
51. Texarkana Gazette, May 7, 1971.
52. Ibid.
53. Ibid.
54
. Ibid., May 5, 1971; Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
55. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
56. Texarkana Gazette, May 13, 1946.
57. Ibid., May 12, 1946.
58. Ibid.; Joplin (MO) Globe, May 12, 1946.
59. Arkansas Democrat Magazine, May 11, 1954.
60. Ibid.
61. Ibid.
62. Ibid.
63. Arkansas Gazette, May 14, 1946.
64. Ibid., May 15, 1946.
65. Ibid.
66. Texarkana Gazette, May 19, 1946.
67. Ibid., May 5, 1971.
68. Arkansas Gazette, July 25, 1976.
69. Texarkana Gazette, May 5, 1971.
70. Geringer, “The Phantom Killer.”
71. “Ottis Toole,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottis_Toole (accessed December 3, 2012).
72. Arkansas Gazette, July 25, 1976.
73. Ibid.
74. Texarkana Gazette, May 6, 1971.
75. Ibid.
76. “East Texas League,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Texas_League (accessed December 3, 2012).
Chapter 8
1. Life, June 10, 1946, pp. 40–1.
2. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
3. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
4. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
5. Case, “The man who caught the phantom killer...,” p. 12.
6. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
7. Case, p. 12.
8. 1930 Census Records, http://www.censusrecords.com/Search?FirstName=peggy&LastName=stevens&State=Texas&CensusYear=1930#Search?FirstName=peggy&LastName=stevens&State=Texas&CensusYear=1930&_suid=134235409872302481431406890634 (accessed July 15, 2012); Ancestry.com, http://records.ancestry.com/Results.aspx?fn=Peggy&ln=Stevens (accessed July 15, 2012).
9. Caddo Parish Clerk’s Office, http://webserver.caddoclerk.com/cgi-win/cobolcgi.exe?runcobol+cgimarname2.cob+A=’01160170+G1+19200303+20120705+SWINNEY%YOUELL%L+SWINNEY—>‘+1=rmcgix32.dll (accessed July 5, 2012).
10. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication dated June 13, 2012.
11. Sanchez, “The Phantom Killer.”
12. “The Phantom Killer of Texarkana USA.”
13. Ibid.
14. Case, p. 12.
15. U.S. Census, January 1, 1920, State of Arkansas, County of Cleveland, enumeration district 25, p. 2-A, family 27; Jim Tackitt personal communication, July 23, 2012.
16. 1920 U.S. Census; Arkansas State Penitentiary file; Social Security Death Index, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi (accessed Jan. 7, 2011).
17. 1930 U.S. Census; Jim Tackitt personal communication, July 23, 2012; Arkansas State Penitentiary file; FBI File No. 877089.
18. FBI File No. 877089.
19. Ibid.
20. Jim Tackitt personal communication, July 23, 2012.
21. FBI File No. 877089.
22. Ex Parte Swinney, 499 S.W.2d 101 (1973); Arkansas State Penitentiary File.
23. “Arkansas Department of Corrections,” The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=5704 (accessed July 27, 2012).
24. Ibid.
25. Talley v. Stephens, 247 F. Supp. 683 (E.D. Ark. 1965).
26. Holt v. Sarver I, 300 F. Supp. 825 (1969); Holt v. Sarver II, 309 F. Supp. 362 (1970).
27. Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678; 98 S. Ct. 2565; 57 L. Ed. 2d 522 (1978).
28. “Arkansas Department of Corrections,” The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture.
29. Arkansas State Penitentiary File: letter dated March 7, 1941.
30. Ibid.: letter dated April 15, 1941.
31. Ibid.: letter dated April 18, 1941.
32. Ibid.: letter dated July 17, 1943.
33. Ibid.: documents dated July 20 and Aug. 1, 1943.
34. Texas Department of Corrections File No. 103738.
35. Dallas Morning News, Jan. 5, 2003.
36. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
37. Case, p. 12.
38. Ibid.
39. Ibid.
40. Ibid., p. 11.
41. Geringer, “The Phantom Killer”; FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated July 15, 1946.
42. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
43. Case, pp. 11–12.
44. Ibid., p. 12; Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
45. Ibid.
46. Case, p. 12.
47. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
48. Ibid.
49. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
50. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
51. Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
52. “History of Forensic Science,” Forensic Science Central, http://www.forensicsciencecentral.co.uk/history.shtml (accessed July 17, 2012).
53. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
54. FBI File No. 62-80864: lab work sheet dated July 15, 1946.
55. Ibid.: undated photographs and memo dated July 17, 1946.
56. Ibid.: memo dated July 15, 1946; letter dated July 26, 1946.
57. Ibid.: letter dated July 21, 1946; lab report dated August 6, 1946.
58. Ibid.: letter dated July 25, 1946; lab work sheet dated July 26, 1946.
59. Ibid.: memo dated July 29, 1946.
60. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
61. Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
62. “The Phantom Killer of Texarkana USA.”
63. Ibid.
64. Texarkana Gazette, May 9, 1971.
65. Case, p. 12.
66. “Polygraph,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph (accessed July 14, 2012).
67. “John Augustus Larson,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Augustus_Larson (accessed July 17, 2012).
68. “Polygraph,” Wikipedia.
69. Ibid.
70. “Admissibility of Polygraph Tests in Court,” LegalMatch, http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/admissability-of-polygraph-tests-in-court.html (accessed July 17, 2012).
71. “Polygraph,” Wikipedia.
72. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication, June 13, 2012.
73. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
74. “Truth drug,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_drug (accessed July 14, 2012); “Sodium thiopental,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_thiopental (accessed July 14, 2012).
75. “William Heirens,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heirens (accessed July 18, 2012).
76. Case, p. 12.
77. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
78. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication, June 13, 2012.
79. Case, p. 19.
80. “Texarkana Moonlight Murders,” Wikipedia.
81. Ibid.
82. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication, June 13, 2012.
83. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
84. Ex Parte Swinney, 499 S.W.2d 101 (1973); Texas Department of Corrections File No. 108516.
85. Phantom Killer, Texarkana.
86. Texas Department of Corrections File No. 326380.
87. Glenn Ferguson, personal communication, June 15, 2012.
88. Ancestry.com, http://records.ancestry.com/Results.aspx?fn=Peggy&ln=Stevens (accessed July 15, 2012).
89. “Texarkana metropolitan area,” Wikipedia.
90. Malsch, pp. 167–8.
91. Dallas Morning News, Aug. 25, 1996.
92. Texas Ranger Files: Alphabetical Names Index and Notes, http://txkphantom.site11.com/name_index.html (accessed July 18, 2012).
93. Dallas Morning News, Aug. 25, 1996.
Chapter 9
1. FBI File No. 62-80864: transcription of letter postmarked May 3, 1946.
2. Ibid.: transcription of letter postmarked June 24, 1946.
3. Ibid.: transcription of 1946 letter lacking postmark.
4. Ibid.: photocopy of letter postmarked Dec. 12, 1946.
5. Ibid.: letter from W. H. Presley to J. Edgar Hoover, dated Dec. 19, 1946; FBI repo
rt to Presley, dated Jan. 3, 1947.
6. Ibid.: photocopy of letter postmarked Jan. 3, 1947.
7. Ibid.: letter from W. H. Presley to J. Edgar Hoover, dated Jan. 7, 1947; FBI report to Presley, dated Jan. 23, 1947.
8. Ibid.: transcription of letter postmarked March 21, 1947.
9. Ibid.: transcription of letter postmarked May 2, 1947.
10. Ibid.: memos dated June 12 and June 30, 1947.
11. Ibid.: memos dated May 12 and June 12, 1947.
12. Ibid.: transcription of letter postmarked April 29, 1947.
13. Ibid.: memo dated May 12, 1947.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.: transcription of letter postmarked May 5, 1947.
16. Ibid.: memos dated May 12 June 12, and June 27, 1947.
17. Ibid.: memo dated June 12, 1947.
18. Ibid.: memos dated June 12, June 16, June 24, and July 3, 1947.
19. “Albert Fish,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish (accessed June 29, 2012).
20. FBI File No. 62-80864: memo dated June 24, 1947.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.: memo dated June 28, 1947.
27. Ibid.: transcription of letter postmarked Jan. 29, 1947.
28. Ibid.: memo dated June 28, 1947.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.: memos dated July 23, July 31, and September 29, 1947.
31. Ibid.: memos dated July 22 and July 29, 1947.
32. Ibid.: memos dated July 12, July 23, and July 31, 1947.
33. Ibid.: summary of memoranda filed between July 11 and July 22, 1947.
34. Ibid.: memo dated July 15, 1947.
35. Ibid.: memo dated July 28, 1947.
36. Ibid.: memos dated Sept. 26, 1947.
37. Ibid.: memo dated Nov. 15, 1947.
38. Ibid.: memos dated Nov. 15 and Nov. 27, 1947.
Chapter 10
1. Texas Ranger Files: letter dated Aug. 15, 1946.
2. Phantom Killer, Texarkana; Glenn Ferguson, personal communication, June 13, 2012.
3. Dallas Observer, Feb. 1, 2001.
4. Fort Lauderdale Daily News, Oct. 11, 1946.
5. Texas Ranger Files: letter dated Oct. 11, 1946.
6. Ibid.: letter dated Oct. 23, 1946.
7. “Savage Model 1907,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Model_1907 (accessed July 13, 2012).
8. “Astra 400,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_400 (accessed July 13, 2012).
9. “Beretta M 1935,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_M_1935 (acccessed July 13, 2012).
10. “CZ vz. 27,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8CZ_vz._27 (accessed July 13, 2012).
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