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by Gilbert King


  Vickers case and, 311, 323, 327

  Baker, Ella, 186

  Baker, Maxine, 367

  Bardwell, Mardie, 50–52

  Bardwell, Robert, 52

  Barton, Gloria Hawkins, 82, 371

  Beagles, David, 186–87

  Beiser, Herbert K., 61–63

  Benbow, J. T., 118–20

  Bennett, Ted, 29–30

  Bethune, Mary McLeod, 77

  Big Scrub (Ocala National Forest) cabin case, 84–91, 223, 318

  blacks, 47, 131, 224–27, 288, 360

  agricultural work of, 4–5, 22, 73

  arrests and imprisonments of, 13, 16–17, 42–44, 59, 69, 71, 73, 80–83, 89, 93–94, 96, 98, 101–2, 115–16, 126, 128, 132–33, 153, 158–61, 163, 166–68, 170, 178–80, 225–27, 233–34, 252, 256–57, 310–12, 339, 349–51

  Big Scrub cabin case and, 84–91, 318

  and break-ins in Leesburg and Okahumpka, 157–60

  Jesse Daniels’s legislative hearings and, 312–15

  East Town incident and, 221

  education of, 73–79, 293, 369–71

  employed by Bosanquets, 26–27, 29, 31

  Farmer case and, 326–27

  in FDLE, 318, 320, 322–23

  at Florida State Hospital, 135, 229

  Fruitland Park rape case and, 233–39, 243–44, 248, 250–52

  Groveland Boys case and, 42–44, 59–61, 64, 80, 82, 100, 114

  “Hello Baby” case and, 115–16

  Knowles rape case and, 13–14, 17, 20–21, 69–71, 79–83, 93–94, 96–99, 102, 104, 121, 126, 128–29, 144, 153, 160–61, 173–74, 180, 190, 198, 212, 296, 298, 312–16, 318, 328, 335, 339–41, 345, 348–50, 353, 371

  McCall’s attitude to, 172–73

  McCall’s suspension and, 323–24

  McCollum case and, 141–42

  Mount Dora Herald’s objectives and, 65

  Odom case and, 169, 189, 193–94, 198

  Okahumpka quarters of, 6, 13, 16–17, 20, 69–71, 92, 96–97, 103–4, 126, 158–59, 177–78, 205, 209, 312, 351, 353, 361

  Owens case and, 185–89

  Platt family case and, 48, 50, 52–55, 57

  St. Augustine protests and, 246, 253–62

  and University of Florida College of Law case, 75–79, 293, 369–71

  Vickers case and, 310, 318, 322–23

  violence against, 42–44, 50, 59–60, 70, 73, 80–82, 87–89, 100, 114–16, 162, 184–90, 225–27, 237, 254–56, 259–60, 310–11, 318, 322–25, 327, 330–33

  Blumenberg, Harold, 225

  Booth, John, 292

  Bosanquet, Alfred, 23–29, 31, 147, 161, 166, 174, 190, 328, 338

  Bosanquet, Augustus, 22–23

  Bosanquet, Blanche. See Knowles, Blanche Bosanquet

  Bosanquet, Bud (Louis), 27, 30, 32–33, 35, 174

  Bosanquet, Ellen Lewis Hall, 23–26

  Bosanquet, Gogo, 32

  Bosanquet, Louis Percival, 22–26

  Bosanquet, Ruth Marion Ward, 25–27, 29–35, 147, 372

  Bowen, William “Neckbone,” 225–27

  Bowles, Bryant, 46–47, 64, 178

  Boyd, J. A. “Tar,” 37

  Branham, Augusta, 93–94

  Branham, Joseph, III, 93–94

  Briggs, John L., 331, 343–46

  Brock, James, 246, 257–58

  Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte, 73

  Brown, Emily “Apache,” 84–90, 223

  Brown v. Board of Education, 44, 47, 57–58, 76, 288

  Bryant, Anita, 287

  Bryant, C. Farris, 258–59, 261, 269

  Buie, Archie Patterson “Sam,” 63, 114–20, 209

  Jesse Daniels’s confession and, 117–19, 144, 162

  Jesse Daniels’s hospital commitment and, 180, 243, 294, 296, 363

  Jesse Daniels’s psychiatric evaluation and, 118–20, 123–24, 275

  Jesse Daniels’s sanity hearing and, 275, 277

  “Hello Baby” case and, 115–17, 124

  Knowles rape case and, 114, 117–20, 123–24, 154, 169, 180, 294

  Burleigh, Janice, 198, 202

  Burrow, Jesse, 225

  Campbell, Leroy, 156, 313

  Knowles rape case and, 17, 20, 71, 94, 126, 128, 181, 308, 334, 344

  Carlton, Mayo, 3, 360

  Champion, Thomas, 168, 308

  Jesse Daniels’s hospital commitment and, 228, 243, 263

  Knowles rape case and, 266–67

  Chatman, Jerry

  Fruitland Park rape case and, 234, 238–39, 243–44, 248, 250–52, 367–68

  overturned verdict of, 322–23, 333

  Chesley, Harrison, 262

  Chesley, Mabel Norris. See Reese, Mabel Norris

  Chesley, Sanborn, 262

  Clark, Lucius, 310, 329

  Fruitland Park rape case and, 234, 236, 238–39, 244, 247, 249–51, 368

  Cobb, Warren, 274–75

  Coker, Kate, 158–60, 166, 168, 170, 174, 179–80, 195–96, 198–201, 203, 212, 214, 350, 353

  Collins, LeRoy, Sr., 58–59, 90, 101, 227, 252

  Jesse Daniels’s confession and, 108, 352

  Florida’s agriculture and, 8, 12, 147

  Florida’s defense industry and, 7–8

  Groveland Boys case and, 59–60, 64, 77, 80, 115, 293

  gubernatorial campaign of, 60–61, 63–64, 77–78, 82

  and Melvin Hawkins Jr.’s arrest and imprisonment, 83, 96, 102

  Knowles rape case and, 80, 82–83, 96, 102–4, 106–8, 111–12, 114, 165, 168, 171–72, 197, 215, 352

  Odom case and, 167, 190, 193–94, 197–98, 214–17

  Owens case and, 186

  Platt family case and, 53, 55, 57, 61

  Reese house bombings and, 63

  University of Florida College of Law case and, 77, 79

  Collinsworth, William, 187

  Cooke, Joe, Jr., 185, 187

  Cope, Ethel, 17

  Cope, Frampy, 92, 168, 213

  Cope, Laura, 168, 193, 205

  Knowles rape case and, 178–79, 213–14, 350

  and Odom’s arrest and imprisonment, 178–79, 214, 217

  Craig, Joseph, 231

  Daniels, Charles, 5, 104, 111, 154, 243, 262, 265, 307, 360–61

  Knowles rape case and, 94–95, 97–99, 101–2, 104–7, 111–12, 117–20, 123–24, 127–28, 144, 163–64, 181–82, 315

  and son’s arrest and imprisonment, 95, 97–99, 101–2, 301

  son’s childhood and adolescence and, 3, 5–7, 13

  son’s confession and, 107, 127–28

  son’s hospital commitment and, 131, 143, 227, 242–43, 265

  son’s legal defense and, 112, 117–20

  Daniels, Jesse Delbert, 2, 3–5, 14, 36, 94, 108, 152, 205, 298, 304, 318, 331–32, 348, 355–57, 360–61, 376

  appeals of, 292–94

  arrest and imprisonment of, 95, 97–99, 101–8, 111, 113, 126, 129, 131, 153, 158, 161–63, 179, 182–83, 197, 272–76, 283, 291, 297, 301–2, 308, 339, 350, 361, 363, 372

  birth of, 5

  childhood and adolescence of, 2–7, 11, 13–14, 263, 301, 355–56, 358, 360–61

  civil rights of, 180–83, 345, 348

  confession of, 97–98, 103–4, 106–8, 117–19, 121–22, 124, 126–29, 144–46, 151–52, 162–63, 180–82, 275, 277, 283, 291, 294, 296, 308–10, 313–15, 317, 348–49, 352

  dropping of charges and declaration of innocence of, 302, 305–7, 354–55, 357

  education of, 3–4

  employment of, 4–7, 10–11, 306, 355, 371

  finances of, 3, 5–6, 301, 354–57, 365, 372

  grand jury hearing of, 103, 105–6, 111

  hosp
ital commitment of, 124–26, 131, 141–47, 151–52, 154–55, 157, 161–62, 165, 167, 171, 178–81, 183, 194, 227–29, 231–32, 239, 242–43, 262–63, 265–72, 276–83, 287–88, 292–99, 301, 306, 312, 314, 318, 339–40, 345–46, 349, 351, 355, 357–59, 363–64, 366–67, 371–72

  hospital release and freedom of, 299–302, 307, 355, 357–60, 366, 371–72

  indictment of, 111, 345, 350

  Knowles–Karl interview and, 341, 343, 345

  Knowles rape case and, 94–95, 97–99, 101–7, 111–14, 117–29, 143–45, 151–52, 158, 160–68, 171–75, 178–82, 190, 194–95, 198, 200, 204–6, 208, 231, 239, 243, 251, 266–69, 275, 279, 283, 291–92, 294, 296–99, 302, 305, 308–10, 312–15, 317–18, 325–28, 331, 334–41, 343, 345–54, 357, 369, 371

  Blanche Knowles’s testimony and, 151–54, 297

  legal defense of, 102–4, 106, 112–14, 117–20, 124, 144, 167, 169, 180, 182, 194, 228, 243, 266, 271, 275, 291, 314, 363

  legislative hearings on, 307–17, 332, 346–49, 353–54

  mental deficiencies of, 4–6, 94, 98–99, 102, 104, 106, 118–22, 143, 165, 167, 180, 198, 205–6, 228, 243, 268, 274, 276, 278–80, 291, 306, 308, 312–13, 317–18, 328, 337–38, 369, 372–73

  mother’s death and, 360–61, 371

  Odom case and, 194–95, 197–98

  physical appearance of, 2–4, 10, 94, 142, 160–61, 300–301, 304, 308, 312–14, 359–60

  proposed trial for, 297–99

  psychiatric evaluations of, 118–25, 142, 153, 272, 275–79, 281, 294–96, 299, 308, 363

  relief claim of, 306–7, 311, 332, 335, 346–47, 354–56, 358–59, 363–66, 372, 374

  sanity hearing of, 270–84, 288, 291, 294–95, 309

  stutter of, 5, 14, 106, 117, 129, 145, 153, 162, 296, 301–2, 309, 313, 348–49, 372

  timeline of, 163–65

  Daniels, Pearl, 5, 154, 304, 305–9, 356–58, 360–61, 367, 371

  and dropping of charges and son’s freedom, 299–302, 305–6, 355, 357

  finances of, 154, 167, 278, 300, 354, 356–58

  husband’s death and, 262, 265

  Knowles rape case and, 94–95, 97–99, 101–8, 111–14, 117–21, 123–25, 127–28, 144–45, 152, 154–55, 163–65, 167–68, 173–75, 178–83, 194–96, 200, 208, 212–13, 215–16, 243, 266–67, 269, 309, 315, 331–32, 350, 357

  Odom case and, 167–68, 171, 174, 179–80, 194–96, 202

  Reese’s relationship with, 120–21, 154, 262–63, 265–66, 356

  relief claims and, 306, 354, 356, 358–59, 363

  and son’s arrest and imprisonment, 95, 97–99, 101–8, 179, 182, 283, 301

  and son’s childhood and adolescence, 4–7, 11, 13–14, 263, 361

  son’s confession and, 104, 107–8, 127–28, 145, 152, 162–63

  son’s hospital commitment and, 125, 131, 143, 154–55, 161–62, 165, 178, 180, 227–28, 242–43, 262–63, 265–67, 271, 279, 283, 355, 358, 372

  son’s legal defense and, 102–3, 106, 112–13, 117–20, 167, 180, 228, 266

  son’s legislative hearings and, 308–9

  son’s mental deficiencies and, 4–6, 119

  son’s psychiatric evaluation and, 119–20, 124

  son’s sanity hearing and, 271–72, 276, 278–79, 281–84

  and timeline of son’s actions, 163–65

  Davidson, Herbert, 240

  Davidson, Julius, 240

  Davidson, Liliane, 240

  Davis, Julian C., 279

  Daytona Beach Morning Journal, 258, 268, 293

  Daytona Beach News-Journal, 178, 239–40, 253, 261–62, 266, 272, 293–94, 302, 374

  Deckard, Maxie Thomas, 84–91

  Dillard, Audrey, 241

  Dillard, Charles, 241–42

  Disney, Walt, 253, 287

  Dixon, Howard, 123, 165, 168

  Donaldson, Kenneth, 228–29, 299, 366–67

  Donaldson, William, 17, 181–82, 335, 348–49

  Jesse Daniels’s legislative hearings and, 312–13, 315–16

  Doughney, Frank J., 299–300

  Duff, Ed, 272

  Dunn, Edgar, 292, 311, 314, 325, 333–34

  Dwyer, Thomas P., 64–65

  Dyckman, Martin, 296–98, 366

  East Town (Mount Dora) incident, 221–22

  Eaton, R. C., 119–20, 143–45, 152

  Eisentrager, Pearl. See Daniels, Pearl

  Eisentrager, Thomas, 265, 360

  Ekwald, Merton L., 276–77

  Epright, John, 230

  Ervin, Richard W., 184, 190, 269, 328

  Evers, Medgar, 254

  Fain, Earle, Jr., 27, 31, 234, 338–40, 343–45, 347

  Farmer, James, 326–27

  Fechtel, Vince, Jr., 365, 374

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 171, 259, 279, 292, 323, 327

  Big Scrub cabin case and, 90–91

  Fruitland Park rape case and, 249, 252

  Groveland Boys case and, 71, 82, 100, 115

  “Hello Baby” case and, 115–16

  Knowles rape case and, 81, 174–75, 178–83, 315–16, 331, 334–35, 337–38, 359

  Fisher, Bill, 214

  and break-ins in Leesburg and Okahumpka, 157–58, 160, 166

  Knowles rape case and, 160–61, 166–67, 190, 194–95, 269, 328

  Florida, 73, 111, 160, 186, 214, 224, 240, 248, 256, 333

  agriculture in, 8–12, 15–16, 22–25, 32, 35–36, 132–33, 147, 167, 177–79, 224, 233, 287, 289, 371, 374

  Big Scrub cabin case and, 85, 89, 91

  cattle ranching in, 8, 35, 71–72

  cold weather in, 10–11, 16, 24–25, 147, 177, 374

  Jesse Daniels’s hospital commitment and, 125, 269–70, 292–93, 358–59

  Jesse Daniels’s legislative hearings and, 311, 314–15

  Jesse Daniels’s relief claim and, 307, 354–56, 358–59, 363–66, 374

  Jesse Daniels’s sanity hearing and, 273–75, 282

  economy of, 59, 132–33, 177, 253

  Fruitland Park rape case and, 237, 244, 367–68

  Groveland Boys case and, 81–82

  gubernatorial elections in, 60–61, 63–64, 77–79, 82

  “Hello Baby” case and, 115–17

  Knowles rape case and, 80–82, 91, 102, 117, 125, 165, 171–72, 194, 213, 292, 298, 331, 336, 345–47, 352

  on mental illness, 228, 367

  Odom case and, 170, 183, 194–95, 351

  Platt family case and, 51, 57

  population of, 72, 287

  St. Augustine protests and, 254, 259

  Space Race and, 7–8, 253

  and treatment of juveniles in detention, 100–101

  and University of Florida College of Law case, 75–79, 369–71

  during World War II, 27–29

  See also names of specific locations

  Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), 320–23, 330–34, 342, 367

  blacks in, 318, 320, 322–23

  Jesse Daniels’s legislative hearings and, 314–16

  Knowles rape case and, 292, 331–32, 334, 336, 338, 340, 343–45, 347, 349, 352

  Vickers case and, 311, 322–23, 327, 330–32

  Florida Mental Health Act (Baker Act), 367

  Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee, 130, 187, 237

  blacks at, 135, 229

  criticisms of, 131–32, 135–36, 139–41, 228–30

  Jesse Daniels’s commitment to, 124–26, 131, 141–47, 151–52, 154–55, 157, 161–62, 165, 167, 171, 178–81, 183, 194, 227–29, 231–32, 239, 242–43, 262–63, 265–72, 276–83, 287–88, 292–99, 301, 306, 312, 314, 318, 339–40, 345–46, 349, 351, 355, 357–59, 363–64, 366–67, 371–72

  Jesse Daniels’s legislat
ive hearings and, 308, 312

  Jesse Daniels’s psychiatric evaluation and, 118–20

  Jesse Daniels’s release from, 299–300, 357, 359–60, 366, 371–72

  Jesse Daniels’s sanity hearing and, 273–83

  diagnosis and treatment of mental illness at, 136–40

  in history, 132–36

  living conditions at, 146, 229–32, 271, 279, 300, 367

  McCollum case and, 141–42

  male departments of, 130, 140, 145, 181, 229, 231

  Floyd, Mamie Lee, 221–22

  Floyd, William “B.G.,” 371

  Franklin, Benjamin, 134

  Freeman, Walter, 137–39

  Fruitland Park rape case, 233–39, 243–44, 247–52, 317–18, 328, 347, 367–68

  overturned verdicts in, 322–23, 333

  Fussell, Carlton “Red,” 6

  Fussell, Lewis, 6

  Futch, Truman G., 37, 238, 243

  Jesse Daniels’s hospital commitment and, 124–25, 155, 171, 358

  Jesse Daniels’s psychiatric evaluation and, 118, 121, 123–24

  Groveland Boys case and, 43, 54

  “Hello Baby” case and, 116–17, 124

  Irvin’s death sentence commutation and, 61, 63

  Knowles rape case and, 105–6, 112–14, 117–18, 121, 123–24, 175, 243

  Odom case and, 168, 170, 183

  Platt family case and, 54–55, 113–14

  Reese house bombings and, 62–63

  Reese’s letter to, 113–14

  Gideon, Clarence Earl, 292

  Gipson, Conley, Jr., 85–89, 91, 318

  Golden Apples (Rawlings), 22–23

  Gorman, P. C., 94

  Graham, Bunnie, 271, 284, 360, 367

  Graham, Richard, 264, 266–84, 305–9, 356, 360, 367

  Jesse Daniels’s appeal and, 292–93

  Jesse Daniels’s hospital commitment and, 269–71, 282–83, 293–94, 297–98

  Jesse Daniels’s legislative hearings and, 308–9, 311–14

  Jesse Daniels’s relief claim and, 306–7, 354, 366

  Jesse Daniels’s sanity hearing and, 270, 272–84, 291, 295, 309

  and freeing of and dropping charges against Jesse Daniels, 299, 301–2, 305–6

  Knowles rape case and, 266–70, 291–93, 297–99, 305–6, 312, 335–36, 344, 350

  Green Cove Springs, Fla., 304, 331, 356–57

  Greenlee, Charles, 163

  Griffin, Noel, Jr. “Evvie,” 83–85, 158, 232–34, 240–41, 247–48, 250–51, 362, 367–69

  Big Scrub cabin case and, 84–85, 87, 89–91

  Jesse Daniels’s confession and, 126, 128–29

 

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