Born to Lose (68 page)

Moore, Thad,
299
,
301

Morrow, Steve,
240–41

“Mr. Husky,” Falconer identifying as Hoss,
15–16
,
25

“Mr. Slim” as robber at Falconer break-in,
15–16

Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Petersons' involvement with,
307
,
351

Mullen, Bob and BeLinda,
105–6

Mullen, Vickie,
100–101

murder, of Peterson: blame for,
311
; coroner's inquest after,
309–10
; Delker denying,
358
; Delker denying plan for,
327
; Delker taking blame for,
327–28
,
333
,
358
; Fagan prosecuting,
310
; Hoss and friends choosing victim,
287
; lack of remorse for,
310
,
313
; McGrogan wanting to avoid involvement in,
292–94
; McGrogan's guilt in,
343
; mutilation of body in,
300–301
,
304
,
310
,
319–20
,
325–26
; officers' anger after,
304–5
; planning for,
278–80
,
284
,
289–91
,
325
; preparations for,
293–95
,
320–21
,
333
; as reason to reinstate death penalty,
311
; Reilly watching,
295–300
; rumors of conspiracy in,
307
,
312
,
337
,
339–40
; sentencing for,
339
; treatment of killers after,
305–6
,
310
,
312
; weapons used in,
294–95
,
299–300
,
306
,
321
,
328–29
. See also trial, for Peterson's murder

murder, of Zanella: aftermath of,
67–68
,
89
; death sentence for,
227
; grand jury indictment for,
162–63
; Hoss boasting to Maxwell about,
87
,
90
,
95
,
209
,
217
; Hoss charged with first-degree murder for,
97–98
; Hoss pleading “not guilty” to,
198
,
200
,
205
; Hoss shooting,
66
; Hoss's confession to,
158
,
161
; Hoss's conviction for upheld,
332
; Hoss's lack of remorse for,
90
,
239
; Hoss's lawyers asking for new trial,
231–32
; media coverage of,
81–82
,
86
; struggle over jurisdiction for Hoss for,
160–62
,
167–68
,
182
; witnesses to shooting of,
67
,
204–5
,
207–8
. See also trial, for Zanella murder

murders: committed in crime spree following escape,
220
; Hoss always planning,
157
,
344
; Hoss's death rumored to be,
350
murders, of Peugeots: evidence of in car,
147
,
155
,
222
; FBI and,
153–58
,
162
,
177–78
; first official confirmation of,
182
; Hoss admitting,
153–58
,
161
,
172
,
177–78
,
221–24
; Linda's,
111
,
155–56
; Lori Mae's,
157–58
; Maryland unable to prosecute for,
244
; precedence of Zanella's murder vs.,
182
,
221–24
. See also grave sites, of Peugeots

Murphy, Frank,
258

Murray, Duane,
141–46

New Kensington, Pennsylvania: Hoss getting ride to,
78–81
; Hoss meeting mob figures in,
28–29
; in search for Hoss,
76–77
,
84

newspapers: on Falconer robbery,
18–19
; Hoss feeling misrepresented in,
173
; Kathy Defino's name released to,
32
; on search for Hoss,
84–85
,
98
,
124
; wanting report on interrogations of Hoss,
155
,
166–67
; on Zanella,
84–85
,
117–18
. See also media

Nix, Robert,
340

Novosak, John,
22–23

Oakmont, Pennsylvania: heavy traffic in,
76
,
80
; Hoss trying to get out of after Zanella's murder,
73
,
76

Oakmont Police,
60
; responding to Zanella's shooting,
70–72
; Verona not able to call,
62
,
73
; Zanella requesting backup from,
63–65
; Zanella's friends on,
57–58
Ohio: Hoss in,
90
,
115
; search for Hoss in,
129
,
155
; search for Linda's body in,
175–76
,
182

Ohio state police, in search for Hoss,
94–95

O'Mally, Officer,
18

Orris, Melvin “Red”: Defino and,
24
,
49–50
; Hoss wanting to kill,
88
,
157
; in search for Hoss,
20–21
,
52–54
,
73
; Zurka's escape from police station and,
21–22

Orris garage, old guys from testifying at Defino rape trial,
11–12
,
35

Ottawa, Ohio, Hoss sending postcards from,
125–26

Otto, Denny,
164
,
166

Painter, Punch,
52–54
,
151–52
,
194

Parker, Elizabeth,
61
,
205

Parrett, Burt,
26

Penn, Connie,
125–26

Penn, Walter “Pookie,”
132
,
211
; Hoss's death threats to,
215–16
; in jury pool for Hoss's trial,
317–18

Penn Hills Police,
62
,
73

Pennsylvania: death penalty in,
334
,
347
; Hoss being driven through,
90
,
107
; police officers killed in action in,
356–57

personality, Hoss's: arrogance,
159
; charismatic,
274
,
344
; coldness of,
90
,
96
,
158
; control and,
128
,
288
; coolness of,
27
,
128
; cruelty,
191–92
; as doomed,
332
,
352
; ferocity of,
144–46
; as hard,
130
; hatred for authority,
192
,
236
,
269–70
,
288
,
313
; lack of remorse,
87
,
162
,
313
,
353
; as natural-born killer,
270
; “paranoid,”
328
; psychopathic,
128
,
224–25
; spoiled,
191
; testimony about in penalty phase of trial,
225–26
; volatility of,
6
,
29
,
91–92
. See also racism

Peterson, Asaline Coon,
307
; after husband's murder,
302
,
310
; concern about husband,
290–91
; life as widow,
350–51
; at trials,
319–20
,
335
; Walter and,
282–84

Peterson, Walter: attempts to warn,
290
,
353
; explaining Home Block basement to Shapp,
281–82
; family of,
282–84
; funeral of,
307–9
; Hoss changing behavior toward,
290–91
,
294
; inmates impugning at Hoss's trial for murder,
327
,
330
; of-ficers' affection for,
301
,
330
; promotion of,
307
. See also murder, of Peterson; trial, for Peterson's murder

Peterson, Walter Neil, Jr.,
290
,
302
,
350–51
, Peterson family,
302–3
,
310
,
337

Petika, Frank,
39–40

Peugeot, Gerald,
354
,
356
; effects of loss of family on,
184
,
240
; family's kidnapping and,
125
,
128
,
130
; marriage of,
101
,
103

Peugeot, Linda Mae,
104–11
,
168
; community's affection for,
100–101
,
180–81
,
230
; marriage of,
101
,
103
; as mother,
103
,
107
,
110–11
; moving in with mother,
101–2
; no longer with Hoss,
127
,
131
. See also grave sites, of Peugeots; kidnapping, of Peugeots; murders, of Peugeots

Peugeot, Lori Mae,
103–4
; after mother's murder,
113–14
,
131
; birth of,
101
; ghost of,
355–56
; with Hoss,
113–14
,
147
; Hoss irritated by,
107–10
,
131
; Hoss trying to feed,
115
,
121–22
,
158
; left out of kidnapping indictment,
244
,
260
; mother and,
107
,
110–11
. See also grave sites, of Peugeots; kidnapping, of Peugeots; murders, of Peugeots

Phelan, Frank “Hatchetman,”
270–71
,
276
,
289
; as Hoss's backup in fight,
261
,
265
–
66
; as Hoss's “witness” in trial,
245–46

Phillips, Barney, defending Hoss,
31
,
33
,
168–69

Piper, Luther,
104–5

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Hoss heading back toward,
130–31
; Hoss returned to,
162
,
168–69
; Hoss staying close to,
124
,
129

Pittsburgh Police, in search for Hoss,
72–73
,
84
,
121

Pizzuto, Charles “Spitzy,”
22

Plum Boro police,
76–77

Pochapin, Sherman W.,
224–25
,
334

police: communication among,
79–80
,
83
,
85
; coordination among,
68–72
,
84–85
,
121
; in efforts to recapture Hoss,
53
,
76–79
,
123
,
125–26
; efforts to suppress confessions to,
211–13
; FBI and local,
136
,
213
; Hoss wanting to kill,
157
,
215–16
,
272
; Hoss's recapture by,
166–67
; kidnappings reported to,
89
,
108–9
,
116–17
,
120–21
; in search for Hoss,
73–74
,
82–85
,
87–88
,
90
,
124
,
136
; security by at Hoss's sentencing,
169
; tips in search for Hoss,
84
,
87
. See also specific agencies

Pontiac, '56, Hoss stealing after Zanella's murder,
81
,
84
,
86

Porter, John L.,
132
; filing federal charges against Hoss,
97–98
; interviewing Fawkes,
192–96

Price, Grant,
36

prison life: changing conditions of,
249
,
261–63
; on death row,
236
,
241
,
249
; Delker blaming for murder of Peterson,
334
,
341–42
; Hoss, Delker, Butler never to be in general population,
342
,
357
,
358
; Hoss as “custody problem,”
253
,
269
,
343
; Hoss feeling victimized in,
255–56
,
269–70
; Hoss in general population,
249–50
,
257
,
332
; Hoss in segregation,
255–56
,
267
,
271
,
332
,
342
,
349
; Hoss's,
251–52
; Hoss's conditions in,
273–74
,
343–44
; Hoss's hatred of segregation,
249–50
,
276–77
; sameness of,
264–65
,
348
. See also inmates

prison reforms: Shapp and,
249
,
280–82
; trying therapeutic method,
285–86
; Walters' plans for,
261–63

psychopath, Hoss as,
128
,
224–25

public opinion: call for Hoss's punishment,
187
,
303
; on death penalty,
230–31
,
311
; of defense lawyer in trial for Zanella murder,
200–201
,
207
; desire for Hoss's death,
164
,
230–31
,
303
; interest in trial for Peterson's murder,
319
; interest in trial for Zanella's murder,
200–201
,
207
; lack of sympathy for Hoss,
273–74
,
350
; repugnance at Hoss,
98
,
303
; sympathy for Hoss,
230
; wanting Hoss tried for Peugeots' kidnappings,
246
,
260

Putnam County, Ohio, possible grave site in,
346

race: in Peterson's murder,
287
,
312–13
,
337
; segregation in Verona,
57–58

racial tension: among inmates,
37–38
,
40
,
332
; Hoss inciting,
40
,
252–53
,
255
,
274
; inmate assaults and,
252–53
,
262–66
; in Western Penitentiary,
202
,
252–53
,
264
,
288
,
297–98
,
328