Born to Lose (69 page)

racism: Delker's,
279–80
,
284
; Hoss's,
40
,
42
,
192
,
202
,
284
,
338
,
341
; Lubresky's,
41–42

Radage, Betty,
26

Radage, Steve: Falconer robbery and,
13–17
,
26
; Hoss and,
26
,
73
,
157
radio: on search for Hoss,
84
,
86
,
98
. See also media

rape, of Defino,
6–8
,
19–20
,
151
; arraignment for,
30
; arrests for,
21–22
,
151
; effects of,
7
,
12
,
31
,
185
,
243–44
,
359
; grand jury for,
31–33
; Hoss appealing conviction for,
169
,
271
,
331
; Hoss denying,
22–24
,
30
,
168
; Hoss's sentencing for,
151
,
168–70
; Hoss's stories about,
38
,
168
; Hoss's threats about,
88
; sentencing for,
168–70
; trials for,
33–35
,
220
,
251
; Zurka convicted of,
251

rape, of Maxwell: Hoss working up to,
91–93
; Maxwell keeping secret,
95
,
185
; officials' agreement to keep out of trial,
185
,
208–11

rapes: committed in crime spree following escape,
220
; not at Falconer break-in,
15

reading: Hoss studying law,
242–43
; Hoss's dependence on books,
236–38

Reegan, Daniel,
327

rehabilitation: Hoss claiming desire for,
273
,
341
,
345
; in plan to reform Western Penitentiary,
261
; right to speedy trial and,
247
,
257–59

Reilly, Patrick “Bus,”
309
; catatonic after Peterson's murder,
302–4
; in Delker's version of Peterson's murder,
328
; Mc-Grogan trying to signal,
294
,
323–24
; on Peterson's killers,
312
,
343
; as rec room observer,
292–94
; testimony on Peterson's murder,
310
,
325
,
329
; watching Peterson's murder,
295–300
,
329

Remmick, Milt,
56
,
75

remorse, Hoss's lack of,
87
,
162
,
224–25
,
313
,
353

reputation, Hoss's,
349
; among inmates,
202
,
252–53
,
265–66
,
277
; bragging about,
42
,
87
,
266
; as car thief,
29
,
42
; children suffering from,
352
; girls fawning and,
318
; growing,
199–200
; media coverage boosting,
275
,
313
; planning violence to increase,
274
,
289
; self-image and,
202
,
255
; violence increasing,
86
,
265–66
,
350

Ricchuito, Herman,
89

Rice, Owen,
262
,
263

Robb, John,
241
; on Hoss's demand for speedy trial,
242–43
,
245–47
,
258
; motion for dismissal of charges for,
250–51

Robinson, Oscar,
265

Robinson, William “Robby”: as commissioner of correction,
343–44
; giving Hoss's clothes away,
228–29
; holding coroner's inquest after Peterson's murder,
309–10
; on Hoss,
36–38
,
343–45
; as warden of Allegheny County Jail,
36–39

Robson, Barbara,
96–97

“Ron” (Zurka's alias in Defino kidnapping),
3–4
,
7–12

Roney, Dave,
346

Roth, Howard,
218

Rutledge, Marvin,
355

Rydell, David,
288

Santone, Esther,
67
,
207–8
,
217

Santone, Mario,
67
,
207–8

Scaife, Cordelia,
314–15

Scaife, Richard Mellon,
315

Schaal, Dennis,
68–69

school, Hoss in,
188–89
,
197

Scoggins, David,
327

sentencing, for Peterson's murder,
331
,
339
,
342

sentencing, Hoss's: additional time for escape,
237
; compilation of,
167
,
331–32
; for Defino's rape,
151
,
168–70
; for Peterson's murder,
331
,
339
; for Peugeots' murders,
198–99
; for Zanella's murder,
204
,
218
,
231
,
239–40
,
257

Sermons, Melvin “Whiskey,”
279
,
312–13
; Delker's trial for stabbing,
287–88
,
333

Sewicki, J. R.,
351

Shaler Police Department,
31
,
88

Shapp, Milton,
331
; forbidding use of basement cells in Home Block,
280–82
,
284
,
308
; officers' union rep meeting with,
311–12
; opposition to death penalty,
249
,
312
,
347
; at Peterson's funeral,
308–9
; prison reforms by,
249
,
273
,
280–82

Sharon (Hoss's prison girlfriend),
271–72
,
288–89
,
310

Shute, Whitman,
185–87
,
337
,
356

Simonetti, Don,
13
,
16–18
,
73

Sioux Falls, North Dakota,
131

Sizemore, Barbara Zanella,
56
,
74–75
,
273

Skyline Motel (Jackson, Minnesota),
135

Smith, Robert,
113–14

Snyder, Edgar,
227
,
238
; after trial for Zanella's murder,
218–19
; appealing Hoss's murder conviction,
231–32
,
235
,
240
,
250
; criticizing prosecution's case in trial for Zanella murder,
205
,
217
; defending Hoss for Zanella's murder,
200–202
,
205
,
207–8
,
216
; efforts to suppress Hoss's confessions,
212
,
215
; efforts to suppress mention of Peugeots,
212
; Fagan's relationship with Baxter and,
209–10
; missing penalty phase of trial,
220
,
224
; resigning as public defender,
232
,
235

Snyder, Marguerite,
278

Snyder, Stephanie,
220

Sokol, Theodore and Teddy,
65
,
67
,
205

Split Verdict Act, trial for Zanella's murder under,
218
,
238
; defense's complaints about,
235
,
253–54

Springer, Officer,
70–72

Spruill, Geno,
270
,
349
; escape by,
268–69
,
271
; Hoss and,
262–66
,
268

Starlite Motel (Fort Dodge, Iowa),
137

Start, Joseph,
97–98
,
202
,
223
; interrogations of Hoss by,
159–62
; tips on Peugeots' grave sites and,
185–87
,
337
,
356

state police, Pennsylvania,
53
; Peterson's son joining,
351
; Western Penitentiary and,
263
,
267
,
304–6

State Regional Correction Facility (Greensburg),
168–69

stealing: by Hoss as child,
189
,
197
; by Hoss's father,
188
. See also armed robberies; car thefts

Steffen, Emil,
137

steroids, prison experiments with,
270

Stevens, Tim,
312

Steven's Motel (Mitchell, South Dakota),
130

Stewart, Harold,
99–101

Stockhausen, Inez,
67
,
207–8
Strauss, Samuel,
219
,
317
; on defense's complaints about trial for Zanella's murder,
198
,
235
,
238–39
; Hoss and,
169
,
237
; in penalty phase of trial for Zanella's murder,
212
,
221–23
,
227
; presiding over Lubresky's trial for escape,
248–49
; presiding over trial for Zanella's murder,
198
,
200
,
206
,
210–11
,
216
,
218
; sentencing by for Zanella's murder,
228
,
231

strength, Hoss's unusual,
29
,
36
,
144–46
,
188–89
,
238
,
270
,
289
. See also weightlifting, Hoss's

Suchevich, George,
40

suicide: Hoss asking FBI for opportunity,
159
,
175
; Hoss's,
349–50
; Hoss's forewarnings about,
147
,
345–46

supermax prison,
312

Supreme Court, U.S.,
263
; on capital punishment,
220
,
257
,
278
; on penalty phase of trials,
221

Symkiewicz, Mary Ann,
256–57

Tarentum, Pennsylvania,
81
,
190

Tarr, Ben,
65
,
67
,
205
,
238

tattoos, Hoss's,
38
,
95
,
146

television: on search for Hoss,
84
,
98
; on Zanella's murder,
81–83
. See also media

temper, Hoss's,
6
,
29
,
91–92

textile shop, in Allegheny County Workhouse,
39–40

Thomas, Herb,
288–89
,
307

Thompson, Cliff,
53

Thompson, Edna Stewart,
100
; concern about Linda and Lori Mae's absence,
110
,
117
; desperation for return of bodies,
184
,
187
,
199
; Linda and Lori moving in with,
101–2
; reporting Linda and Lori Mae's absence,
120
,
177
; response to loss of family,
240–41
,
347

Thompson, William H.,
100
,
120
; death of,
347
; desperation for return of bodies,
184
,
187
,
199

Thornburgh, Dick, in power struggle with Duggan,
163–64
,
181–83
,
315

Tiffin, Ohio, Hoss in,
124–26
,
133

Tomayko, Carl,
167

Toner, Vee,
201
,
218

Toranczyk, Mike,
278

Travelers Motel (Waterloo, Iowa),
138
,
146–47

trial, for Defino rape,
33–35

trial, for Peugeots' kidnapping: applicability of Interstate Detainer Act in,
246–47
; delay in,
242
,
246
,
256
; Hoss planning escape en route to,
242–43
,
246
; Hoss's demand for speed in,
240
,
242–43
,
245–46
,
257–59
; Hoss's lawyers for,
241
; Hoss's “witnesses” for,
243
,
245–46
,
250
; indictments for dismissed,
250–51
,
258
–
59
; state's plan to seek death penalty,
244

trial, for Zanella's murder,
198
; appeal of conviction from,
231–32
,
238–40
,
242
,
246
,
250
; circumstantial evidence in,
204
,
206
; death sentence changed to life in prison,
253–54
,
257
; death sentence in,
239–40
; defense strategy in,
211–13
; defense's complaints about,
235–36
,
238
,
253–54
,
271
; Hoss's demeanor in,
204
; jury for,
200–202
,
218
; lawyers' comments after,
218–19
; Maxwell testifying in,
208–11
; penalty phase in,
238–39
,
253–54
,
257
; Peugeots' case included in penalty phase,
212
,
219–20
,
235
; prosecution's case in,
205–16
; rumors of escape plan during,
203
,
214
; security for,
203
–
4
,
214
,
239
; under Split Verdict Act,
218
,
235–36
; summations in,
217–18

trials, for Peterson's murder,
313
; Butler's,
333–35
; change of venue denied for,
316
–
17
; closing arguments in,
328–30
; defense cases in,
327–28
; Delker's,
333–35
,
340–42
; Fagan preparing for,
314
; Hickton prosecuting,
315–17
,
319–20
; Hickton showing premeditation in,
320–21
,
325–26
,
329–30
,
333
; killers appealing convictions in,
340–42
; McGrogan's,
335
; McGrogan's testimony on,
314
; prosecution's case in,
319–26
; Reilly's testimony in,
325
; rejection of premeditation argument,
327
,
331
; rumor of Hoss testifying at,
326
; security at,
325
; sentencing for,
339
; verdicts in,
331
; Zimmerman defending Hoss in,
316
,
322
; Zimmerman's defense strategy in,
319
,
321–23
,
325–26
,
329