Though Murder Has No Tongue (43 page)

Polillo, Florence (victim no. 3),
5
,
31
; disposal of body,
31
,
35
,
42
; Dolezal charged with death of,
44
,
56–57
,
165
; Dolezal's confessions about,
32–36
,
42
; Dolezal's relationship with,
17
,
22–23
,
31–32
; as only murder Dolezal charged with,
36
,
57
; possible drug deals with Sweeney,
156–57
; possibly different murderer than other torso cases,
56–57

Politics,
63
,
144
; in Cleveland,
6
; in Cuyahoga County,
6
; Dolezal's arrest used in,
27
,
146
; in lack of impact of torso clinic profile,
54–55
; in law enforcement turf wars,
19
,
27
,
44
,
48
,
165
; Martin Sweeney's career in,
114
,
118–19
,
143
,
151–54
; torso murders used in,
6
,
96
,
115

Postcards, from Sweeney to Ness: “Gaylord Sundheim” name fitting style of,
139
; mental disease evident in,
129–31
,
188–89

Profile, from “torso clinic,”
9–10
; Dolezal not fitting,
53–54
; lack of impact of torso clinic,
54–55
; Sweeney fitting,
161

Psychiatry: assessing risks of violence,
189–91
; diagnoses of Sundheim,
189
; forensic,
180–92
; at Pearce's “torso clinic,”
9

Psychohistory, of Sweeney,
181

Psychopathy,
185–86

Race, of victims,
5

Religion, Dolezal's,
47

Republican National Convention,
5
,
15

Republicans, in Cleveland administration,
7
,
115

Reputation, of victims,
5
,
72
,
120

Robinson, Robert,
160–61

Roosevelt, Franlin Delano,
119

Rumbelow, Donald,
162

Safety director, Eliot Ness as,
8
,
164–65

Sagalyn, Arnold,
133–34
,
140–41
,
154

Sailor, victim no. 4 thought to be,
31

Sanity: forensic psychiatry in determination of,
182–85
; Sweeney's,
119
,
120–21
,
155
,
183–85

Schug, Andrew,
75
,
82
,
97
,
133

Schwein, Florence,
81
,
134
,
139
,
140

Scientific Investigation Bureau, Cleveland,
74
, 134.
See also
Cowles, David

Search, of Dolezal's apartment,
17
,
31
,
36

Sellers, Charles W.,
27

Serial killers, triggers for,
155

Sex crimes, torso murders as,
17

Sexuality: Dolezal reported as “pervert,”
17–18
,
88
; Dolezal's,
12
,
17–18
,
22
,
37
; search for “perverts,”
18
,
21
; Sweeney's,
157

Shantytown raids, Ness's,
10–11
,
120
,
159

Sheppard murder case, influence on Gerber's reputation,
80–81
,
166

Sheriff's department,
20
,
24
,
150
; Charles Dolezal's lawsuits against,
99
,
147–49
,
173
; Cuyahoga County Commissioners cleaning up,
149–59
; on Dolezal's death,
60
,
107
; Dolezal's injuries while in custody of,
84
,
103
; Jones sisters' testimony during absence of,
167–68
; mistreatment of Dolezal by,
34
,
41–42
,
47
,
61–63
,
79
; police department
vs.,
24–26
,
31–32
,
43
,
49
,
56
,
146
.
See also
Law enforcement agencies
;
O'Donnell, Martin L.

Short, Elizabeth (the Black Dahlia),
136–37

Sickert, Walter,
97

Slaughterhouse, Dolezal's job in,
31

Slavic Village, Kingsbury Run area now known as,
174

Smart, Clarence,
85
,
87–88
,
104–5
,
148

Sokol family, Mary Sweeney and,
121

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (Sandusky),
157
; Sweeney admitted to,
120
,
122
,
159
,
160
; Sweeney's leaving,
133
,
166

Soukup, Fred P.,
86
; on Dolezal's death,
59–60
,
63
; Dolezal's defense and,
46
,
48
,
50
; on Dolezal's injuries,
46–48
,
62
,
85

Sternicki, L. J.,
168
; examining Dolezal,
47–48
; testifying about Dolezal's condition,
86

Stone, C. W.,
119
,
187

Stone, Mark Wade:
The Fourteenth Victim
documentary by,
75–76
; investigating Dolezal's death,
75–76
,
79
,
81–83
,
95–96
,
147–48
; taking materials on Dolezal's death to forensic experts,
96–97
,
99–108

Straus, Reuben,
61
,
80–81
,
158

Suicide, Dolezal's.
See
Death, Dolezal's

Suicide attempts, Dolezal's,
24
,
39–41
,
47
,
55
,
58–59
; injuries not explained by,
62
,
84
,
103
; in inquest records,
83–84

Sunbather, at Norris Brothers,
160–61

Sundheim, Gaylord,
180
; as Ness's secret suspect,
113
,
139
, 154.
See also
Sweeney, Francis Edward

Sweeney, Anna Cleary,
116

Sweeney, Catherine Mehan/Mahon,
116

Sweeney, Delia O'Mara,
117
,
124

Sweeney, Dominic,
116–17
,
124

Sweeney, Francis Edward,
157
; alcoholism of,
119–23
,
186–87
,
189–91
; appearance of,
160–61
; background of,
116–17
; cards and letters to Ness,
129–31
,
139
,
188–89
; continuing to write prescriptions,
156–57
,
187–88
; cousin's awareness of deterioration of,
121–22
,
143
; cousin's awareness of police suspicions about,
143–45
; in cover-up theories,
127–28
,
151–54
; death of,
123
; diagnoses of,
189
; drug abuse by,
123
,
157
,
186–89
; evidence against,
156
,
158–61
,
163
; family of,
118
; family's awareness of suspicions about,
170–71
; fitting profile from Pearce's torso clinic,
161
; Fransen considering best suspect,
124
, 125n,
137
; guilt of,
161–62
,
168–69
; health problems of,
117
,
122–23
,
186–87
; institutionalization of,
119–20
,
122–23
,
127–28
,
136
,
145
,
157
,
190–91
; interrogations of,
144
,
158–59
,
161
; lie detector tests for,
113–14
,
140–42
,
144
,
152
,
154
,
161
; likelihood as Mad Butcher,
134–36
,
154–63
,
189–91
; location of,
122–24
; medical training of,
118
; mental deterioration of,
119–21
,
161
,
188
; military service of,
117
,
190
; Ness and,
158–59
,
162
; as Ness's secret suspect in torso murders,
116
,
127
,
132–40
; personality of,
118
,
161
; photo of, in materials about torso murders,
137–39
,
138
;
police unable to make case against,
136
,
144
,
152–55
; possible triggers for murders by,
155–56
,
158–59
,
161
; possibly doing illicit medical work,
156–57
; psychohistory of,
181
,
183–85
; sanity of,
119–21
,
155
,
183–85
; sending letters and postcards to Ness,
130–31
,
162
,
188
; surveillance of,
133–34
,
154–55
,
161
,
166
,
186–87
; as suspect in torso murders,
129
,
154
,
180–81
; violence by,
119
,
189–91
; wife's charges in divorce petition,
119–21
,
155
; writing to Hoover,
162
,
188–89
.
See also
Sundheim, Gaylord

Sweeney, Francis Edward, Jr. (Francis's son),
120
,
170

Sweeney, Honora Callery,
124

Sweeney, James Anthony (Francis's son),
120
,
170–71

Sweeney, John,
116
,
124

Sweeney, Joseph M.,
150

Sweeney, Marie Carlin (Martin L.'s wife),
118

Sweeney, Martin J.,
116
,
117–18
,
124

Sweeney, Martin Joseph, Jr.,
171–72

Sweeney, Martin L.,
6–7
,
114
;
awareness of police suspicions about cousin,
127–28
,
143–45
; background of,
116–17
; cousin as secret suspect in torso murders,
116
,
140
,
153–54
; cousin's deterioration and,
121–22
; in cover-up theories about torso murders,
127
,
144
; disaffected Democrats and,
7–8
; Ness and,
8
,
140
; political career of,
114
,
118–19
,
151–54
,
153
;
silence about Dolezal case,
56
,
169–70

Sweeney, Mary (Francis's sister),
121
,
133
,
171

Sweeney, Mary Josephine Sokol (Francis's wife),
118
; awareness of suspicions about ex-husband,
170–71
; charges in petition for divorce,
119–21
,
155–56

Sweeney, Myles,
124

Sweeney, Winifred Callery,
116
,
124

Sweeney family: among Irish immigrants in Cleveland,
116–17
; entangled genealogy of,
124
; mental disease in,
117–19
; relations among,
118
,
121
,
124–25
; tainted by mental illness and suspicion of murder,
181

Symes, Steven A.,
101
,
104
,
105

Tattoos, on victim no. 4,
31

Taylor, Nettie,
39
,
175
,
178–79

Todd, T. Windgate,
81
,
158

Torso clinic,
36
,
166
; profile of killer from,
53–55
,
135
,
161

Torso murders: Black Dahlia murder not linked to,
124
,
136–37
; characteristics of,
17
,
137
,
185–86
; conspiracy theories about,
127–29
,
150–54
,
171–72
; difference of Polillo,
36
,
56–57
; difference of victim no. 11,
80–81
,
158
; effects on families of involved parties,
70–73
; lost material pertaining to,
155
,
162
,
181
; media coverage of,
3
,
5
,
24
,
70
,
130–31
,
135–36
; Ness's secret suspect in,
113
,
115–16
, 125n,
129
,
132–40
,
139
,
143
,
180–81
; in partisan politics,
6
,
96
,
115
,
169
; under Pearce
vs.
Gerber,
166
; possible resumption of,
160–61
; pressure to solve,
14–15
,
169
; quantity of notes and reports on,
16–17
,
28
,
52
; stopping,
63
; teams working on,
67
,
139
,
147
; thorough investigation of,
162–63
; timing of,
144
,
190–91
.
See also
Mad Butcher

Trunk, Lloyd,
62

Tylicki, Clarence M.,
32
,
59
,
150