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
