Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14

shows the character Of the pro-
secutriX to be such that her
charges and testimony against
petitioners are unworthy Of be-
lief. In addition, doubt is cast
upon her emotional stability"
What the attorneys submitted
was information alleging that
the girl had had intercourse so
many times with so many men
that she couldn't begin to tell"
how many.
They quoted a Prince Georges
County police detective who
had interviewed the girl Sep
TENDER l, 1861, in Prince
Georges General Hospital. She
was there for an alleged over
dose Of aspirin.
Claimed Another Rape
The petition claims that the
girl was out Of parental con-
troll and was committed for six
weeks in September October,
1861. to a girls school.
According to the information
about the girl which the States
Attorney gathered, she claimed
on August 30, 1861, a month
and a half after the Giles
johnson incident, that she had
been raped by two other men
both white-on August 26 at a
party.
The morning after the al
legged rapes on August rs, the
girl was admitted to Prince
Georges General Hospital for
an alleged overdose Of pills. She
was interviewed there by a
Prince Georges County detec-
tive. AS a result of the inter-
view, the case was marked
closed-unfounded. Police said
she told them she would re-
fuse to testify, and her father
refused to press charges.
DR.. Knapp, dealing with the
character Of her escort on the
night Of July 1921, 1861. sale
the man had IL convictions II
: Hyattsville Peoples Court from
1858 to 1860 including disor.
derby conduct, petty larceny anc
various motor vehicle viola.
, tons.
, Charging that the necessary
facts" for a full understand.
ing" were not available to the
! juries. DR.. Knapp attempts t
support this with four letter,
from members Of the Giles jury
who read his report.
Letters to Governor
The letters are addressed Il
the Governor. One, from Johr
w. McInnes, of Washington
Grove. states: I'VE made tn,
most conscientious decision W.
could on the basis Of the testi.
mony we heard. But all thu
! information about the CIR
which we didn't know at thu
; trial raises doubts in my mine
that she was really raped.
so even though the boyt
broke into the car and hit the
ESCORT, it seems to me ther,
is reasonable doubt that they
were guilty of rape"
: Another juror, John H
> Cooper of Gaithersburg, wrot,
that based on the evidence
.. we saw and heard, the jur!
. had no choice but to find then
: guilty. But he said II neve.
thought the boy would be sen
,, fenced to death"
! II think now that there /
reasonable doubt as to whethe
J the girl was overcome by fear
The new information abou
.. her makes it Just as likely tina
she would have submitted
. either because she wanted to
or because she didn't care yer,
9 much"
. DeWalt J. Willard of Pooles
J vile said the jury should hav
: been told more about the cir
and her date.
THE States attorney kney
things he didn't tell"
. Juror Benjamin c. Potter O.
= Chevy Chase said, From wha
o I know now, I would now have
! to vote for a verdict Of no
guilty"
a Two Had Police Records
.e What of the young mel
It whose fate will be decided b,
e Gov. Tawes?
Is Both Joseph Johnson AM
q John Giles had police record
n before the trials.
Johnson was convicted Il
1857 on an assault charge. H
served in the Army until h
&c was given a general discharg
,e as unsuitable for service.
- military board characterize
e him as having descriptive re
&c actions to acute or specis
stress"
10 John Giles was convicted o
. a charge Of HOUSEKEEPING wit
intent to steal and given
= one-year suspended sentence
,e However, John and jaime
70 repeatedly had good reputa
ir tons in their neighborhooC
v James a graduate of Sherwoo
le High School, was we'll though
of by his teachers.
" While outsiders fight fC
IS their lives. the three convicte
h men live day-by- day existence
= on death row. James Giles hs
l. thought about writing a boo
lie about death row life if an
st when he gets out of prison.
Joseph Johnson writes ths
re he is thinking s4ut taking a
BOY.