![]() ![]() He was doing his stealing when I first knew him in Illinois' biggest and toughest penitentiary, Stateville, near Joliet. The best thief I ever knew, in or out of prison, was Gene O'Connor. “The court is of the opinion and finds and holds that the writ issued out of the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, whereunder Relator Roger Touhy is held for the period of ninety-nine years for the crime of kidnapping for ransom is void because issued on a judgment of that court which is void because the proceedings in that court antecedent to said judgment and said judgment were violative of the Due Process of Law Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in that said judgment was procured by means of the use of testimony known by the prosecuting officers to be perjured and because the Relator was deprived in a capital case of the effective assistance of counsel devoted exclusively to protection of Relator's interests and compelled against his will and over his protests to accept the services of counsel who was compelled to serve adverse interests.” Adamowski, my special thanks for telling the Pardon and Parole Board that he believed I should be freed. Without the diligence of Morris Green, my innocence might never have been established. ![]() Among them were Bernard Gerard, Thomas Maloney and Walter Miller. McPhaul, Len O'Connor and Karin Walsh.Ī number of police officers assisted me. They include: Earl Aykroid, Julian Bentley, Ray Brennan, Elgar Brown, Tom Duggan, Gladys Erickson, William Gorman, Jim Hurlbut, James P. To the newspaper, radio and television people who brought the truth about me to the public when truth was what I needed desperately. Gillogly, Joseph Harrington, Thomas Marshall, Thomas McMeekin and Charles P. Ahern, Homer Atkins, Howard Bryant, Frank Ferlic, Frank J. ![]() To the many lawyers who believed in me and fought for me, including: Daniel C. Stratton and the members of the Illinois Pardon and Parole Board, I give thanks for their mercy and understanding. He sacrificed a law practice and impaired his health in my behalf. Johnstone, a brilliant and resourceful lawyer, my deepest thanks. Barnes, former Chicago Federal court judge. First and foremost, I wish to bow my head in reverence to the memory of the late John P. There are many persons to whom my debt of gratitude is great. ![]()
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