Oral History of Richard Kirkland Bowden INDEX African Americans, 143 44 courtroom deputy clerks, 129 30 female attorneys, 81, 85, 88 89 judges, 122, 126, 133, 135 36 medical care, 97 segregated facilities, 28 29, 99, 107 108 and U.S. Air Force, 2, 7 U.S. Marshals, 23, 24, 27, 30, 56 Alto, Vincent, 81, 85 Anthony, Susan Margaret, 97, 98 attorneys courtroom tactics, 81, 82 83, 93, 95 96, 142 defense, 86 Fifth Streeters, 86 88 women, 88 89, 90, 142 Banks, Ruth, 89 Blackwell, Joel, 85 Blue, Hezekiah, 12 Boies, David, 127 Bowden, John Horace, 97 99, 105 108, 111 12, 117 Bowden, Richard Kirkland Personal adoption, 97 98 birth, 1, 97 boxing, 106, 111 12 Douglass community, 100 101, 115 16, 117 18 Douglass High School, 1, 28 29, 99 100 activities, 101 102, 104, 112 13 alumni association, 114 15 closure, 115 education expectations, 113 14 drama club activities, 112 13 drum major, 103 duck caretaker at Peabody Hotel, 108 109 father, adoptive, 97 99, 105 108, 111 12, 117 father, biological, 97, 98 friends, 9, 116 A-1
garden, 105 106 godfather, 117 influences on, 117 LeMoyne College, 1, 104, 116 lifeguard, 109 10 mother, adoptive, 98, 105 106, 117, 118 mother, biological, 97, 98 movie ticket taker, 108 paper deliverer, 108, 110 11 religious activities, 106 school activities, 102 103 scrap collection, 110 segregation experiences, 28 swimming, 104 105, 112 Technical Sergeant, U. S. Air Force, 1 2, 29, 104, 108 criminal investigations, 3 7 World War II memories, 110 Bowden, Richard Kirkland Professional Contract employee, U. S. Marshals Service, 1, 84, 91 Deputy, U. S. Marshals Service, 1, 3, 21, 22 23, 133 confrontations, 37 on decorum in the courtroom, 89 93, 141 43 expert witness volunteer at Howard University Law School, 121 22 on James Meredith s personal detail, 24 28, 29 32 and judge investiture services, 136 and judges, 119 21, 122, 125, 126 27, 133, 136 and juries, 136 40 on lawyers in the courtroom, 81 83, 85 88, 93, 94 96 and Microsoft trial, 80, 127, 136 and Morgan, 46, 74 75 precinct, 41 42 prisoner transport trips, 47 and student program on judiciary, 126 27, 133 35 transport of Valachi, 73 74 and Watergate jurors, 59 68, 133 and Watergate subpoenas, 130 33 See also United States Marshals Service in the District of Columbia Police officer, D. C. Metropolitan Police Department, 1, 2 3, 7 8 ABC law violators, 17 Blue Miller Law, 14 15 colleague under investigation, 19 21 on drug law changes, 16 A-2
and heroin dealers, 13 16 heroin legalization proposal, 11 13 Narcotics Division undercover operations, 8 10, 19 numbers violators, 16 17 Plain clothes operations, 10 11 prostitution, 17 18 undercover trainer, 18 19 warrants, 21 22 on race, 144 retirement, 84, 91, 92 Bowden, Vernetta Constance (nee Bradshaw), 98, 105 106, 117, 118 Branch, Ben, 112 Braxton, Cleveland, 27 Bryant, William B., 42, 81, 82 83, 85, 88, 121, 135 36 Burke, Joan, 89 Butler, Clarence, 27 Cacheris, Plato, 81 Delovicko, William, 68 District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 33 34, 86, 87, 132 District of Columbia Department of Corrections (Jail), 43, 47 48, 49, 94, 140 District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, 2, 18 19, 52 Blue Miller Law, 14 15 Morals Division, 3, 16 Gambling and Liquor Section, 3, 16 17 Narcotics Section, 3, 8, 11 12, 16 Prostitution Section, 3, 16 narcotics officer under investigation, 19 21 precincts, 41 District of Columbia Municipal Court, 33 34, 86, 87 District of Columbia Superior Court, 86, 87 Douglass, Frederick, 99, 101 Dugas, Julian R., 121 Dwyer, Jean, 85, 88 Dwyer, John, 85 Fifth Streeters, 86 88 Fuller, Vincent, 81 Garber, William, 71 Gardner, William C., 85, 88 Gorham, Frank, 70 A-3
Green, Joyce Hens, 136 Green, June L., 88, 136 Green brothers, 70, 75 77 Haldeman, H. R., 132 Hankins, Ruth, 88 Harvey, Hugh, 129 30 Hayes, Clarence, 116 17 Hayes, George E. C., 85, 88 Haywood, Margaret, 88 Helms, Samuel, 117 heroin addicts, 8 9, 11 13 Holtzoff, Alexander, 121, 122 Howard University, 9 School of Law, 121 22, 129 Jackson, Amy, 136 Jackson, Jesse, 112 Jackson, Thomas Penfield, 127, 136 Johnson, Norma Holloway, 126 27, 133 34 jurors, 137 40, 141 and lawyers in the courtroom, 81 83, 95, 142 oath of office, 122 23 questionnaires, 123 24 sequestered, 56 58, 68 See also Watergate jurors Kollar-Kotelly, Colleen, 127 Lamberth, Royce C., 66, 94, 136, 140 41 Lamondue, Frank, 27 Lawson, Belford, 81 Mack, Julia Cooper, 89 Mafia, 73 Matthews, Burnita, 89, 122 McGuire, Matthew F., 119 20 McKinney, George K., 130 32 McLaughlin, Arthur J., 81, 83, 94 96 McShane, James P., 23, 27 Memphis, Tennessee, 1, 28 Camp Daniels, 104 Cotton Carnival on Beale St., 103 104 A-4
Douglass community, 99 102, 104, 107, 113 14, 115 16, 117 18 Grand Central Station, 98 Jane Terrell Hospital, 97 Peabody Hotel, 108 109 schools for African Americans, 28, 99 segregation in, 99, 107 108 Meredith, James, 23 26, 29 Mississippi, 23 26, 29 31 Mitchell, Curtis, 81, 85 Moore, Luke C., 19 20, 23, 27, 56, 75, 83, 85, 120, 121 Morgan, Daniel Jackson Oliver Wendel Holmes, 46, 74 75, 85 Mundy, Kenneth, 81, 85 Neely, Joanne, 72 Nixon, Richard M., 130 31 Palmer, James Freeman, 27 Penn, John G., 136 Richey, Charles, 122 24, 136 Riley, Howard, 27 Robinson, Joseph, 27 Robinson, Spotswood W., 56, 122 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 100, 101 Roundtree, Dovey J., 81, 85, 88 Sharp, James, 85 Shorter, John, 81 Shreeves, Bruce H., 70 Sirica, John J., 59, 68, 130, 133 Sitnick, Joseph, 85 Sherriff, Norman E., 70, 76 77, 78 79 Smith, John Lewis, 125, 136 Spearman, Oscar, 27 Spiller, Herbert, 119 20 Stein, Jacob A. ( Jake ), 81, 85 Strickland, Willie, 70 Sullivan, Brendan, 81 Sullivan, Emmet G., 136 Tatel, David S., 127, 134 Terrell, Jane, 97 Terrell (Robert H.) Law School, 129 30 A-5
United States Air Force and African Americans, 2, 7 Criminal Investigation Unit, 2, 3 6 United States Commissioner, 21 22 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 22, 33 34, 54 55, 132, 133 cellblock takeover, 70 73, 77 78 court reporters, 128 29 decorum in, 89 93, 141 42, 143 imposter lawyer, 46, 74 judges, 55, 68, 119 21, 122, 125, 126 27, 133, 136 and sequestered juries, 57 58, 68 United States Marshals Service in the District of Columbia, 33 34 Administrative Services desk, 36 African American U.S. Marshals, 23, 24, 27, 30, 56 camaraderie, 78 court orders, 34 36, 38, 39, 141 courtroom judge assignment, 55, 68 69, 119, 136 deaths in line of duty, 76 77, 79 dress code, 119 20 evictions, 39, 40 41, 51 52 female deputy marshals, 43, 57, 63, 70, 71, 72 guns in the courthouse, 125 26 hostages, 70 73 landlord/tenant complaints, 40 41 marshal workloads, 41 42 Meredith protection, 24 27, 29 32 negotiators, 71 72, 77 78 personally owned vehicles (POVs), 44, 74 prisoner escape attempts, 49 51 prisoner handling, 46 47 prisoner jail/courthouse transport, 47 48, 51, 54 56 prisoner movements, 43 45 prisoner separation, 48 49, 50 property seizing, 34 36, 37 39 and sequestered juries, 57 58, 68 service of process, 34, 39 40 student program on judiciary, 126 27, 133 35 vessel seizing, 36 37 and Watergate jurors, 59 68, 133 Witness Security Program, 73 74 University of Mississippi, 23, 31 Valachi, Joseph, 73 74 A-6
Vandergriff, Frank, 27 Wagner, Annice M., 88 Washington, Joe, 105 Watergate jurors, 133 accommodations, 59 60 alternates, 66 67 clothing, 61 62 entertainment, 61 family visits, 62 63 media censoring, 63 64 rapport with deputy marshals, 63, 67 religious services, 60 61 telephone monitoring, 62, 64, 65 66 Watergate subpoenas, 130 33 Watergate trial, 59, 66 Williams, Edward Bennett, 81, 82 83, 85 Windsor, George, 121 women deputy marshals, 43, 57, 63, 70, 71, 72 inmates, 44 judges, 122, 126, 133 lawyers, 81, 85, 88 89, 90, 142 A-7
Oral History of Richard Kirkland Bowden Cases Cited In re Subpoena to Nixon, 360 F. Supp. 1 (D. D. C. 1973), 59, 66, 130 33 Miller v. U. S., 357 U.S. 301 (78 S. Ct. 1190, 2 L. Ed.2d 1332), 14 15 Morgan v. U. S., 309 F.2d 234 (C. A. D. C. 1962), 46, 74 75, 85 U. S. v. Microsoft Corp., 84 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D. D. C. 1999), 80, 127, 136 B-1