Word: cased
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...Kennedy Case...
Kennedy himself escaped questioning by pleading guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Still, District Attorney Edmund Dinis was apparently so annoyed by criticism of his office's handling of the case that last week he belatedly sought an inquiry, taking the unusual step of asking the state superior court to begin a formal inquest. Normally the lower district court conducts inquests...
...emergency. A sign is visible for anyone to see, and the cost is only slightly higher than during regular hours (500 per passenger v. 150). "We come out after midnight for any legitimate reason," says Gared Grant, the ferry operator. "It doesn't have to be a case of accident or injury. Our contract with the town of Edgartown requires us to respond to calls after midnight." There is, however, one hitch. When a caller asks for special ferry service, the telephone operator routinely switches the call to the Edgartown police department, which asks if any injury is involved...
None of this constitutes proof that Kennedy was not telling the truth, and a full explanation by the Senator-or a real investigation by the authorities -might answer many questions. Until that time, it remains legitimate to wonder about the large and little mysteries that surround the case...
James Reston of the New York Times concluded that the real question "is not whether the voters of Massachusetts can live with the Senator's account of the tragedy, but whether he can." To Columnists Frank Mankiewicz and Tom Braden, the case was tragic "in the Shakespearean sense of a puzzlement of the will, of judgment suspended and flawed at a crucial moment...