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...grand jury. Although Massachusetts has no criminal-negligence law, Boyle is charged with finding out "when, where and by what means the person deceased came to her death," and whether an "unlawful act or negligence" contributed to that death. Among other things, Boyle will question guests at the Chappaquiddick cookout about whether drunken driving was involved. If Boyle decides that there might have been an unlawful act, the record of the inquest can remain secret unless a grand jury hears the case...
Judge Boyle announced none of his ground rules for the inquest beforehand. He will probably call the eleven guests from the cookout first and then the local witnesses. Attorneys Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham, the two men other than Kennedy who know the most about what happened on the night of the accident, might unravel some of the contradictions: When did the accident occur? How did Kennedy return to Edgartown? Why wasn't the accident reported immediately? Kennedy, who prepared for his ordeal with a skiing vacation in Colorado, will be his own most important witness...
...week's mass meeting was "without precedent" in Calabria. The hoods did, however, steal a few lines from some distant cousins. After the famous 1957 raid at Apalachin, N.Y., the 60 mobsters who were seized there explained that they had assembled for nothing more sinister than a friendly cookout. To a man, the Montalto Mafiosi insisted that they were just "gathering mushrooms...
...inquest, under Judge Boyle's terms, could take on some aspects of a kangaroo court. Boyle opened the inquest to 103 reporters and denied that the hearing represented an accusatory proceeding. Hence, ruled Boyle, lawyers for the witnesses-including Kennedy and the others who attended the Chappaquiddick cookout-had no right to cross-examine or challenge testimony on the grounds of irrelevancy...
Dinis plans to call about 20 witnesses, including the five "boiler room" girls who were present at the cookout in a rented cottage on Chappaquiddick (see THE NATION). The attorney for the girls wants Judge Boyle to narrow the scope of the inquiry. Without any restrictions on the questioning, he contends, the girls could be quizzed on their entire lives...