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Edmund Dinis, the Massachusetts district attorney in whose jurisdiction the death occurred last July, seemed determined to compensate-or even over-compensate-for his initial timidity in investigating the biggest case of his life. He allowed his assistant, Armand Fernandes, to hint in the course of cross-examination that Mary Jo might have died from a skull fracture or "manual strangulation" rather than drowning. Summoning such witnesses as Edgartown Police Chief Dominick Arena, Dinis adumbrated some of the testimony he would presumably pursue if a formal inquest is held in Massachusetts...
...Middlesex County Jail in Billerica, where they stayed until 7 p. m. Bond was posted for all three-$2500 for Olson, and $250 for Nies-but, before they left the jailhouse, the Boston police serverd them with the Boston English warrants. The police then took them to the District 10 cellblock in Roxbury Crossing...
...Homans said last night that he asked an officer of the Third District Court to hold Mann, Olson, and Nies at the Court-house until bond could be posted for them there...
...three were driven to Billerica for four hours and from there to the District 10 cellblock, instead of being allowed to go directly to the cellblock after posting bond at the Courthouse. "A bondsman was on his way to the Courthouse" as Mann, Olson, and Nies were being taken away, Homans said...
Bond was set temporarily for each of the three at $1000 on Friday evening, and they were released from the District 10 cellblock at 11:30 p.m. after posting it. The next morning, Judge Charles I. Taylor of the Roxbury Municipal Court-the same court which will hold the "hearing on problable cause" on November 7-raised the bail to $7500 for Mann and $5000 each for Olson and Nies. They then began their four-day stay in the Charles Street Jail...