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...grand jury, sitting in Edgartown, Mass., began its work with high hopes. Foreman Leslie Leland, a Vineyard Haven druggist, pledged a complete and independent investigation; many jurors were apparently in an indicting mood. Their ambitions were quickly dashed by State Superior Court Justice Wilfred Paquet, 67, a no-nonsense jurist with a reputation for running a tight courtroom. Somewhat Churchillian of mien and manner, Paquet swore the jurors to secrecy, warning them that their lips were "sealed not for a month, not for a year, but forever." He also narrowed the scope of their investigation by informing them that they...
AFTER the many months of argument among expensive attorneys, confused public officials and embattled judges in two states, the long-awaited inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne proved unexpectedly low-key and uneventful. Intruding upon the wintertime serenity of Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, the inquest gave Senator Edward Kennedy new hope that he may yet recover from the public disgrace of the night his car hurtled off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island...
...Kennedy to report the accident to police immediately after failing to reach Mary Jo. The three drove in another car to the ferry landing to cross the inlet for that purpose. Markham and Gargan testified that they were astonished when Kennedy suddenly jumped into the water and swam toward Edgartown. They watched until he safely reached the opposite shore, and assumed that he would then go directly to police headquarters. Kennedy apparently went instead to the Shire-town Inn, where he was staying, changed his clothes, complained of a noisy party to the night manager and returned to his room...
...morning, Markham took the ferry, went to Kennedy's room and learned that the Senator had not yet called the police. The two returned to pick up Gargan, tried to reach Attorney Burke Marshall by telephone for advice, and then went to the police station in Edgartown. By then, the car had been found and the police were looking for Kennedy...
...bridge and got out. His motive, says Olsen, was to avoid being recognized-alone with a young woman late at night-by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Look, who had spotted the car a moment earlier at the intersection of the dirt road and the paved road leading to the Edgartown ferry. "It would have been a very logical step," writes Olsen, "for Kennedy to stop the car between the high walls of underbrush and tell Mary Jo to circle back and pick him up in a few minutes if the policeman did not give chase." According to Olsen's theory...