INDEX A American Tobacco Company xiv, 10, 224, 226 Adams, Dr. John Payson America’s Cup Series 24, 90, 118, Reading Room Member. Muriel 190, 192, 193 Vanderbilt’s 3rd husband 98 Amory, Cleveland xvii, 59, 184, 327, Alice Tirella Romano et. al vs. Duke 335, 339, 340, 344, 366 Wrongful death suit fled by Angel, Edward, “Eddie,” Patrolman Eduardo Tirella’s 5 sisters & Newport PD (ret.) 3 brothers vs. Doris Duke Te frst ofcer on the scene afer she refused to settle for moments afer Doris Duke $200,000 at a time she was crushed Eduardo Tirella earning $1M a week 42 under the wheels of the 2-ton Almeida, Philippa “Phil” Dodge wagon and dragged Anti-poverty activist who helped him across Bellevue Avenue. the author report “Newport’s Angel saw blood and skin on Back Yard, a 1968 exposé Bellevue Avenue far outside on slumlords preying on the the Rough Point gates. 94, African American commu- 274, 276, 324, 325, 328 nity in the West Broadway Annandale Farm neighborhood 120 Estate adjacent to Hammersmith Amato, Willie 25, 302 Farm. Onetime candidate Eyewitness to the double murder for “Summer White House. of two sailors at Te Quality Auctioned by Cosmos Bank. Lunch 25, 302 194, 195, 196, 197, 221 American Revolution, Te 17, 114 388 Index Ann’s Kitchen Baltimore Sun, Te 21, 165, 335 Restaurant run by Al Paranzino Bannister’s Wharf 21 and Dom Capochiano who Barton, William worked as bookmakers for Revolutionary war captain who Raymond Patriarca 81 abducted Gen. Richard Aquidneck Island 18, 112 Prescott, known thereafer as Arabian, Aram “Te Barefoot General” 188 Duke’s, RI attorney 47 Battle of the Bulge, Te 6, 384 Arnold, Benedict, Governor Battleship Arkansas, Te 19 Great great-grandfather of the Beard, Peter 75, 131, 201, 341 infamous Revolutionary War Bechtler, Donald W. traitor, believed by some to AVIS Regional Claims Mgr. 42 have used “Te Stone Tower” Beck, Mary Ridgely Carter in Touro Park as a mill; a Leading Newport socialite who theory that’s been discredited threw lavish parties at her 113, 117, 351 estate near Rough Point Ashurst Place 22, 25, 27 But she secretly cultivated rats. Associated Press, Te 31, 38, 49, Twice in the mid-60’s they overran 165, 186, 225 Ledge Road 234, 235, 236, Astor, Vincent 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 244 Reading Room Member 66 Bella Drive: 1436 Falcon Lair xiii Aughey, Robert Bellevue Avenue xviii, 3, 5, 13, 36, Eduardo Tirella’s brother-in-law 38, 43, 44, 55, 56, 57, 65, 66, 45, 136, 276, 277, 336, 382 69, 74, 87, 94, 95, 96, 122, Aughey, Robert Jr. 45 128, 135, 149, 154, 159, 161, Avenue Crowd, Te 17, 70, 87, 162, 164, 168, 173, 175, 177, 213, 236, 274, 300 214, 235, 237, 279, 283, 284 AVIS Rent-A-Car 4, 42, 44, 47, 135 Belmont, August 74 Azorean 28, 113 Belmont, Oliver Hazard Perry Azores, Te 28, 112 Belcourt 73, 74, 95, 141, 244, 345 Bennett James Gordon Jr. B Publisher, Te New York Herald. Bailey’s Beach Reading Room Member 66 Spouting Rock Beach Association Benson, John Howard 65, 75, 76, 161, 165 Headed family of stone carvers Ballard, Ford 217 Son of Trinity Church Canon 76 Bethune, Adé Ballard, Lockett Ford Religious art restorer and activist. Canon of Trinity Church who Dated the St. Ursula Reli- helped Doris Duke create quary. 142, 208, 209, 218 Queen Anne Square but later Bingham, Sallie clashed with her as a tenant Author of “Te Silver Swan,” a in one of her restored colo- Duke Biography 11, 292, 294 nial homes 76 Black Pearl, Te 24, 73, 76, 335 Index 389 Blake, William F. Butler, Paula Deputy Sherif 305 Mother of 5 who lived in a sub- Blue Moon, Te. Strip club on standard home at 93 Kings- Tames St. in the 1950’s 18 ton Ave. named in “New- Boys Club, Te 25, 30 port’s Back Yard” 121, 127, Brito, Alda 128, 129, 130 Newport Policewoman 47 Byrne, Peter Bronze Star, Te 6, 129, 138, 384 A former RAF pilot, adventurer Brooke, Peter and big game hunter, he had Writer in catch-and-kill plot to a fve month afair with Doris muzzle Joe Castro. Found Duke in 1967, eight months Doris with a broken jaw. 105, 108 afer Eduardo’s death. Brooklyn South Homicide 12, 45 In an interview for this book he Brown, Clem said that just before he lef Pelham Garage, AVIS dealership her in October, Doris con- that rented the Dodge wagon. fessed to him that she’d killed His tow truck was summoned Eduardo with intent. 265, to the crash scene to lif it so 374, 380 frst responders could extract Eduardo’s remains. 281 C Brown, Clem Jr. 281 Caldwell, Sarah Mae Rovensky Brown, Eileen With her second husband she T.J. Brown Landscaping 64, 69, 71 traded her Fifh Avenue Brown, John Perkins mansion to Pierre Cartier for A preservationist and antique two strands of pearls worth dealer who sold Doris Duke $1 million 68 Te Reliquary of St. Ursula. Callahan, Cathy Afer Eduardo’s death he ran Former Newport Daily News re- the NRF until Doris fred porter. Compiled a list of 400 him. 141, 144, 202, 203, 209 Sullivan nicknames framed Brown, William “Wiggie” on the wall of Te Irish Mu- Newport landscaper 64 seum on Tames St. Bugliosi, Vincent xv, 379 157 Bunker, Lee, Mrs. Calvert Street 25 Bookeeper for Eduardo but tes- Candy, Capt. H.A. “Sugar” tifed vs. his family in 1971 Expelled from Te Reading Room wrongful death trial 54, 55 afer riding a horse onto the Burton, Richard, the Welsh actor front porch 66 who co-starred with his wife Canning, Kim Elizabeth Taylor in “Te Lived at “No View,” a Ledge Road Sandpiper,” the 1964 flm shot home. Her father James was in Big Sur and Paris produced Chairman of Te RI Turnpike by Martin Ransohof 7, 234, & Bridge Authority which 251, 259 built Te Pell Bridge 243, 377 390 Index Capochiano, Dominic “Dom” Cielo Drive 10050 Chief Radice’s brother-in-law 80 Te red farmhouse where Te Capote, Truman 69 Manson family murdered Cardinale, Claudia 7 Sharon Tate, pregnant with a Casey, Harry. B. son, and 3 of her friends xiii High Sherif of Newport City By Te Sea, Te 16, 56, 154, Evicted Louise Vanderbilt 161, 194, 317 for non-payment of rent 95 Clambake Club, Te Castro, Joseph Armand 10, 144, Summer Colony shooting venue 267, 269, 332, 347, 350 69, 99 Common-law marriage to Doris Clef, Rocky 35, 336 Duke 4, 10, 103, 269 Clement, Denise 15, 333 Kidnapping 10, 348 Clement, Rosemarie Chief Radice’s Stabbing 4, 12, 106, 267 secretary. 15 Charles, Marion “Oatsie” Clif Walk, Te 4, 58, 78, 79, 88, 89 Friend of Doris. Lived around the Close, Glen 69 corner from Rough Point on Clover Records the property of “Land’s End,” Recording company Doris Duke Edith Wharton’s estate 237 set up to appease Joe Castro Chartier, Louis 105, 108, 349 Newport Developer, His wife Coburn, James 7, 251 found Eduardo’s wallet on Coggeshall Avenue the edge of their estate next Te Holmwood’s summer place 63 to the crash site. He later Columbia J-School 61 told Sherif Harry Casey that Conti, Al Louise Vanderbilt murdered Newport police detective (ret.). her husband 95, 135 Solved multiple heists from Chateau Sur Mer Newport mansions. Estate of William Shephard 99, 150, 279, 313, 314, 346, 383 Wetmore, founder of Te Coogan, James Jay Newport Reading Room 65 With his wealthy wife Harriett Cheda, Glen Gardiner Lynch, he bought Longtime friend of Sculptor Whitehall, a Stanford White Edmund Kara, Eduardo’s designed estate in Newport partner 139, 140, 328 In 1910 they invited 300 Newport Church Community Housing Corp. summer colonists to a lavish A non-proft set up to build aford- coming out party for their able housing for the residents daughter. When nobody of West Broadway 127 came, they lef the mansion Ciarla, Dr. Philomen P. that night. Newport Health Supt. Ordered 181 shutdown of Beck’s estate Coogan, Jay afer an infestation of rats. Descendent. Columnist for Te See Plaisance Cape Cod Times. 181, 183 Index 391 Cook, James D., Killed at Te Quali- Curtis, Tony 3 ty Lunch 10.6.67 31 Cushing, Howard Gardiner 75 Cooley, Pete Cushing, Mary “Minnie” 22, 63, 75, Duke Business Manager 37, 48, 80, 81, 131, 138, 156, 157, 136, 138, 146, 229, 230, 231, 158, 191, 210, 211, 233, 234, 264, 284, 294, 355, 374 235, 243, 244, 246, 264, 316 Corte-Real, Miguel Portuguese Azorean explorer and D slave trader, whom some say, Daddy’s Duchess, Duke biography built Te “Old Stone Mill” by Tom Valentine & Patrick in Touro Park in 1502 as a Mahn 10, 105, 214, 330, 332 beacon for his lost brother Dame Patti 24, 194 Gaspar. 112, 113, 351 Davis, Bette 57, 287 Cosmos Bank of Zurich Davis, Deborah Author: Swiss bank that hid its interest in “Gilded” & “Party of Te Century” Annandale Farm, estate next 69, 87, 182, 340, 343, 366 to Jackie Kennedy’s mother’s Death Certifcate residence. Allegedly tied of Eduardo Tirella. Cites injuries to gangster Meyer Lansky consistent with the nature of through the Paradise Island his murder. 13, 276, 278, 284 casino in the Bahamas and Dee Dee Richard Nixon, whom investiga- Nickname for Doris Duke x, 10, tive reporters say, held a se- 14, 82, 214, 215, 287, 348 cret bank account there with Dee, John his close friend Charles Bebe Anglo-Welsh mathematician and Rebozo 195, 196, 197, 198 cartographer, believed by Cowboy Pool James Alan Egan, proponent Reading Room billiard game 67 of “Te Renaissance Tesis,” Cranston Calvert School to have designed Te New- Fully integrated until 1959 when port Tower, built, he says, the Black children from Te during a preliminary English West Broadway neighbor- expedition in 1582 115, 116 hood were excluded in an Delabarre, Edmund B.