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History See other History Articles Title: Francis P. Yockey: His strange death and "suicide note" in articles, 1960 Below is a collection of all the articles I could find relating to Francis P. Yockey's arrest and "suicide" in 1960. They're actually everything on Yockey in the mainstream media of the day that I know of, minus a 1936 article that lists his membership in a debating club at Georgetown University. There's a few things that jump out: 1. The coroner (Paul Greene), his "roommate" (Alexander Scharf) and his cellmate (Adam Nieman) were all Jews. Scharf even taught at a synagogue and disappeared after Yockey's arrest. I've found mention of an Alexander Scharf in contemporary references to investing. BTW, the judge that was oveseeing Yockey's case was one Rabbi Joseph Karesh. 2. Yockey's "suicide note" strikes me as contrived and planted, as does his manner of death. "Jail physicians said his lips were seared by the cyanide, a traditional method of suicide by the old Nazi hierarchy" is the type of propaganda that Yockey often wrote of. 3. There's no further mention of the findings of the gung-ho federal grand jury that was looking into Yockey's case. These articles are everything that I could find in the mainstream media of the era. After these articles, the few mentions of Yockey in later years are for propaganda purposes to attempt to link other "extremists" with his views. Further info on Yockey and Rabbi Joseph Karesh. The Washington Post, Times Herald Jun 10, 1960 pg. A5 Francis Parker Yockey, 47, is shown after his arrest in San Francisco on charges of passport fraud. The arrest came about by a fluke through a misplaced suitcase. It was discovered that Yockey, a silent, sullen, mystery-man, had three passports showing use in Germany, England and Belgium, all in different names. He is being held on $50,000 bail on a charge in which the usual bail is $5000. A Federal official said, "This is not a small fish . . . this is a man we are very, very interested in." --- MAN HELD IN FRAUD IS SUICIDE ON COAST New York Times June 18, 1960; pg 12 SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 (UPI) — Francis P. Yockey, a former Midwest lawyer, killed himself today in his jail cell, where he was being held on charges of passport fraud. A note left by the 47-year-old former Assistant District Attorney in Detroit said: 'I shall write no messages, which I know will never be delivered—only this, which will be: You will never discover who helped me, for he is to be found in your "'own multitudinous ranks, at least outwardly." Yockey was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on June 6 and held in lieu of $50,000 bail after three passports bearing his picture and false names were found in a suitcase belonging to him. Wiliam Clancy Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, said: "This appears to be a systematic and well-planned operation in passports, the purpose of which we do not know." FBI agents said Yockey had used the passports on trips to Germany, England and Belgium. Deputy Coroner Paul Greene said a tiny dose of cyanide killed Yockey. A cellmate, Adam Nieman, 55, said Yockey had told him he would kill himself and that he apparently feared he might reveal information about associates. --- FIND PASSPORT MYSTERY MAN DEAD IN CELL Probe Possible Link to International Plot Chicago Daily Tribune June 18, 1960 pg. 8 San Francisco, June 17 [SpeciaI] - The life of Francis P. Yockey, 47, passport fraud suspect, ended Friday as he had lived it - shrouded in mystery - as he committed suicide in a jail cell without known reason while authorities probed his possible connection with international intrigue. Yockey, who had been held in city prison since his arrest by federal agents in Oakland on June 6, was found dead in his cell. Coroner Paul Green said he killed himself with cyanide. But his death didn't stop an extensive investigation into his background. It was learned that a federal grand jury here has no intention of ending the inquiry begun with his arrest, and that it will continue on the theory others may be involved in a passport ring with sinister implications. Study His Travels Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, State Department, United States attorney's office, and police dived anew into Yockey's record of wanderings in European countries and reports of neo-Nazi writings and associations with fascist groups. Yockey's sister, Mrs. William D. Coyne, wife of a navy commander stationed at Bethesda, Md., said her brother was "not an anti-communist" and that he "was an anti-Zionist". FBI agents found in Yockey's luggage three passports and seven birth certificates, all bearing different names but with his photograph on all of the passports. High Bail Stirs Interest Yockey was visiting at the home of Alexander Sharff in Oakland when federal agents seized him. It was reported that Sharff has since disappeared and is being sought. The high bail of $50,000 set in federal court to guarantee Yockey's appearance on a charge of passport fraud aroused interest in his background. He said be was a cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame law school in 1941. He also had been a student at Georgetown university. He served as an assistant county prosecutor in Detroit and was an assistant prosecutor in the Nuremberg war crimes trial. He was said to have written six books, mostly concerning trends in governments. He was in Chicago in 1947 and was then reported to be living at Godfrey, Ill. Sister Kept in Dark His whereabouts in the following years was obscure. His sister, who came here and visited him in jail after his arrest, said she hadn't heard from him for 10 years but "guessed he was in Europe." She didn't know where he got money for his travels. She said he spoke French, German, and Italian fluently. "He was an anti-Zionist but not anti-Semitic," she said. "He was aware ol everything that went on in the world." "He was not an anti-communist. He felt that Russia has a role to play in world history. He felt that every country has a destiny. One of his books was entitled 'American Destiny'". Final Note Puzzling Federal agents gave no indication they have been able thus far to solve the mystery of Yockey's life. Even a note Yockey left was strange. Written on a torn piece of foolscap, it read: "I shall write no messages, which I know will never be delivered - only this, which will be: You will never discover who helped me, for he is to be found in your own multitudinous ranks, at least outwardly." --- NEO-NAZI'S JAIL DEATH POSES NEW MYSTERY The Washington Post, Times Herald Jun 18, 1960 pg. A3 A self-styled neo-Nazi died in in apparent suicide in his San Francisco jail cell yesterday under circumstances which posed new mystery for FBI agents who had arrested him June 6 for passport fraud. Francis P. Yockey, 47, had repeatedly predicted he would kill himself. Jail officials said they didn't know how he secreted the potassium cyanide which Acting Coroner Paul Green said caused death. One of two unsigned notes asked an FBI agent who took part in his capture to notify Yockey's sister, Mrs. William D. Coyne, wife of a Navy commander living at 9202 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, Md. The other, tucked in a blanket under his head, read: "I shall write no messages, which I know will never be delivered—only ihis. which will be: you will never discover who helped me, for he is to be found in your own multitudinous ranks, at least outwardly." A Federal Court judge had ordered a psychiatric test for Yockey in connection with a petition that his $50,000 bail be reduced. A cell mate, awaiting trial for theft, tried futilely to rouse him for breakfast, then summoned jailers. Yockey was found dead on his cot, his arms folded across his chest. Jail physicians said his lips were seared by the cyanide, a traditional method of suicide by the old Nazi hierarchy. But they said extensive pathological tests would be needed to determine how much was used and in what form. In San Francisco since shortly after her brother's arrest, Mrs. Coyne told reporters she had heard only infrequently from Yockey over the past 10 years and that much of his time had been spent in Europe on missions he never described to her. A native of Manistee, Mich., Yockey pursued a brilliant academic career in law at both Notre Dame and Georgetown Universities. He was discharged for pro-Nazi sentiments as a prosecutor at the post-World War II trials of top Nazis. In the years since the Nuremberg trials, Yockey has been identified prominently under various aliases both here and abroad with organized underground groups of unrepentant Nazis. As long ago as 1954, columnist Drew Pearson said he was the author of several private-printed books advocating the rebirth of fascism and detailing methods of its accomplishment. His arrest in Oakland was touched off by the discovery in a piece of his luggage. Three passports bore his picture but each was issued in a different name. There were seven birth certificates, $2000 in cash and $850 in travelers checks. An FBI agent was badly gashed in a scuffle attending Yockey's capture. Another mysterious development involved the disappearance yesterday of Yockey's roommate, Alex B. Scharf, described as a material witness in the case. Scharf had been teaching Hebrew culture for the past year in an Oakland congregation. Temple Beth Abraham. Also, see this: Nazi Battleship Tirpitz Reported Helping Japanese for confirmation of Yockey's assertions about the uses of propaganda in the media.
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The Francis Parker Yockey Collection A lie from the articles above: "He was discharged for pro-Nazi sentiments as a prosecutor at the post-World War II trials of top Nazis." Yockey quit the Nuremberg circus. He wasn't "discharged". We can't know what's happening until we have a better idea of what's actually happened.
"Stiff-necked and thin-skinned is no way to go through life, son."
Woah. Drew Pearson, according to Wiki: After Forrestal's death from a fall from a 16th floor window of the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Pearson wrote that Forrestal had attempted suicide on four previous occasions, lending credence to the conclusion that Forrestal's death had been a suicide. Pearson's claim of previous suicide attempts by Forrestal is corroborated by no known evidence, and was contradicted by the testimony of Forrestal's attending physicians at Bethesda[2]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Pearson_%28journalist%29 Pearson was obviously running interference for the Zionist/Communist bloc. Jack Anderson got his start with Pearson. Also, this: Personal Papers of Drew Pearson, F Series ...Jewish Orgs-A.D.L.-B'nai Brith, Amer. Jewish Congress, A.J. Committee etc.
"Stiff-necked and thin-skinned is no way to go through life, son."
All informative historical perspective and insight, thanks bg. How they must hate the internet! It took weeks to dig through the Stacks, the microfiche, and even the Library of Congress to ferret out this kind of information before.
Some info was lost forever and for good until digitized newsprint, networked computers and OCR came along. : ) I agree though. They hate it.
"Stiff-necked and thin-skinned is no way to go through life, son."
Some people just gotta learn to turn the other cheek.
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