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Pervert Colony Uncovered In Simpson Slaying Probe

By MILT SOSIN

Miami Daily News Staff Writer

A colony of some 500 male homosexuals, congregated mostly in the neardowntown northeast section and ruled by a "queen," was uncovered in the in-

vestigation of the murder of an Eastern Air Lines

steward.

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Robbery Plan Bared

WARNING FOR MIAMI?

Crackdown On Deviate Nests Urged

Perverts

Let's Do Something About It

Youth Tells How

He Shot Steward

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MIAMI HERALD

Seized in

Bar Raids

8/13/54

Deviate Drops Charge Against His Accuser

Charles L. Lawrence, 19, of 987 NE 131st St., told authorities that he shot William T. Simpson, 27-year-old steward accidentally after Simpson made improper advances, but Richard Killem, 20, of 659 NW 99th St. confessed, Deputy Sheriff Manson Hill said, that the killing was the result of a badly-executed attempt to rob the steward.

'Disguised'

Killem said, according to Hill, that he and Lawrence for several weeks had been working a racket to "roll" men who gave rides to Lawrence.

Detectives Visit Beaches

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$200,000

How L. A. Handles

Its 150,000 Perverts

(Second In A Series)

By JACK W. ROBERTS Miami Daily News Staff Writer

Is Greater Miami in danger of becoming a favorite gathering spot for homosexuals and sexual psychopaths?

It happened in Los Angeles and it could happen here. In California the homosexuals have or-

ganized to resist interference by police. They have established their own magazine and are constantly crusading for recognition as a "normal" group, a so-called "third sex."

They number 150,000 in Los Angeles, their leaders say. They claim kinship by nature with some of the leading literary and business figures in the nation.

Reports blossomed anew Sunday that Sheriff Thomas J. Kelly is about to be removed from. his post by Acting Gov.

Outlay Urged for Center

To Treat Deviates

The racket was worked, Killem said, by having Lawrence pick up rides from homosexuals and luring them to a "lover's lane" near Arch Creek, at 134th Street, near North Miami.

By BERT COLLIER

Herald Staff Writer

Florida could set up a modern treatment center for sex deviates and give them scientific care for an initial investment of $200,000, Robert F. Riley, president of the Children's Protective League Association, said Tuesday.

Charley E. Johns.

The alleged gambling, coupled with the widely-publicized pervert problem here, are reportedly the grounds Johns plans to use to satisfy the public that Kelly must go.

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The Los Angeles homosexuals are apparently well aware of the situation in Miami.

In the January issue of their magazine, Miami Beach Police Chief Romeo Shepard was roasted to a turn for a raid on homosexuals gathered at the 22nd Street bathing beach.

Urge Suit On City The cover of the magazine showed a young man in bathing trunks facing Biscayne Bay with his arms lifted up in supplica-

tion.

Beside the figure was this headline:

"Miami Junks The Constitution."

The article urged homosexuals living in the Miami area to get together and sue the City of Miami Beach for their arrest.

Dan Sullivan, operating director of the Greater Miami Crime Commission, also was lambasted in the same issue for calling all homosexuals "sex criminals.'

Due For Roasting Last Thursday Chief Shepard pulled another raid at 22nd Street and probably will get another roasting from the magazine published in Los Angeles.

Dr. Paul Kells, Miami psychiatrist who was asked to supply some of the answers to problems for this series, explained that certain types of homosexuals tend to congregate in the

same area.

Dr. Kells does not have any statistics on the number in the Miami area, but police have estimated there are between 6,000 and 8,000.

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