[
  {
    "name": "Thomas Eugene Ard",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report reproduces a coroner’s-jury finding attributing the fire deaths to him and two other prisoners.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 16",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified. This was an inquest finding, not a criminal conviction; he died in the fire and could not answer the allegation.",
    "id": "thomas-eugene-ard"
  },
  {
    "name": "Charles James Blossom",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "charles-james-blossom"
  },
  {
    "name": "Archie Lee Chister",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "archie-lee-chister"
  },
  {
    "name": "Lester Cleves",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "lester-cleves"
  },
  {
    "name": "David Franklin Cole",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. Stafford’s November 29 letter identifies Laraine Cole as his widow and R. C. Cole as his father; it describes their requests for information.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 2–3",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "david-franklin-cole"
  },
  {
    "name": "Jimmy Copeland",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. Report says he died July 19 after escaping the building, bringing the death toll from 37 to 38.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 14",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "jimmy-copeland"
  },
  {
    "name": "James Cunningham",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "james-cunningham"
  },
  {
    "name": "Charles Edward Delain",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "charles-edward-delain"
  },
  {
    "name": "Vincent B. Dovico",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "vincent-b-dovico"
  },
  {
    "name": "Earl Evans",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. Some AP/UPI reprints accuse Evans; the official report’s reproduced verdict instead names Earl Frank Hoffman.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 16",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified. Do not merge Evans with Hoffman or label Evans a convicted perpetrator.",
    "id": "earl-evans"
  },
  {
    "name": "Eddie B. Gable",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "eddie-b-gable"
  },
  {
    "name": "Jesse Gray",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "jesse-gray"
  },
  {
    "name": "Bobby Lee Hall",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "bobby-lee-hall"
  },
  {
    "name": "George Edward Hall, Jr.",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "george-edward-hall-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Eugene Hamilton",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "eugene-hamilton"
  },
  {
    "name": "Harrell Arthur Harp, Jr.",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "harrell-arthur-harp-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Donald Wayne Harper",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "donald-wayne-harper"
  },
  {
    "name": "Robert Henn, Jr.",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "robert-henn-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "James Hill",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "james-hill"
  },
  {
    "name": "Earl Frank Hoffman",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report reproduces a coroner’s-jury finding attributing the fire deaths to him and two other prisoners.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 16",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified. This was an inquest finding, not a criminal conviction; he died in the fire and could not answer the allegation. Newspaper reprints name Earl Evans instead; the conflict is retained, not silently resolved.",
    "id": "earl-frank-hoffman"
  },
  {
    "name": "Albert Ivery",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "albert-ivery"
  },
  {
    "name": "Mack Laster",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "mack-laster"
  },
  {
    "name": "Willie Nelson Leslie",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "willie-nelson-leslie"
  },
  {
    "name": "Johnny Lewis",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "johnny-lewis"
  },
  {
    "name": "John Lee McFarlin",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "john-lee-mcfarlin"
  },
  {
    "name": "Reginald Milton McGuire",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "reginald-milton-mcguire"
  },
  {
    "name": "Lee Andrew Mitchell",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century. A July 20 letter in S1805 records attorney Earle V. Rifas seeking his remains and burial assistance for Willie Mae Mitchell.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified. The “unclaimed” administrative label must not be read as proof nobody sought his remains.",
    "id": "lee-andrew-mitchell"
  },
  {
    "name": "Ronnie Nichols",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "ronnie-nichols"
  },
  {
    "name": "Jessie Osburn",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "jessie-osburn"
  },
  {
    "name": "Charles Palmer",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "charles-palmer"
  },
  {
    "name": "Felix Randall",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "felix-randall"
  },
  {
    "name": "Drell Rivers, Jr.",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "drell-rivers-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Isac Robinson",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "isac-robinson"
  },
  {
    "name": "Johnnie Simmons",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "johnnie-simmons"
  },
  {
    "name": "Tommy Day Smith",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "tommy-day-smith"
  },
  {
    "name": "Albert Truluck",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report also lists him among eight unclaimed bodies buried at Century.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 17",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "albert-truluck"
  },
  {
    "name": "Ruben Williams",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified.",
    "id": "ruben-williams"
  },
  {
    "name": "Joseph Wynder",
    "role": "Victim",
    "facts": "Listed among the 38 victims in the Division of Corrections special investigation. The report reproduces a coroner’s-jury finding attributing the fire deaths to him and two other prisoners.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 16",
    "limits": "Spelling follows the typed roster. Age, background and family history have not been independently verified. This was an inquest finding, not a criminal conviction; he died in the fire and could not answer the allegation.",
    "id": "joseph-wynder"
  },
  {
    "name": "Robert Ed Anderson",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set. Later narrative uses Robert Edward Anderson; retain that variation until checked against the original individual file.",
    "id": "robert-ed-anderson"
  },
  {
    "name": "Willie James Anderson",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "willie-james-anderson"
  },
  {
    "name": "William E. Barton",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "william-e-barton"
  },
  {
    "name": "Eddie Burse, Jr.",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "eddie-burse-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Robert Lee Coleman",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "robert-lee-coleman"
  },
  {
    "name": "Clyde James Donaldson",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "clyde-james-donaldson"
  },
  {
    "name": "Henry Wayne Lambert",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "henry-wayne-lambert"
  },
  {
    "name": "Joseph C. Lewis",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "joseph-c-lewis"
  },
  {
    "name": "Jerold Milligan",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "jerold-milligan"
  },
  {
    "name": "James Frazier Noles",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set. Later narrative uses Francis Noles with the same prisoner number; preserve the discrepancy.",
    "id": "james-frazier-noles"
  },
  {
    "name": "Gary Allen Powe",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "gary-allen-powe"
  },
  {
    "name": "Roy Gay Reagan",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "roy-gay-reagan"
  },
  {
    "name": "Leslie Smith, Jr.",
    "role": "Surviving prisoner",
    "facts": "Named in the 13-person survivor roster of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Listed as a survivor; this alone does not establish which particular statement or newspaper quotation was his. The individual interview appendices are missing from the received set.",
    "id": "leslie-smith-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "A. O. Lovett",
    "role": "Officer in charge",
    "facts": "The investigation describes his transfer of keys to Cobb for the armory, repeated attempts to unlock the exit and rescue activity. The reproduced jury finding found no negligence by prison officials.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 13–16",
    "limits": "Accounts must be attributed; rescue activity and the adequacy of the key procedure are separate questions. Family complaints about his conduct are allegations, not established misconduct.",
    "id": "a-o-lovett"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. E. Cobb",
    "role": "Roving officer",
    "facts": "Listed as a roving officer; the report describes him receiving keys to obtain weapons from the armory during the disturbance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 13–14",
    "limits": "Newspapers expand the name to Richard E. Cobb; use initials until identity is independently checked.",
    "id": "r-e-cobb"
  },
  {
    "name": "D. Coker Nelson",
    "role": "Roving officer",
    "facts": "Listed among staff on duty; appears in the report’s account of calls for assistance during the disturbance and fire.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 13–14",
    "limits": "Newspaper spellings vary, including Cocker Nelson. Do not infer a different person solely from spelling.",
    "id": "d-coker-nelson"
  },
  {
    "name": "C. E. Acree",
    "role": "Camp captain",
    "facts": "Listed as captain; signed July 19 affidavit saying fire plan 64-M8 had been posted about July 1, 1964 and staff had read and initialed it.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 19",
    "limits": "The affidavit establishes his assertion, not independent verification that each required action occurred during the fire.",
    "id": "c-e-acree"
  },
  {
    "name": "G. E. Mayne",
    "role": "Camp sergeant",
    "facts": "Listed as sergeant; narrative describes his inquest testimony. George E. Mayne, Jr. notarized Acree’s affidavit.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 15–16, 19",
    "limits": "Initials and title vary in newspaper accounts. Do not treat the early gas-line account as the investigation’s final finding.",
    "id": "g-e-mayne"
  },
  {
    "name": "Louie L. Wainwright",
    "role": "Director, Division of Corrections",
    "facts": "Recipient of the special investigation. Correspondence and board records document his proposed camp closures, staffing and funding request, and reported changes to keys and fire precautions.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 7–10; also S1805 PDF 10–12",
    "limits": "An administrative assertion or proposal is not proof that a change was completed.",
    "id": "louie-wainwright"
  },
  {
    "name": "L. W. Griffith",
    "role": "Superintendent of road prisons",
    "facts": "Listed as superintendent; testified at inquest and issued the June 25, 1964 fire plan.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10, 15–16, 20–21",
    "limits": "The plan is present; the full transcript of his testimony is not.",
    "id": "l-w-griffith"
  },
  {
    "name": "O. P. Constant",
    "role": "Assistant superintendent of road prisons",
    "facts": "Listed in the investigation’s personnel roster.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No separate account of his actions established from this roster.",
    "id": "o-p-constant"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. W. Brantley, Jr.",
    "role": "Administrative assistant, road prisons",
    "facts": "Listed in the investigation’s personnel roster.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No separate account of his actions established from this roster.",
    "id": "r-w-brantley-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. C. Henderson",
    "role": "Special agent",
    "facts": "Listed among Division of Corrections personnel.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No separate individual investigative file received.",
    "id": "r-c-henderson"
  },
  {
    "name": "T. J. Stewart",
    "role": "Physician",
    "facts": "Listed as M.D. in the personnel roster.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Do not infer an autopsy role solely from this listing.",
    "id": "t-j-stewart"
  },
  {
    "name": "Marvin Free",
    "role": "State Road Department foreman",
    "facts": "Listed among State Road Department personnel.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "Role listed; individual testimony not supplied.",
    "id": "marvin-free"
  },
  {
    "name": "Pasco Rowell",
    "role": "State Road Department foreman",
    "facts": "Listed in the personnel roster. Early newspaper accounts attribute a racial-fight explanation to a foreman whose surname is printed Rowells.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10; early AP report July 17",
    "limits": "The investigation and reproduced verdict later reject evidence of racial violence; the early account is not a settled finding.",
    "id": "pasco-rowell"
  },
  {
    "name": "J. O. Jones",
    "role": "State Road Department truck driver",
    "facts": "Listed among State Road Department personnel.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No separate individual account supplied.",
    "id": "j-o-jones"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. B. Gramling",
    "role": "Prison inspector and investigator",
    "facts": "One of three named authors of the special investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 18",
    "limits": "An author of the official account, not independent corroboration of it.",
    "id": "r-b-gramling"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. P. McLendon",
    "role": "Prison inspector and investigator",
    "facts": "Coauthor of the special investigation; evidence inventory lists 12 photographs he made July 17.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 11, 18",
    "limits": "Photographs are listed but not present as a complete labeled evidence set in the delivery.",
    "id": "r-p-mclendon"
  },
  {
    "name": "Paul J. Eubanks",
    "role": "Superintendent, Apalachee Correctional Institution",
    "facts": "Coauthor of the special investigation; report describes survivor transfers to Apalachee and further statements there.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 16–18",
    "limits": "Referenced individual statements are not supplied.",
    "id": "paul-j-eubanks"
  },
  {
    "name": "William F. Quick",
    "role": "Governor’s investigator",
    "facts": "Associate investigator in report. Stafford describes an August 16 meeting with Cole’s father and Quick, typed questions, and further investigative work.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 2–3, 9",
    "limits": "Original questions, notes and complete Quick reports remain leads. Bill Quick is the name used in Stafford’s letter.",
    "id": "william-f-quick"
  },
  {
    "name": "Donald L. Stevenson",
    "role": "State Fire Marshal investigator",
    "facts": "Named associate investigator; the evidence inventory credits him with finding a Timex watch in shower-room debris, stopped at 9:08.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9, 11",
    "limits": "The stopped watch does not independently establish the ignition time.",
    "id": "donald-l-stevenson"
  },
  {
    "name": "James McCall",
    "role": "Attorney General’s office investigator",
    "facts": "Listed as an associate investigator.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "Distinct listing from County Judge Mahlon C. McCall; do not merge them.",
    "id": "james-mccall"
  },
  {
    "name": "George E. Watts, Jr.",
    "role": "Attorney General’s office investigator",
    "facts": "Listed as an associate investigator.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "No individual notes supplied.",
    "id": "george-e-watts-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Arthur S. Mann",
    "role": "Attorney General’s office investigator",
    "facts": "Listed as an associate investigator.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 9",
    "limits": "No individual notes supplied.",
    "id": "arthur-s-mann"
  },
  {
    "name": "Mahlon C. McCall",
    "role": "County judge / coroner",
    "facts": "The report identifies the coroner and describes the July 17–18 inquest, site visit and verdict.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 15–16",
    "limits": "The report reproduces the verdict, but is not the original signed coroner’s return or complete transcript.",
    "id": "mahlon-c-mccall"
  },
  {
    "name": "William H. Stafford, Jr.",
    "role": "State attorney, First Judicial Circuit",
    "facts": "His November 29 letter describes his office’s role in identification and inquest work, correspondence with the Cole family, and opposition to convening a grand jury.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 2–3, 15–16",
    "limits": "The letter is Stafford’s account of family concerns. His characterization of a grieving relative is not adopted as fact.",
    "id": "william-h-stafford-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Curtis Golden",
    "role": "Assistant state attorney",
    "facts": "Named in the account of arrangements for the inquest and advice concerning funeral services.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 15–16",
    "limits": "Complete office files and funeral procurement documents not received.",
    "id": "curtis-golden"
  },
  {
    "name": "Newton V. McGuffin, Jr.",
    "role": "Deputy / temporary morgue custody",
    "facts": "Report identifies him in connection with custody of the temporary morgue jointly with corrections personnel.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 15",
    "limits": "Original body-custody records remain sought.",
    "id": "newton-v-mcguffin-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Laraine Cole",
    "role": "Family member",
    "facts": "Stafford identifies her as David F. Cole’s widow and discusses her requests for information and concerns about treatment, transfer and the response to the fire.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 2–3",
    "limits": "Her original letter is not in the supplied set. Hearsay about a refusal to open the door is not established fact.",
    "id": "laraine-cole"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. C. Cole",
    "role": "Family member",
    "facts": "Identified by Stafford as David Cole’s father; met Stafford and Quick on August 16 and supplied typed questions.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 2–3",
    "limits": "The original questions and a direct family account are missing.",
    "id": "r-c-cole"
  },
  {
    "name": "Willie Mae Mitchell",
    "role": "Family member represented in correspondence",
    "facts": "Attorney Earle V. Rifas’s July 20 letter seeks Lee Andrew Mitchell’s remains and assistance with funeral costs on her behalf.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 13–14",
    "limits": "Do not infer absence of family interest from the investigation’s unclaimed-body label; exact relationship should follow the letter rather than assumption.",
    "id": "willie-mae-mitchell"
  },
  {
    "name": "Earle V. Rifas",
    "role": "Attorney",
    "facts": "Wrote July 20 on behalf of Willie Mae Mitchell concerning remains and funeral costs.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 14",
    "limits": "No subsequent disposition of the request is established by this letter.",
    "id": "earle-v-rifas"
  },
  {
    "name": "Terry C. Lee",
    "role": "Correspondence forwarding official",
    "facts": "Forwarded Rifas’s letter on July 21.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 13",
    "limits": "No substantive resolution established.",
    "id": "terry-c-lee"
  },
  {
    "name": "Claude Kirk",
    "role": "Governor of Florida",
    "facts": "Governor’s office requested investigative work; July 17 directive is referenced in the August 15 corrections reply. Kirk-era correspondence preserves the family concerns and investigation.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 2–3, 7–9",
    "limits": "The complete directive, investigative correspondence and implementation record remain to be located.",
    "id": "claude-kirk"
  },
  {
    "name": "Jack Ledden",
    "role": "Governor’s office correspondent",
    "facts": "Addressee of Stafford’s November 29 reply concerning the Cole family; Stafford refers to Ledden’s October 9 letter.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 2–3",
    "limits": "The original October 9 inquiry is not included in this delivery.",
    "id": "jack-ledden"
  },
  {
    "name": "Doyle Conner",
    "role": "Cabinet subcommittee chair",
    "facts": "July 20 letter asks for a camp phaseout funding plan; chaired September 26 discussion of ventilation, air conditioning and claims arising from the fire.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 8; S923 PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Minutes show deliberation and approval; expenditure and completion require separate proof.",
    "id": "doyle-conner"
  },
  {
    "name": "Earl Faircloth",
    "role": "Cabinet subcommittee participant",
    "facts": "Listed at September 26 meeting on corrections matters and road-camp improvements.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Membership does not establish personal responsibility for conditions at Jay.",
    "id": "earl-faircloth"
  },
  {
    "name": "Burl Mawhinney",
    "role": "Comptroller’s representative",
    "facts": "Attended September 26 for Comptroller Fred O. Dickinson.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Meeting role only.",
    "id": "burl-mawhinney"
  },
  {
    "name": "Fred O. Dickinson",
    "role": "Comptroller",
    "facts": "Represented by Burl Mawhinney at the September 26 meeting.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Do not describe Dickinson as personally present on this evidence.",
    "id": "fred-o-dickinson"
  },
  {
    "name": "George Caldwell",
    "role": "Governor’s representative",
    "facts": "Listed as representing the governor at September 26 meeting.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Meeting role only.",
    "id": "george-caldwell"
  },
  {
    "name": "Paul A. Skelton, Jr.",
    "role": "Deputy director, corrections business affairs",
    "facts": "Listed among September 26 participants.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Meeting role only.",
    "id": "paul-a-skelton-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "T. T. Turnbull",
    "role": "Assistant attorney general",
    "facts": "Listed among September 26 participants.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Meeting role only.",
    "id": "t-t-turnbull"
  },
  {
    "name": "Wilton Miller",
    "role": "Attorney for Conner",
    "facts": "Listed among September 26 participants.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 4–6",
    "limits": "Meeting role only.",
    "id": "wilton-miller"
  },
  {
    "name": "T. W. Burkhart",
    "role": "Fire-safety inspector",
    "facts": "Named in August 15 report on inspections of 13 wooden road camps.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 4–7",
    "limits": "Conditions described across the inspection program cannot automatically be assigned to Jay.",
    "id": "t-w-burkhart"
  },
  {
    "name": "C. W. McPherson",
    "role": "Fire-safety inspector",
    "facts": "Named in August 15 report on inspections of 13 wooden road camps.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 4–7",
    "limits": "Individual camp inspection sheets not supplied.",
    "id": "c-w-mcpherson"
  },
  {
    "name": "W. T. “Tommy” Knight",
    "role": "Fire-safety inspector",
    "facts": "Named in August 15 report on inspections of 13 wooden road camps.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 4–7",
    "limits": "Individual camp inspection sheets not supplied.",
    "id": "w-t-tommy-knight"
  },
  {
    "name": "Robert E. Gresimer",
    "role": "Gas inspection engineer",
    "facts": "Named in inspection material concerning gas-system conditions.",
    "source": "S1805",
    "pages": "PDF 4–7",
    "limits": "Unsafe examples at unnamed camps must not be attributed to Jay without a camp-specific record.",
    "id": "robert-e-gresimer"
  },
  {
    "name": "Calvin E. Ellison",
    "role": "Milton Fire Department captain",
    "facts": "1969 HCR 1954 commends emergency aid and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at Berrydale; House adopted it May 15 and Senate May 16.",
    "source": "Senate",
    "pages": "printed p.385; House delivery PDF 3, printed p.532",
    "limits": "The resolution says his efforts may have preserved life; it does not identify a particular person saved.",
    "id": "calvin-e-ellison"
  },
  {
    "name": "Bill Dingwall",
    "role": "Reporter",
    "facts": "Byline on Pensacola News July 17, 1967 front-page account. Matching received newspaper page supplies issue context for an earlier cropped clipping.",
    "source": "Newspapers",
    "pages": "Pensacola News, July 17, front page",
    "limits": "Reporter attribution is not proof of every reported statement.",
    "id": "bill-dingwall"
  },
  {
    "name": "Anne Saul",
    "role": "Reporter",
    "facts": "Byline with Ben Pooley on Pensacola News July 18 front-page inquest coverage.",
    "source": "Newspapers",
    "pages": "Pensacola News, July 18, front page",
    "limits": "Coverage reports testimony and official conclusions; it is not the original transcript.",
    "id": "anne-saul"
  },
  {
    "name": "Ben Pooley",
    "role": "Reporter",
    "facts": "Byline with Anne Saul on Pensacola News July 18 front-page inquest coverage.",
    "source": "Newspapers",
    "pages": "Pensacola News, July 18, front page",
    "limits": "Coverage reports testimony and official conclusions; it is not the original transcript.",
    "id": "ben-pooley"
  },
  {
    "name": "L. P. “Pete” Gibson",
    "role": "State senator",
    "facts": "July 18 newspaper coverage reports his call for a legislative investigation.",
    "source": "Newspapers",
    "pages": "Pensacola News, July 18, front page",
    "limits": "A proposed investigation does not establish that hearings occurred or a report was produced.",
    "id": "l-p-pete-gibson"
  },
  {
    "name": "R. J. Pitts",
    "role": "Road Prison Officer I",
    "facts": "Named in the personnel roster.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No further individual biography established in the reviewed material.",
    "id": "r-j-pitts"
  },
  {
    "name": "J. G. Carr",
    "role": "Road Prison Officer I",
    "facts": "Named in the personnel roster.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No further individual biography established in the reviewed material.",
    "id": "j-g-carr"
  },
  {
    "name": "L. C. Phillips",
    "role": "Road Prison Officer I",
    "facts": "Named in the personnel roster.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 10",
    "limits": "No further individual biography established in the reviewed material.",
    "id": "l-c-phillips"
  },
  {
    "name": "Gretchen V. Squires",
    "role": "Autopsy team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of the autopsy team appointed by the state attorney.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Names transcribed from the report; signed autopsy reports have not been received. Do not infer an individual medical conclusion.",
    "id": "gretchen-v-squires"
  },
  {
    "name": "Lewis E. Buettner",
    "role": "Autopsy team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of the autopsy team appointed by the state attorney.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Names transcribed from the report; signed autopsy reports have not been received. Do not infer an individual medical conclusion.",
    "id": "lewis-e-buettner"
  },
  {
    "name": "Gerald H. Hilbert",
    "role": "Autopsy team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of the autopsy team appointed by the state attorney.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Names transcribed from the report; signed autopsy reports have not been received. Do not infer an individual medical conclusion.",
    "id": "gerald-h-hilbert"
  },
  {
    "name": "Charles F. McConnell",
    "role": "Autopsy team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of the autopsy team appointed by the state attorney.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Names transcribed from the report; signed autopsy reports have not been received. Do not infer an individual medical conclusion.",
    "id": "charles-f-mcconnell"
  },
  {
    "name": "Albert Drlicka",
    "role": "Autopsy team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of the autopsy team appointed by the state attorney.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Names transcribed from the report; signed autopsy reports have not been received. Do not infer an individual medical conclusion.",
    "id": "albert-drlicka"
  },
  {
    "name": "Joseph P. Brierre, Jr.",
    "role": "Autopsy team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of the autopsy team appointed by the state attorney.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Names transcribed from the report; signed autopsy reports have not been received. Do not infer an individual medical conclusion.",
    "id": "joseph-p-brierre-jr"
  },
  {
    "name": "Andrew Hinton",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "andrew-hinton"
  },
  {
    "name": "Charles L. Billingsley",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "charles-l-billingsley"
  },
  {
    "name": "Kermit Adkins",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "kermit-adkins"
  },
  {
    "name": "John B. Coker",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "john-b-coker"
  },
  {
    "name": "Clarence O. Shows",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "clarence-o-shows"
  },
  {
    "name": "Phillip A. Payne",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "phillip-a-payne"
  },
  {
    "name": "C. J. Adkins",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "c-j-adkins"
  },
  {
    "name": "Frank Greskovick",
    "role": "Dental identification team",
    "facts": "Named in the report’s account of dental examinations used for identification.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16–17",
    "limits": "Original signed dental reports and person-by-person identifications have not been received.",
    "id": "frank-greskovick"
  },
  {
    "name": "Eugene Parks",
    "role": "Prisoner assisting identification work",
    "facts": "One of five prisoners brought from the Niceville camp to assist the autopsy and dental teams. The report recommends recognition of their assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Not listed among the 51 prisoners confined at Jay at the time of the fire; keep the two groups distinct.",
    "id": "eugene-parks"
  },
  {
    "name": "John Gafford",
    "role": "Prisoner assisting identification work",
    "facts": "One of five prisoners brought from the Niceville camp to assist the autopsy and dental teams. The report recommends recognition of their assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Not listed among the 51 prisoners confined at Jay at the time of the fire; keep the two groups distinct.",
    "id": "john-gafford"
  },
  {
    "name": "Kenneth Gillis",
    "role": "Prisoner assisting identification work",
    "facts": "One of five prisoners brought from the Niceville camp to assist the autopsy and dental teams. The report recommends recognition of their assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Not listed among the 51 prisoners confined at Jay at the time of the fire; keep the two groups distinct.",
    "id": "kenneth-gillis"
  },
  {
    "name": "Phillip DeLaney",
    "role": "Prisoner assisting identification work",
    "facts": "One of five prisoners brought from the Niceville camp to assist the autopsy and dental teams. The report recommends recognition of their assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Not listed among the 51 prisoners confined at Jay at the time of the fire; keep the two groups distinct.",
    "id": "phillip-delaney"
  },
  {
    "name": "Jack Lewis",
    "role": "Prisoner assisting identification work",
    "facts": "One of five prisoners brought from the Niceville camp to assist the autopsy and dental teams. The report recommends recognition of their assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "Not listed among the 51 prisoners confined at Jay at the time of the fire; keep the two groups distinct.",
    "id": "jack-lewis"
  },
  {
    "name": "Joe Morris",
    "role": "Funeral-service assistance",
    "facts": "The report credits the mortician of Joe Morris Funeral Home, Pensacola, with voluntary assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "No further individual biography established in the reviewed material.",
    "id": "joe-morris"
  },
  {
    "name": "John Reed",
    "role": "Funeral-service assistance",
    "facts": "The report credits him, of Benboe Funeral Home, Pensacola, with voluntary assistance.",
    "source": "S923",
    "pages": "PDF 16",
    "limits": "No further individual biography established in the reviewed material.",
    "id": "john-reed"
  },
  {
    "name": "Representative Fortune",
    "role": "Legislative record",
    "facts": "Listed as a sponsor of HCR 1954.",
    "source": "House",
    "pages": "PDF 1, 3–5",
    "limits": "Initials/full identity not expanded beyond the document; incidental legislators on unrelated votes are excluded.",
    "id": "representative-fortune"
  },
  {
    "name": "Representative Elmore",
    "role": "Legislative record",
    "facts": "Listed as a sponsor of HCR 1954.",
    "source": "House",
    "pages": "PDF 1, 3–5",
    "limits": "Initials/full identity not expanded beyond the document; incidental legislators on unrelated votes are excluded.",
    "id": "representative-elmore"
  },
  {
    "name": "Representative Melvin",
    "role": "Legislative record",
    "facts": "Listed as a sponsor of HCR 1954; moved its adoption May 15.",
    "source": "House",
    "pages": "PDF 1, 3–5",
    "limits": "Initials/full identity not expanded beyond the document; incidental legislators on unrelated votes are excluded.",
    "id": "representative-melvin"
  },
  {
    "name": "Allen Morris",
    "role": "Legislative record",
    "facts": "Clerk whose May 22 enrolling report records HCR 1954 as enrolled, signed and presented to the governor.",
    "source": "House",
    "pages": "PDF 1, 3–5",
    "limits": "Initials/full identity not expanded beyond the document; incidental legislators on unrelated votes are excluded.",
    "id": "allen-morris"
  },
  {
    "name": "Edwin G. Fraser",
    "role": "Legislative record",
    "facts": "Secretary of the Senate whose message of concurrence is printed in the House journal May 19.",
    "source": "House",
    "pages": "PDF 1, 3–5",
    "limits": "Initials/full identity not expanded beyond the document; incidental legislators on unrelated votes are excluded.",
    "id": "edwin-g-fraser"
  }
]