[78-L] Lee Wiley jilts one guy to marry Jess Stacy

[Jeff Sultanof]

That's a book I will be very interested in buying. No one knew more about
Berigan than Bozy White.

Any information on what company is publishing it?

Jeff Sultanof

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Geoffrey Wheeler <dialjazz at verizon.net>wrote:

> Mike Biel asks: “On a serious note, did they ever really determine what
> happened to Bozy?”
>
> Yes, sad to say Bozy was murdered by a woman in his own his house.
> According to the woman herself, she and Bozy got in an argument over
> rent money. The following is from a report that appeared on the
> Internet in 2006.
>
> A 33-year-old Oakland woman has pleaded no contest to second-degree
> murder for killing jazz historian Cedric "Bozy" White in 2004, shortly
> before he planned to complete 50 years of work on his biography of
> famed jazz trumpeter Bunny Berigan.
>
> Elnora Myles will receive a sentence of 15 years to life when she is
> sentenced by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Julie Conger on May
> 29.
>
> Prosecutor Paul Hora said today that he probably would have sought a
> first-degree murder conviction for Myles in a trial that was slated to
> begin this week, but he accepted her second-degree murder plea on
> Monday because it would have been "challenging" to get a first-degree
> verdict since White's cause of death was never established.
>
> He said that's because White's body was decomposed by the time police
> found it inside a duct-taped box behind a makeshift wall in the
> basement of his house at 645 Jean St., near the Grand Avenue business
> district, on April 14, 2004, after serving a search warrant.
>
> White, 76, a retired Air Force man, had been reported missing on Feb.
> 12, 2004.
>
> Hora said the case was "complex" because it's unclear why Myles killed
> White and how she knew him.
>
> He said Myles told police that White was killed after an argument over
> rent money, but he said Myles made "very wild" and conflicting
> statements about the case and he never was able to verify if there was
> a dispute about money or whether she ever rented from White.
>
> Hora said Myles told police that she had rented a room in the house 12
> years before White was killed.
>
> The prosecutor said White, a widower, generally rented rooms in his
> house to female college students in exchange for them typing his
> manuscripts.
>
> At the time of his death, White was renting a room to a University of
> California, Berkeley student who will be graduating next month, Hora
> said.
>
> He said Myles suddenly moved into White's home on Feb. 12, 2004, with
> her boyfriend and two children, telling the Cal student that they were
> renting the whole house from White and she would have to leave.
>
> Myles told the student not to look in the basement because there was a
> mean dog there, Hora said.
>
> He said he's "very pleased" with Myles' conviction and White's family
> members and friends are "relieved and satisfied."
>
> Hora said it's unlikely Myles will ever be released from state prison.
>
> Myles' attorney, Alys Briggs, couldn't be reached for comment today.
>
> *********
>
> As for Bozy’s manuscript on Berigan, it is due to be published this
> year. I’m told the finished product will be around 1600 pages. Several
> members of IAJRC have helped to produce the book. At this point, I have
> no idea what the price will be. While Bozy had a reputation for being a
> bit of a curmudgeon, I liked him and we got along nicely because of our
> shared love of Berigan and the various ARC labels of the 1930s.
>
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