Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Hegotajobatapaintsupplystoreandimpressedtheownerwithhisorganizationalability."Samuel,"thereligiousJew,learnedBilly’sfatherhadbeenJewish.AlongwithmanyoftheotherJewishresidentsinMiami,hewasoutragedatthekillingoftheelevenIsraeliathletesattheMunichOlympicVillage.SamuelwenttoFridaynightservicestoprayfortheirsoulsandthesoulofBilly’sfather.HealsoaskedGodtohavethecourtfindAlleninnocent.

           WhenhecamebacktoPickawayCountyonOctober20,MilliganwasturnedovertotheOhioYouthCommissionforevaluation.HewasheldinthePickawayCountyJailfromNovember1972toFebruary16,1973—twodaysafterhiseighteenthbirthday.Thoughhehadturnedeighteenwhileincustody,thejudgeagreedthatheshouldbetriedasajuvenile.Hismothersattorney,GeorgeKellner,toldthejudgethatinhisview,whateverthedecisionofthecourt,itwasimperativethathisyoungmannotbesentbacktohisdestructivehomeenvironment.

           ThejudgehandeddownaverdictofguiltyandorderedWilliamS.MilligansenttoanOhioYouthCommissionfacilityforanindefiniteperiod.OnMarch12,thesamedayAllenwastransportedtotheyouthcampinZanesville,Ohio,Dorothy’sdivorcedecreefromChalmerMilliganbecamefinal.RagenmockedSamuelandtoldhimtherewasnoGod.