August 1 Toronto Emanuel Jaques, a […]
When
1977-08-01
Description
August 1 Toronto Emanuel Jaques, a twelve-year-old Portuguese-Canadian shoeshine boy, was found sexually assaulted and murdered on the roof of Charlie's Angels (245 Yonge Street), a body-rub parlour. He had been assaulted and drowned in a sink on July 28. Four men were later charged with first-degree murder: Saul David Betesh, Werner Gruener, Robert Wayne Kribs, and Josef Woods. This case launched a public outcry that became focused on the Yonge Street "sex strip." The gay community was also drawn into the case because Saul Betesh had contacted George Hislop, president of CHAT, after the murder to ask for advice; Hislop told him to turn himself in to police. The Jaques case generated intense news coverage in the press, on radio, and on television. At least one commentator, Borden Spears, a senior editor at the Toronto Star, dared to claim that some of the media coverage was tasteless, unprofessional, and prejudicial to the case. There were numerous stories and events related to the Emanuel Jaques case during 1977–78. (See also August 2–3, 1977; August 3–4, 1977; August 8, 1977; August 9, 1977; August 12, 1977; August 13, 1977; August[late] 1977; September 2, 1977; January 16, 1978; February 8, 1978; February 15, 1978; March 12, 1978; May 1978; Summer 1978; August 17, 1980; August 24, 1980; December 18, 1980; and April 13, 1981.)
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August 2–3 Toronto More than 200 […]August 3–4 Toronto More than 3,000 […]August 8 Toronto A massive […]August 9 Toronto At a press […]August 12 Toronto Radio station Q107 […]August 13 Vancouver In the wake of […]August (late) Toronto The owners of […]September 2 Toronto Alderman Allan […]January 16 Toronto The preliminary […]February 8 Toronto The trial of Saul […]February 15 Toronto Robert Wayne […]Summer Toronto Ontario Human Rights […]August 17 Toronto Werner Gruener […]August 24 Kingston, Ont. Josef Paul […]All Places
TorontoCharlie's AngelsAll People
Werner GruenerEmanuel JaquesSaul BeteshWerner GruenerRobert Wayne KribsJosef Paul WoodsGeorge HislopBorden SpearsAll Organizations
Community Homophile Association of Toronto CHATToronto Police ServiceAll Periodicals
Toronto Daily Star; Toronto StarAll Citations
Marty York and Dorothy Lipovenko, "4 Men Charged with Murder Missing Boy, 12, Was Drowned: Body on Sex Shop Roof," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 2 August 1977, pp. 1–2."Yonge St. Slaying Suspects Seek Bail," Toronto Star, four star ed., 7 September 1977, p. A13"A Warning for All Parents," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 August 1977, p. A2"Victims of a Media Orgy" (editorial), Body Politic, no. 36 (1977), p. 2David Townsend, "The 'Blood Libel' and the Spectator's Eye in Norwich and Toronto," in Queerly Canadian: An Introductory Reader in Sexuality Studies, eds. Maureen FitzGerald and Scott Rayter (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2012), pp. 451–65Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas and Bob Graham, "Boy Was Drowned in a Sink: Victim of a Sex Orgy," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 August 1977, pp. A1–A2Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas, "Shoeshine Boy, 12, Found Slain: 4 Men Charged with Murder," Toronto Star, holiday ed., 1 August 1977, pp. A1, A3Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas, "Police Expected to Find Boy Alive on Train to Vancouver," Toronto Star, four star ed., 3 August 1977, p. A1"Speedy Trial Goal in Jaques Case," Toronto Star, four star ed, 30 September 1977, p. A11Borden Spears, "Bounds of Taste Strained in Coverage of Boy's Death," Toronto Star, Saturday ed., 6 August 1977, p. B2"Search Is Intensified for Missing Boy, 12," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 1 August 1977, p. 1Kevin Scanlon and Norm Betts, "Hostile Crowd Jeers at Suspects in Sex-killing," Toronto Sun, 4 August 1977, p. 3Kevin Scanlon, "Tragedy... and Sleaze: Sin Strip Feels Shock," Toronto Sun, 2 August 1977, pp. 34–35"Remand for 4 in Sex Slaying," Toronto Sun, 24 August 1977, p. 27"Public, Press Barred from Hearing before Jaques Case," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 6 October 1977, p. 5"Public Kept Out as Three Charged in Killing," Toronto Star, four star ed., 4 August 1977, p. A3Ron Porambo, "Police No Longer Hassle Gays on Strip, Homosexual Says," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 3 August 1977, p. 5"Open Sale of Perversion Cause of Child's Death," Canadian Tribune, 15 August 1977, p. 2David Norris, "Toronto Boy, 12, Missing," Toronto Star, Saturday ed., 30 July 1977, p. A1"No-publication Order Made," Toronto Sun, 6 October 1977, p. 5Yvonne Chi-Ying Ng, "Ideology, Media and Moral Panics: An Analysis of the Jaques Murder" (MA thesis, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, 1981)"Mourning Friends of Emanuel Parade Their Anger on the Strip," Toronto Star, four star ed., 3 August 1977, pp. A1, A3Cal Miller and Sean McCann, "4 Held in Sex Slaying of Boy over Body Rub Joint," Toronto Sun, 2 August 1977, p. 3Cal Miller, "Sex Killing May Be on Film," Toronto Sun, 3 August 1977, p. 3Henry Mietkiewicz, "Province Drafts Bill to Clean Up Yonge Strip," Toronto Star, four star ed., 3 August 1977, p. A3Pat McNenly and Alan Barnes, "'Terrible Tragedy,' Davis Says," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 August 1977, pp. A1, A3"2 Funds Opened for Family," Toronto Star, four star ed., 3 August 1977, pp. A1, A3"4 Accused Remanded in Death of Boy, 12: Tuesday Hearing," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 10 August 1977, p. 4"4 in Shoeshine Killing Remanded: Sept. 9 Hearing," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 24 August 1977, p. 4"Angry Top Cop Says Court Not Fighting the Sexploiters," Toronto Sun, 3 August 1977, p. 3Helen Bullock, "Sex Strip Braces for Crackdown after Slaying," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 August 1977, pp. A1, A3Helen Bullock, Paul Dalby, and Dave Norris, "Emanuel's Trust Led to His Death Neighbors[sic] Say," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 August 1977, p. A2"Four Sent to Trial in Sex Slaying," Toronto Star, four star ed., 19 October 1977, p. B2"Funds for Family," Toronto Sun, 4 August 1977, p. 38"Gay Leader Advised Suspect," Winnipeg Free Press, final ed., 4 August 1977, p. 7David Gibson, "McMurtry Wants 'Speedy' Jaques Trial," Body Politic, no. 38 (1977), p. 4Bill Gladstone, "Out in the Open: Like It or Not, George Hislop Won't Go Away," Quest, September 1981, Toronto section, pp. 7–12Bob Graham, "Friction Disappears as Regent Park Cheers Its Police," Toronto Star, Saturday ed., 6 August 1977, p. A8Jennifer Grass, "'Close the Trash' on Yonge Street, Woman, 74, Urges," Toronto Star, four star ed., 2 August 1977, p. A2Max Haines, "Murder on the Sin Strip: Crime Flashback" (column), Toronto Sun, 26 July 1981, p. S5"Homosexual Backlash Feared," Toronto Star, four star ed., 3 August 1977, p. A3"I Hope They Hang You!—Woman," Toronto Sun, 3 August 1977, p. 3"Jaques Trial Set Feb. 20," Toronto Sun, 25 November 1977, p. 26"Jaques Trial Set for Jan. 9," Toronto Star, four star ed., 20 October 1977, p. B10" Emanuel Jaques " vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, TorontoJames Jefferson, "3 Charged in Boy's Slaying to Appear in Court Today," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 4 August 1977, p. 4Michael Keating, "Suspect in Boy's Slaying Remanded, Segregated in Jail," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 3 August 1977, p. 1Gary Kinsman, The Regulation of Desire: Homo and Hetero Sexualities, second ed., rev. (Montréal: Black Rose Books, 1996), pp. 336–38Philip Marchand, "A Shrine to Emanuel," Toronto Life, December 1977, pp. 50, 71–75, 77–80, 82, 84–86, 89–91Lawrence Martin, "'Knee-jerk Reaction' Is Seen as a Threat to Gay Rights," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 3 August 1977, p. 5
