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=== Local Judge Promises Crackdown on "Local Perverts" (December 1954) ===
* The Key West Citizen reports that Judge Enrique Esquinaldo Jr. will commit to a crackdown on "local perverts", says "the homosexual problem 'is not to serious in Key West -- and we're not going to let it get that way" (December 23, 1954).
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Possible/Alleged Murder

2 Youths Held in Steward Slaying (August 1954)

  • The Evening Star reports on two youths, who murdered an allegedly gay man, which "planned to 'roll' homosexuals for their money" (August 10, 1954).

Local Judge Promises Crackdown on "Local Perverts" (December 1954)

  • The Key West Citizen reports that Judge Enrique Esquinaldo Jr. will commit to a crackdown on "local perverts", says "the homosexual problem 'is not to serious in Key West -- and we're not going to let it get that way" (December 23, 1954).