Bobby Kennedy\'s Presidential campaign had been ably assisted by the \"Boiler room girls\". A team of young women who were completely dedicated to the Kennedy cause. They were: Mary Jo Kopechne, Rosemary Keough, Nance Lyons, Mary Ellen Lyons, Susan Tannenbaum and Ester Newburgh. More than just secretaries, the girls\' commitment made their role vital to the campaign. In June of 1968 Bobby was assassinated and grief overwhelmed the Kennedy family and the Boiler room girls. It had not even been five years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Almost every summer, members of the Kennedy family had traveled to Martha\'s Vineyard to participate in the Edgartown regatta. 1968 would to be an exception. Bobby\'s murder was a massive blow to the family and those clo

At about 8:00 p.m., Paul Markham arrived at the Cottage, followed roughly half an hour later by Mary Jo Kopechne and the rest of the partygoers in a rented white Valiant. (YTedK) Moderate, but not excessive drinking took place at the party. The Boiler room girls testified at the Inquest in 1970 that Mary Jo had not been drinking that night, and indeed was not a drinker. Ester Newburgh testified that Kopechne had been completely sober at the party and that: \" ... Mary Jo was not a drinker. Five or six drinks would have been completely out of order with the way she lived. And if a girl who didn\'t drink had that much to drink you would certainly be able tell if she was more jovial than normal, and she was not.\" (YTedK) (Blood tests on Mary Jo\'s body showed .09% of alcohol, equivalent to 5 or 6 80-90 proof drinks). (McGinniss 583)

particular to Ted. The Boiler room girls switched their attention to closing up Bobby\'s files and his campaign office.

McGinniss, Joe. The Last Brother. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993

On reaching his hotel, where no one saw him arrive, Kennedy testified that he went to his room, changed clothes and collapsed on his bed, exhausted. At 2:25 am, according to the office clock of Russell Peachey, (YTedK) the hotel manager, Kennedy had complained to him about noise from a party next to his room. Kennedy also asked the clerk what time it was because he was unable to locate his watch. (McGinniss 536)

A lot of the questions which arise about the accident would have been answered if the original doctor, Dr. Mills, had requested an autopsy. Ordinarily he would have done, but on advice from the district attorney\'s office he was told it wasn\'t necessary. Even without an autopsy, however, the state of Mary Jo\'s body gave clues about what happened that night. First of all, the embalming mortician, Eugene Frieh, had noticed

Q. Did you back that car up at any time?

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