European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 18 the stars and stripes saturday May 28, 1977 new York at night on the Way Home there was a Stop at the 109th precinct which is housed in an Antiseptic Brick building that removes a part of the terror and All of the Glamour of being in a police the Wall of an upstairs office was a color photo of a gun a Black gun with Abrown handle and some brass cartridges placed against a sky Blue background. The printing on the picture sold this was Newyork crime lab Case no. 771663. The gun is a .44-Calibcr bulldog. Somewhere on theother Side of the closed Metal venetian minds out in the night empty neighbourhoods has killed five people and wounded four others in the last nine months. He shot two of the girls within six blocks of my House and the streets where i live Are totally deserted at dusk. I know one girl Mary Benot a Secretary who now wears blonde wig Over her Brown hair. She says a lot of girls she knows Are doing the something. Nobody would be cheered by the Chart which was on the Wall alongside the picture of the gun. The Chart said weapons stolen,667. Stolen weapons checked 4." the Man in charge of the investigation Timothy Dowd an inspector sat at his desk and answered telephones. Dowd looks much younger than his 61 years. His Blue Eye stared at the door As he listened to the phone. On a windows 17 hand radios sat i slots in a recharging machine. This Proba Bly is As big an investigation As the Newyork police Ever have run. And Dowd. After hanging up the phone said it still was t enough. We need a phone Call he said. We redoing everything we can. We be got the Best homicide men from All Over the City working Here. But it surprises us we Don t hear fro the family or from relatives of the killer. Somebody must live with the Guy and suspect in leaving the room the Eye was attracted by a Large stencilled sign above the Light switch. In that great police Subtle Ness the sign said turn off we took a cab Home. As we passed the place where the killer shot one of the girls i saw a big Guy in a Zipper jacket standing with his hands in his packets. He is a Detec Tive i be known for years and i had the cab Stop and i got out. Getting the feel of the thing i said to s he said. Well what do you come Hereford because i m just Startin on the Case always Start at the Start. Go to the scene and Start Walkin from there. I Don t even know the names of the people got killed. Only. Name i m interested in is the name of theman done the Killin. I d give up a month s Drinkut if you could arrange the Meetin he has spent his life in the slum precincts and his speech patterns come from those streets. Come on he said. We Walkin and he started Down the Street a gun and a radio in his pocket a Man who has spent i sic Hunting on Cement. His target this time is the Ordinary Homicidal person we grows quickly in the slums. The .44 killer is one of those special twisted people who have been with us through the Ages. He began walking Down a Street which goes along Railroad tracks. There was a person in sight. Look at these lights they got on the houses he said. Little Carriage lights. That s about As much illumination As you get from my lighter. I could hide halt the people in my precinct in those Bushes and nobody Here would know nothing. These murders never could happen in a Black neighbourhood. Too Many people out on the streets. Everybody would see who did we after is Only Worklin White neighbor hoods. Nobody comes out at night and he can prowl around and catch him a stray girl an do what he has to do. Look at these people around Here he said. He waved a hand at a Row of attached houses running into an apartment House. Twas 11 . And the Only sign that there were people inside were windows filled with he Pale Blue Light of television. These tame people Here you put a lot of kids on the streets Here Maun some noise and these Here people Call up and complain. If they got any sense they pay kids to hangout on the sidewalks All night. Hang out and bang garbage cans around. No killer Goi walk around if you got people out on the at the Comer a Man appeared. He was holding a German Shepherd on a Leash. He stopped As he saw us walking towards him. Look at this the detective Man with the dog Bent Down and unleashed the dog. He stood there with a hand on the dog. I m continuing to walk by an the dog s Goto to continue to sniff the detective the dog Don t continue to sniff he Goin be a dead Man put the Leash Back on the dog and stepped out of the Way and we went past we got Down to the Boulevard there were some people at a Coffee shop and a few coming out of the subway. But much less than got a Jack the Ripper Case and everybody thinks they re better off Hldi inside the House the detective said. All they do is make it easier for this Guy to go around Killin people. Black people the Only ones who know what to do about crime. Themore people you have out on the sidewalk outside the House the less can happen to turned around and walked away from the Boulevard and Back into the dark vacant streets where a killer has hit twice and where people arc afraid he will soon hit again. This time As the detective walked there was t even a Man out with a dog. T of York a we disc go Tribune Skinny dipping Deputy loses Job Athens Ohio up Athens county s first female Deputy sheriff has been fired after being caught Skinny dipping. Debbie Perkins 21. A student at Ohio University was dismissed after serving five months As a Deputy first term sheriff Gary Efaw said , responding to a complaint from a resident last Friday about nude Sunball ers discovered Perkins and several other persons Skinny dipping near sugar Creek in Athens county. They were asked to put their clothes on and leave though no arrests were Perkins reported to work monday following her weekend off she was told Shehad been fired. Efaw explained that Skinny dipping violates Ohio Law and like it or a Deputy must uphold the re Here to enforce moral Stan Dards on All of Athens county said Efaw adding i can t tolerate that Type of thing from my deputies. 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Please Ann warn your read ers to beware of helpful friends. In the meantime any suggestions bum rap dear b. A some Friend. Bugbear in mind dear she did t hit your husband Over the Bead with a club and drag him off. I would be one my Sor prised if eventually daddy asked j to come Home. In fact i d be will Jing to bet on it. Sounds As if he wigged out temporarily. Let know will you dear Ann i thought you were 1unfair to the Mother who sent for your Booklet on teenage sex and handed it to her daughter. You said teenagers resent it when their parents Send for something and say head this our Mother sent for several of your booklets and gave them Tous to read. She often opened the newspaper to the Page with you column and left it where my sister and i would be sure to see it. Mom had very conservative views on sex and it was difficult for her to discuss certain things with us. We respected her for seeking outside help in area were she Felt inadequate. We knew she cared. What smore we got a lot of Good advice from your booklets and you column. When the time came for us to make sexual choices we were Well informed and capable of directing our own lives. Please take Back what you said must be lots of other Moth ers like ours. Patty dear Patty you Are right. Iwas wrong. Mea culpa and a dozen lashes with a wet Noodle for of Annie. Thanks for the comeuppance. Needed that. Dear Ann 1 have a problem and i feel the Only Way to solve it is by having this letter printed inthe newspaper. I work in an office that is fairly Large but we must work in close quarters. The woman who sits next to me has a very offensive Dor. In fact it is unbearable. Several of us have discussed it but no one knows what to hints Don t help. I m writ ing to you in the Hope you will print this letter and perhaps she will get the message. In need of fresh air dear in need she will get the message until someone gives it to her. I suggest that several employees in your office clip this column and mail it to her. And since this problem is one i Bear about at least a dozen times a Day you can be sure you will have helped a great Many people across the country
