European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Michael Spataro United press International for 24 years John Reise modestly compiled an impressive record As a criminal investigator then watched his most famous Case walk away a free in a flurry of cheers and Bright camera wealthy socialite Glaus von Bulow strolled from the courtroom his Girlfriend beside him and his Fortune and John Reise quietly stepped into i would have to say that in privy to a lot of things that the press is not aware Reise said still unwilling to disclose evidence ruled inadmissible in then he shrugs off the whole lets face the jury has rendered its on March the Rhode Island state police detective was sent to investigate a possible attempted murder at a mansion about a mile from his own he had no inkling that he was about to become an integral part of one of the country most closely followed heiress Martha sunny von Bulow Lay in a her children alleging their Stepfather put her there with injections of the Case would ultimately see allegations of lurid affairs and drug All carried out in the ratified air of Newport High the following year von Bulow was convicted of twice trying to kill his he was on the verge of a 30year prison sentence when the Rhode Island supreme court set aside the verdict making Way for a new the soft spoken Reise toiled More than hours in overtime to put the Case then watched it dissolve in a flurry of Adverse court this time von Bulow was found Reise said the state prayed for von Bulow to testify in his own there was a great Deal of evidence we could have used if he had taken the a great Reise his voice sterner and More we were after the two Media magnified retired from the state police Force this month a decision that allows him to discuss the Case a bit More this crime was unique in the Way it vanity fair socialite Claus von was he suddenly catching a i dont mean but rather what the state it was not a conventional Type criminal a Well known woman on two occasions goes into a coma at the same time during two different this was an entirely different Type of a strange a challenging it got attention because it was a so called High society like Many people it was similar to an Agatha Christie i no one knew More about the Case than Reise and his detective Joseph Reise said there Are files stuffed with von Bulow much of it unknown to the some was never other portions unsubstantiated and some stricken from the jury at von bulow1 s retrial chose to believe the assertion that von Bulow was suicidal and triggered her own comas by Over indulging in alcohol and Reise said the picture the defense painted of her was the biggest injustice in the i maintain to this Day that was a total he i spoke to numerous present and some dismissed who May even have had an a to and they All said she never abused alcohol or we were never Able to substantiate that she was self abusing or that was one of my initial whether we were dealing with a crime or something Reise said he first heard of the von blows when the family bought the oceanfront Clarendon court mansion on Newport famed millionaires he said he never dreamed the Case would attract the International attention it we did not have any premonition that this Case would be this he even after the first trial which the state won there was an emotional we had never been involved in anything of that i lost 17 pounds during that there was a lot of you dont want to be painted As an International Reise said he was better prepared for the hinting that he was even mentally ready for an acquittal after some key portions of the states Case were disallowed by the we Felt very confident going in the second he but As the trial went along and the different rulings and evidence were it certainly became More the Rei Emiranda team was not used to in the von Bulow retrial was the first Case they had lost in a decade of work Reise the acquittal did not bring a sour close to his Rhode Island Law requires that state police retire after 25 years of i dont feel that i ended on a Down he my decision to retire had nothing to do with this Case at Reise is not sure what he will do but has a commercial pilots License that he might put to he is that he etched for himself a Small place in this Case will outlive us he the Public will be talking about it Long after you and i Are up photo retired Newport police detective John the in the von Bulow trial August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13