European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 stars and stripes tuesday february 4, 1988 i of Fishi is Lim a Umio John Union end he gift Yoke one. It Nam wot Milf no in new Yohst City in 1980. Obsessed with Yoke on and John Lennon s memory by Rick Hampson associated press for Yoko Ono. The five years since John Lemon s murder have been complicated Bya Small group of tans Star gazers and would be intimates who await her outside the Dakota apartment building in new York City where she lives. Recently police say. One of them got too close. Someone fastened a rope to the Rool of the building Slid Down three floors crawled 30 feet along a 12-Lnch wide ledge and slipped into Ono s apartment through an unlocked window. The intruder left several notes a photograph and a letter for Ono before departing. Police arrested Omer travers. 29, Al his hotel room nearby and charged my with burglary. Travers is one of those groupies who hangs around Dakota said Sam Havad Loy a Friend of Ono s. He was asleep in the apartment during the intrusion As were Ono and her son Sean. None of the occupants saw the intruder and nothing appeared to have been taken but Ono was pretty shaken said Elliot Montz another Friend. Built in 1884, the Dakota has Long been one of Manhattan s most luxurious apartment houses. For millions of people though. It recalls one sad night dec. 8,1980. When Lennon Ono s husband was fatally shot outside its dark arched gothic entranceway. Mark David Chapman who had hoped to gain Fame by killing the former Beetle is serving a term of 20 years to life in a state prison. Fans gathered outside the Dakota after the assassination and have been gathering off and on Ever since. Crowds of 60 or 100 appear on the anniversary of Lennon s death and on special occasions such As John s and Sean s birthday. Most of them Are Nice and kind said Hava toy. But police and Montz said some of those outside the Dakota Are obsessed with Ono and her late husband. We be had experiences with disturbed or deluded people who make the pilgrimage from various locations to that spot said Montz. Travers who police said first came to new York from san Diego about six years ago has tried to Contact Yoko for a couple of years Montz said. He s a fan and like a lot of other fans he s wanted to get close to Ono had received mail and messages from travers Mintz said but there was never any indication of a menacing or threatening nature. The groupies have changed the lives of Ono 52, and Sean 10, he said. Bodyguards Don t let fans approach and a i is sorted by secretaries. Some is answered some ignored some turned Over to the police. No whom some fans have accused of breaking up the beatles is aware she s controversial Mintz said. She s Learned to take precautions. Yoko and Sean always have armed guards around them in fairly close proximity. Neither of them Are Ever going to take a walk alone together Onu s problems at the Dakota have gone beyond zealous fans. In 1982, former Lennon Ono aide Fred Seaman was sentenced to five years probation Lor stealing four of Lennon s diaries. In 1983, another of Lennon s diaries some of his unpublished writings and thousands of dollars Worth of audio and video equipment were reported stolen from the apartment. Nude photos of the Lennon from Ono s collection also have disappeared turning up on one occasion in the Safe of a new Orleans restaurateur and on another in the pages of a sex Magazine. Other items including Lennon s spectacles have been reported missing. Montz said the most recent intrusion recalled an incident at the apartment three years ago when Ono and Montz returned from dinner to find the apartment s front door locked from the inside and items in the apartment rearranged. They found a rope tied to the roof that apparently had been used to get into the apartment he said. 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