European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 23, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 naked Man beats Church usher to death by the los Angeles times new York a deranged Man ripped off his clothes entered is. Patrick s Cathedral wednesday night and beat an elderly usher to death with a heavy Iron prayer stand that he pried from the Church before being slain by police. Panic filled the huge fifth Avenue Cash Coral unimportant new York City landmark that draws thou Sands of tourists As the Man struck worshippers. A policeman who attempted to subdue the attacker was hit Over the head and later was taken to Bill Vuc Hospital where he was reported in serious but stable condition. Police said the worshippers did nol appear to be seriously Hurt. A police spokesman identified the dead Church usher As John Winter a Man in his mid-70s. And the injured policeman As Jimmy Mcmanus. The identity of the assailant was not immediately known. Cardinal John j. O Connor looking shaken appeared at a Brief news conference in front of in Church under heavy police guard and said he had at tempted to Comfort the Man when he was confronted by him during wednesday s 8 . Mass. He confronted me. I patted him on the shoulder i said god bless you " o Connor Lold reporters. The Cardinal said that while he was attempting to Calm he Man during the morning service a priest whispered to him. Be careful he might be the Man seemed to be completely deranged the Cardinal added. Just about 12 hours later the assailant after taking off his clothes near Rockefeller Center returned to the massive Gray Stone Cathedral. Shielding his lower body with red carnations the Man grabbed an Iron prayer boo stand and began attacking people with the stand and with a Belt. Police said he repeatedly struck the usher before attacking an elderly woman praying in a Pew. He had a Belt in his hand and was hitting her in the Back and All Over said Louis Gonzalez 18, who was in the Church at the Lime. He was crazy hitting her with the Belt. He must have hit her More than 10 Gonzalez said the woman began screaming and other worshippers fled in panic. Police spokesman Raymond o Donnell said the Man struck Mcmanus the police officer normally on duty in St. Patrick a with the Small podium he had ripped from the floor. The officer called for assistance and other officers rushed to the Church. One of them killed the deranged Man with a single shot in the Chest. Witnesses said the Man who seemed oblivious to other people was chanting under his breath when he stormed into inc Church. He suddenly stopped stripped and headed up the Street said Scott Lucas 26, who saw inc Man disrobe before entering the Cathedral. Parishioners old detectives that Mcmanus had tried to convince the Man to leave before the violence erupted. Police emergency vehicles and ambulances con verged on St. Patrick s after inc incident. Ambulance attendants found the elderly woman not seriously injured. But they were unable to save the usher whose body Lay in front of the pulpit near the body of his assailant. Over the years there have been a number of in stances of deranged people causing disruptions in St. Patrick a which attracts nol Only worshippers and tourists but also some of new York s homeless. None of those disturbances compared to the violence of this incident. Despite the tragedy o Connor said he planned no Steps to curtail Public prayers in the Cathedral. Police Seal off part of riot torn Shreveport la. Shreveport la. A heavily armed police sealed off a 12-Block area wednesday night after hearing sporadic gunfire in a riot scarred neighbourhood where a White woman allegedly shot a Black Man to death 24 hours earlier. An emergency zone was expanded late wednesday night in the Cedar Grove Section soon after police rerouted traffic Oft a Busy thoroughfare where Blacks were throwing rocks bottles and bricks at passing in is. No injuries or serious damages were reported wednesday night and there were no arrests immediately reported the while woman was accused of Mur Der in tuesday night s shooting and Sis Blacks were arrested during the rioting thai followed police said. Mayor John Huey said inc strategy wednesday night was to Wail out Trou the atmosphere was tense. Police chief Charles Grubor said it was nothing like what the City faced after the earlier rioting. Wednesday night s violence occurred hours after Black leaders called for Cedargrove residents to slay Calm and guard against a recurrence of the burning and looting Laic tuesday night and Early wednesday. Stores were looted and burned and riot ers threw rocks and bottles at Whites. There were reports of racial slurs and chants of hot biscuit the restaurant where a White teen Ager killed a Black teen Ager on aug. 4, an incident that set off racial tension in this Northwestern Louisiana City of 250,000,the state s third largest after new Orleans and Baton Rev. E. Edward Jones pastor of Galilee Baptist Church appeared with Hussy and Grubor at a news conference. Jones said he and other Black leaders believe the chief deserves credit for or Dering officers to pull out of the riot area so the crowd could disperse without bloodshed. Firefighters walk past a burning building and a burned out car both Sel Alliue by rioters before police restored order. On tuesday night police cordoned off a seven Block area and warned motorists to keep out. The crowd reached 1,000 people at its Peak said Grubor but other police Esti mates said the total was 300 to 500 most of the time. The police chief said his car took Brick through the Windshield and gunfire through the Back passenger door but he was nol Hurt. A Tbs to news car was burned Anda new fire department pumper was at tacked with bats and bricks. Of the six people arrested five were for charges ranging from inciting to riot to resisting arrest and two of those and one other person were charged with pos session of stolen goods. The outbreak was triggered by the shooting of a Black Man identified As William David Mckinney 20, who lived in the Cedar Grove neighbourhood where the rioting took place. A White teen Ager Tamalii c. Virgo 17, of Greenwood was booked on a charge of second degree murder said police Cpl. . Rushing. In inc aug. 4 shooting five while men were arrested and one admitted the shooting saying he was defending him self. He is being held on $250,000 Bond on second degree murder charges Cia allowed copters to be smuggled report says Washington a a . Television network reported that the Cia allowed North korean agents to smuggle 86 High performance helicopters out of the United Stales even though the Agency knew details of the operation As it unfolded. Abc news reported wednesday night thai the ship ments were made Between 1983 and 1985 through a West German trucking company. Authorities Lold Abc the company had been bugged and that the Cia had listened to no Rill korean agents plan the details of the smuggling scheme. However inc Cia withheld the information from Law enforcement officials for almost a year believing its source of information so sensitive that revealing knowledge of inc scheme might Compromise Cia agents in West Germany Abc reported. Cia spokesman William Devinc told the associated press wednesday night that the Agency had no com ment on the report. The North koreans Proia red their investment by obtaining a Lloyd s of London insurance policy against confiscation of the Hughes helicopters according 10 the Abc report. Abc said it obtained a copy of the insurance policy which the network said contained details of the smuggling routes from los Angeles to North Korea. The helicopters took a circuitous route thai included stops in Belgium the Netherlands and Hong Kong Abc said. Abc said authorities in California discovered inc smuggling operation and seized the last shipment of 15 helicopters in i9s5. Dave Peters. Inc chief . Cus Toms agent on the Case told Abc had different in formation been passed along perhaps these shipments could have been Abc said the helicopters were Hughes 500e models commercial versions of the helicopters used by . Forces to raid an iranian ship caught laying mines inthe persian Gulf. The United states supplies the South korean army with the same kind of helicopters to de fend itself against North Korea. Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci told Abc this is the kind of thing we be $01 to Stop. Very damaging no
