European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 1,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 3 Barry pleads not guilty to cocaine perjury charges Washington apr mayor Marion Barry pleaded innocent wednesday to cocaine Possession and perjury charges filed after a 14-month investigation of his tics to a convicted drug dealer. At the Brief hearing . District judge Thomas pc Field Jackson set june 4 for the trial on three felony charges of lying to a grand jury and five Misdemeanour cocaine Possession charges. The mayors attorney r. Kenneth Mundy said in a statement outside the courthouse afterwards that Barry was a a anticipating the trial and anticipating winning the  6 Mundy said there would be no plea bargaining and Barry would not resign from Public office. Barry who has denied Ever using cocaine or other drugs has been undergoing treatment at substance abuse centers for what aides have said is alcoholism. Mundy said the mayors treatment for alcoholism was a a going Well and Barry was in a Good  Barry entered the courthouse through a Side door and held up two fingers in a a a Victory sign. Extraordinary Security procedures were in effect. Reporters and photographers were moved across the Street to allow Barry free Access to the courthouse. Barry and his wife Effi had difficulty entering the building for a court appearance on Jan. 19, the Day after he was arrested because of a crush of reporters and camera Crews. Several members of the guardian Angels an ant crime patrol group carried signs calling for barrys resignation outside the courthouse wednesday. One sign read a do the right thing a  Barry arrived in the nations capital tuesday from Fenwick Hall Hospital outside Charleston s.c., where he is enrolled in a substance abuse treatment program. The charges Stem from an investigation into barrys tics to a convicted drug dealer. One Possession charge involved the mayors Jan. 18 arrest in an Fri sting operation at a downtown Washington hotel. City corporation counsel Herbert o. Reid said Barry would return to Fenwick Hall Hospital after his court appearance. Mundy refused to comment when he arrived at barrys office for a meeting with top City officials late tuesday. He declined to name the people he was meeting but sources said Mundy City administrator Carol b. Thompson and barrys chief of staff Maudine Cooper conferred for almost an hour. None of the three would comment afterwards. The mayors arraignment Date was postponed. Barry from feb. 21 after his attorney argued that the first appearance Date would interfere with the Florida substance abuse treatment program in which the mayor was enrolled. Barry moved to the South Carolina facility last week. The grand jury that indicted him met tuesday but handled other matters and did not review the mayors Case sources said. Last week prosecutors subpoenaed City records relating to eight close friends of the mayors and sources close to the probe say investigators Are trying to learn whether the mayor participated in any contracting irregularities or whether any of his friends skirted City contracting Laws in getting contracts. If convicted of All charges filed against him the mayor could face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1.25 million Fine. Audience of 1 a Lone violinist serenades a statue near the old town Hall in Wurzburg West Germany. Passers by tossed coins into the musicians open violin Case but the statue was the Only a a listener who did no to wander away before the recital ended. Custody dispute spotlights Hilary a Grandfather by the Washington Post Washington a William Morgan who spirited 7-Ycar-old Hilary Foretich to new zealand was the first member of the Morgan family to say that his granddaughter had been sexually abused. In july 1983, when 10-month-old Hilary returned from one of her first overnight visits to her fathers Home the elder Morgan insisted that his daughter Elizabeth take the baby to the emergency room at Georgetown University Hospital to be examined for sexual abuse according to court documents interviews and medical records. In an Alexandria va., civil court proceeding that grew out of a protracted custody dispute Elizabeth Morgan acknowledged in testimony that her father had noticed that Hilary a thighs were reddened and said that he attributed it to sexual abuse by Eric a. Foretich Hilary a father. A similar description of William morgans impressions that Day is contained in a chronology the elder Morgan kept of his granddaughters alleged abuse. Morgan turned Over a copy of the chronology to the Washington Post several years ago to bolster his assertions. The physician on duty that Day had a different diagnosis. According to medical records diaper rash caused by Riding on a not summer Day in an car that was not air conditioned. William Morgan a psychologist and a self described a espionage agent with the office of strategic services was not convinced. For the next six years Morgan. Now 79, played a Pivotal role in his daughters Battle to Label Foretich a sexual abuser. The elder Morgan repeatedly pressed his daughter to Cut off All Contact with Foretich a peppering officials and the news Media with his complaints a and finally disappeared with his wife Antonia and the child. They were discovered last week by Law enforcement authorities after spending 2 a years in hiding. Last weekend Morgan kept up his fight from Christchurch new zealand where he once again blasted Foretich As Well As the District of columbian Slegal system and . Superior court judge Herbert b. Dixon who found Elizabeth Morgan in contempt of court and jailed her for 25 months. A get these words a he told television reporters. A the Foretich is a psychopathic paedophile  at another Point Morgan said a the . Court of appeals is a Lazy incompetent body concerned and interested in protecting this judge. He s a Black and six of the nine Gudges on the . Hilary Foretich on her Way to school tuesday. Court of appeals Are  those comments Only served to heighten the concern of Linda Holman the lawyer appointed by the court several years ago to represent Hilary. In . Superior court tuesday Holman said she believes that the elder Morgan is a extremely unstable and that Oula be a a danger to Hilary a Best inter file situation Cou  she said William morgans comments to the Media in new zealand Over the weekend showed he had a no More stability than when Holman last had Contact with him in Washington in 1987. During the same hearing Stephen h. Sachs Elizabeth morgans attorney called Holman a remarks a an absolutely gratuitous slur from an officer of the  and Elizabeth Morgan outside the courthouse defended her father saying a the is a wonderful Grandfather and the dominant male figure in Hilary s life. I love him and Hilary loves him. In Christchurch the elder Morgan who has closeted himself from reporters because the new zealand family court proceedings Are confidential had Only this comment a a they re saying All sorts of nonsense about me and believe me id love to talk about it. But in be been instructed very firmly that i must  it was not the first time that concerns had been raised about William Morgan. In her 1985 Book titled a custody a Elizabeth Morgan recounted How she had forbidden her father to take Hilary out alone after her father returned Hilary several hours late from an Outing. A daddy from now on i would rather you did no to take Hilary out alone a Morgan wrote. At another Point she wrote a it had taken me 30 ears to untangle my feelings toward my own father. I and to protect Hilary from what i had  in the Book Morgan alludes to a troubled childhood but does not refer to any incidents of abuse. Elissa p. Benedek then president elect of the american psychiatric association testified in the february 1987 civil proceeding in Alexandria that Elizabeth morgans Mother Antonia had told her in an interview that William Morgan had a a violent temper and had physically abused her and her children throughout their marriage. Benedek also said William Morgan had a threatened Elizabeth with a Golf  a Cdr. Morgan said a if you break that Over me you will have to pay for my  so she had been physically abused a Benedek testified. Benedek said Antonia reported that on other occasions a Cdr. William Morgan pointed a gun to his head and threatened to kill  Antonia Morgan filed a complaint against Benedek with the american psychiatric association denying Many of the statements. Benedek who had been hired As an expert witness by Foretich said that at one Point during her series of interviews Elizabeth Morgan accused her too of making inappropriate physical approaches toward Hilary. A Cdr. Morgan told me that she knew that Hilary would never want to see me again because i had poked Hilary in the nipples and had poked Hilary in the Groin. Of course i never did any of those  Benedek said that Hilary appeared a a affectionate with Foretich and his parents during a visit she monitored. On tuesday Elizabeth Morgan was Back before . Judge Dixon who jailed her in August 1987 for refusing to reveal Hilary a whereabouts and confiscated her passport. She is seeking the return of her passport so she can go to new zealand. Foretich a attorneys Are opposing her motion. Dixon said he will Rule on the motion within two Days but his comments from the Bench were less than encouraging to Elizabeth Morgan