European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 16, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7police charge youth in mystery gunman Case new York apr the subway gunman who fatally shot a mugger two Davs ago ignored pleas to surrender on saturday but police charged a 17-year-old with being one of four men who attacked him. The gunman a whereabouts remained a mystery As officers continued searching of Rhee cans and subway stations for a clue to his identity. The arrested youth Melvin Kirkland of Brooklyn was charged late Friday with second degree robbery and second degree assault in connection with the subway incident said sgt. Nick Vree land a police spokesman. Kirkland allegedly was one of four men who attacked the subway rider thursday night. The victim retaliated by pulling a gun and firing three times hitting and killing one of the assailants. Vreeland said he had no details on How police tracked Down Kirkland. A Chrome .25-caliber automatic believed to have been used by one of the attackers was found by police. The attackers were also armed with a retractable razor. They were among a group of More than a dozen men who had been smoking marijuana and drinking Brandy inside the subway terminal before the assault. After the Man was beaten and robbed he pulled a handgun from his Waistband and fired three shots at his assailants. A 25-year-old Man with a half dozen robbery convictions was fatally wounded by one of the shots As six other passengers looked on. The shooter walked off the train at the next Stop and disappeared As did the three surviving muggers. Police on Friday issued a Public Appeal for the Man to turn himself in emphasizing that he was considered a victim. A this is not the Bernhard Goetz Case a said Brooklyn chief of detectives Joseph Demartino. Goetz received National attention after shooting four youths on a subway train on dec. 22, 1984, police said the shootings were different because Goetz was not attacked before he fired. The thursday night shooter had been assaulted before he pulled the gun. One of Goetz s attorneys recommended the gunman keep his anonymity. Goetz surrendered to police in new Hampshire nine Days after his incident. A if he Calls Well Tell him to sit Light and Lay Low until and unless the police determine his name a said lawyer Mark Baker. A search of trash cans subway tracks and gutters in downtown Brooklyn failed to turn up the gunman s Wallet which one witness told police had been stolen by the assailants said police spokesman sgt. Norris Hollomon. The slaying was the ninth this year in the subways. There were 20 in All of 1989. The shooter is not the Only Man still at Large after killing a mugger on a train. The so called a subway Samaritan Quot disappeared and was never identified after fatally stabbing a Man who was robbing another subway rider last dec. 9.florida woman faces murder Kidnap charges fort Myers Fla. Apr state prosecutors Are expected to seek a first degree murder and kidnapping indictment this week against Betty Ann Kirk who concealed her miscarriage for months and May have combed birth announcements looking for a baby to Kidnap. Police claim Kirk shot Sharon Lynn Parker 33, in the Back of the head and fled with her Newborn daughter on March 29. Parker had Given birth to a 7-Pound girl March 19 and took out an announcement in local newspapers. Police said Parker and Kirk also known As a sweetheart the Clown a had met at a shopping mall several months ago where the latter appeared As a Clown. A neighbor walking her dog March 29 noticed a dark haired woman pull into the Parkersr driveway and Knock on the front door shortly before 10 a.m., according to a police affidavit. The neighbor kept walking. Six hours later Parker a three older children returned Home from school and found their mothers body slumped in a reclining chair. Their infant sister Julie Lynn was missing but baby bottles and clothing remained in the House. Soon after Lee county sheriffs deputies began receiving reports from people who were suspicious of the sudden appearance of Kirk with a baby even though she had boasted of her pregnancy for months. Kirk 31, wanted everyone to know about her new baby. She called the restaurant where her husband Craig works and passed out photographs of herself and the infant girl to members of her Clown club. The Day after the slaying police questioned Kirk who insisted she had Given birth at a fort Myers clinic and went Home several hours later. The clinic had no record of a baby girl being bom that Day police said. Later that night Kirk was stopped while driving away from her Home her car pulling a worn trailer. She had sneaked out leaving the baby and a note to her sleeping husband who has not been charged. A i left you some signed checks a it read in part. A pm leaving you because i love you too  the baby girl was returned to her father Gary who Betty Ann Kirk a wept at a news conference. A a we re just Happy to have her Back a he said. Kirk a husband appeared bewildered by the suddenness of the delivery. He said he believed his wife s Story and thought the baby was his according to police reports. A in my right mind 1 would have never expected anything like this a he said. A i feel like its the crime of the  a it was a Well thought out Well calculated murder and kidnapping a said Lee county shrift John Mcdougall. In addition to first dog acc murder and kidnapping Kirk was charged with a felony weapons count. She could receive the death penalty if convicted. Kirk s husband believes frustration was building Over their inability to have children since being married in 1983. He said his wife had four miscarriages including the one in december but this time she retained a Large belly. He said she told no one. Including him. That she had lost the child. A she was knitting booties and sweaters and hats and All kinds of stuff a he said. In addition to two children at Home from a previous marriage mrs. Kirk had a third child which was taken away by state welfare workers and Given up for adoption after her first husband was convicted of aggravated child abuse. Mrs. Kirk had helped her daughter sell girl scout cookies and once crafted a handmade halloween costume for a neighbor s girl. A she always wanted to be around  said  the facts of this Case do not Surprise me a said or. Lester Grinspoon editor of Harvard a mental health newsletter in Cambridge mass. A we know that after losing a fetus some women experience severe symptoms ranging from depression to  there arc Many cases on record of women who suffered miscarriages then were arrested on charges of kidnapping a baby. A bloodhound was used in february to track Down a new York City woman who police say was depressed Over a miscarriage and took a 3-Day-old boy from a Hospital maternity Ward. In May 1988, a Maryland jury convicted a woman of smuggling a 3-week-old boy from a Hospital in a Canvas bag. She kept the baby four  stopped on Way to party Bossier City la. Apr a policeman who stopped a car for an expired inspection sticker did no to anticipate ticketing an easter Rabbit. Sondra Roberson dressed As a Bunny was on her Way to deliver a Basket of balloons for a churches pre easter party. A it was a Surprise when the Rabbit got out a said policeman Gary l. Burnes. A we joked about it a Little bit and 1 wrote the Rabbit a warning  a we thought it was so cute a said Roberson a daughter Becky Greer who was going to the party in a second car. A i guess its not every Day that a Bossier City Ponce officer writes Peter Cottontail a  since getting the warning Roberson said she had her car inspected and got a new sticker. 230 arrested in . Abortion protest by the los Angeles times los Angeles a at least 230 people were arrested saturday after militant anti abortion protesters blocked the doors of a los Angeles women a clinic. The arrests were made during a violence marred seven hour siege that climaxed a week of abortion rights protests in Southern California. The demonstration organized by the National anti abortion group operation Rescue failed to shut Down the clinic. Throughout the Day abortions were conducted inside the family planning associates medical group clinic. Outside an estimated 1,200 demonstrators and their opponents waved signs chanted Sang and prayed. More than 300 police officers including 14 on horseback worked to control the crowd after an Early morning skirmish Between  violent. Several people suffered minor cuts and bruises witnesses and police said. Four of the operation Rescue demonstrators arrested were booked on suspicion of felony conspiracy after they allegedly instructed others to Block doorways. The others were booked for Misdemeanour trespassing. In Many ways the drama was a re enactment. On a smaller scale of the massive protest at the same location on March 25, 1989, that resulted in the arrest of 768 people and prompted outcries of police brutality. As in the protest last March scores of anti abortion demonstrators went Limp As police made arrests prompting officers to employ so called a Spain compliance techniques to Force protesters onto police buses. As video cameras operated by the Media protesters and police rolled scores of protesters grimaced gasped and yelped in pain As officers applied a modified martial arts device the Orcutt police nun Chuka around their  and shoulders. Police refer to such techniques As a come along  it. Fred Nixon a police spokesman said complaints by operation Rescue leaders of brutality were not surprising. A we get those every time we police one of these things. Its Why we Welcome the videotapes and Media coverage a he said. Security guard Jim Russell wore a thick Bandage Over a puncture wound that required six stitches. One protester Russell said pulled his Down on the Chain link Fence and another climbed Over his Arm. Another guards face was bloodied and others were skinned and bruised he said. Operation Rescue organizers acknowledge that protesters scaled fences to get close to the doors. Dave Conrardy. Southern California Field director for operation Rescue said three protesters were a a beaten by clinic Security guards. A the Only thing our people were doing was crawling Over a Fence. Out of 80 people who tried maybe 40 got Over a Conrardy said. National operation Rescue Leader Randall Terry resigned thursday from the organization which has been hard hit by financial troubles