European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 9, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3killer prowls Frankfurt Parks for homeless from Page 1 Escher Heimer anlage. A the killer has no visible motive a said Kurt Kraus a spokesman for the Frankfurt police. A but he does have a method the Iron bar and All the killings so far have been at the beginning of the  Kraus said the killer could be anyone. A it could be your so called Normal citizen who has a pathological hate for Street people. In any Case we feel he will kill until he is caught a Kraus said. According to an eyewitness the killer is a Man about 6-foot-1 and Between 25 and 30 years of age. A the Man was seen approaching a Man sleeping on a Park Bench. When he started to raise the Metal bar he was carrying he spotted the Man watching him and ran away a Kraus said. On tuesday the police offered a Reward of 21,000 Marks about $12,000, for information leading to his capture Kraus said. The attacks have spread a chill of fear through Frankfurt a homeless. A anyone is crazy to Haindl sleep out alone these Days a Rudi Pinke said As he stood at a favorite daytime hangout for the homeless Frankfurt a Plush pedestrian shopping mall called the zeil. Despite his fears Pinke refuses to go to the City a shelter. A not for me Man. You la get fleas and the Little you own will be stolen a Pinke said. Pinke who has been on the Road for 10 years said a a it a Best to find a Small cubbyhole to sleep in a somewhere that Only one or two persons can get  Fritz Emmerich stood nervously in the Sun on the Haupt Wache Square taking sips from his Beer bottle. He kept one Eye on a Large Metal Basket with another dozen unopened bottles. A for my colleagues a the 35-year-old Emmerich said pointing at the bottles. A the murders have brought us into the limelight but tomorrow Well be forgotten. Money rules this City this country and they done to care for the likes of me and my friends. A we Haven to got a Chance. Well be forgotten As soon As they catch the perverse  in reaction to the slayings the City has decided to keep open the tent it sets up for the homeless in Winter. The huge wooden floored tent has 95 double bunk Type Beds. Its located in the Yard behind the City a permanent shelter which sleeps 60 people. A we put the tent up expecting a cold Winter. We decided to keep it up so More men can get off the streets and out of the Parks at night a said shelter director Gerhard Hofmann. Since the slayings began the shelter has started sending a Van to pick up men caught sleeping in the Parks by the police. In the shelter the Normal tone of voice is a shout. The place reeks of sweat stale Beer and cold cigarette smoke. A television is on and tempers flare like roman candles. A we get our 426 Marks a month from the state and turn it into alcohol pills and other drugs a said Dieter Haindl. A you find All Ages Here a from 17 to 70 a and we re out of society  Haindl said he has a bad leg and Hasni to moved outside the shelter since december. A a in a glad i can to get out. There a a madman out there who hates us. When you re drunk you forget the  Barbel Gronemeier is an assistant at the shelter where 1,300 different men slept last year. One of the men whom Gronemeier came across there was Hans Peter Mokry the 46-year-old Man beaten to death Friday. A a he a been around for years and always talked about getting out of All this and leading a Normal life a she said. A a he a find some menial work and it looked like he might really pick himself up. Then head get drunk and lose it All. When that happened head be so ashamed head not come Here for a Day. A last Friday he got drunk. Ashamed to come Here he slept on a Park Bench and was  a amps Ken George one person takes advantage of temporary Solitude to have a Nap in a tent for the homeless in  focus attention on Street people by Mary Neth staff writer Street people Long a fact of life in big cities of the United states Are becoming an increasingly familiar sight in Europe. Scruffy and unkempt these social outcasts Are seen begging on Street Corners pushing junk piled shopping carts along Busy sidewalks and napping covered with newspapers on Park benches. Now with three killings in 24 hours the Street people of Frankfurt West Germany a modern banking capital Are suddenly in the spotlight. Rolf Mayer a spokesman for the City a social shelter organization said there Are about 3,000 homeless people in Frankfurt. From 700 to 800 of these can be classified As True Street people he said. They live their entire lives out of doors. The Federal association for the in established in Bielefeld West Germany estimates there were 100,000 Street people in the country in 1989, about one in every 600 West germans. By comparison about one in every 400 americans lives on the streets. The association noted however that from 3,000 to 5,000 join the German Street people ranks each year. According to the group 95 percent Are men and a third Are younger than 25. The organization says the Street people population has burgeoned since the �?T70s because of growing unemployment and cutbacks in social services. Street people commonly suffer from a Lack of family and social ties and Are prone to All the blights that go hand in hand with poverty tuberculosis loss of Teeth poor nutrition and allergies. Many Are alcoholics or drug addicted. They receive social services treatment for immediate illness but the underlying cause of the problems Isnit addressed the association said. Once they Are on the streets it is almost impossible for these people to return to Normal society without help it said. Lacking a permanent residence they have no Chance of finding a Job. Without employment no landlord will consider renting them a place to live. A amps Ken George a homeless Man relaxes on a Bench at a Frankfurt mall. Ingo Stumann of the Frankfurt social services said More than half of the City a Street people have jobs. A they have Money but they spend it for things like booze. They done to want permanent  Mayer of the social Asylum association notes that alcohol and drugs Are a problem. He also said that Many of the Street people arc loners who refuse help. A none however can be said to be employed. They pick up a few Marks working at the Market in the morning a that a not real  at the present time he notes the City cannot provide enough overnight shelter to take care of their growing number. A in All of Frankfurt there is Only room for around 500,�?� said Mayer