European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes monday april 29,1991hung jury in fatal attraction prosecutor to from wire reports White Plains . The so called a fatal attraction�?T1 murder trial of a former school teacher accuse cd of killing her lovers wife ended saturday when the jury declared it was hopelessly deadlocked after 11 Days of deliberations. It was the second time the jurors deliberating the Fate of Carolyn Warmus had told Westchester county court judge John Carey they w Ere unable to reach a unanimous verdict Carey ordered them to try again after the first time on thursday. Warmus sobbed after Carey excused the jury saturday. District attorney Carl Vergari said Warmus will be retried on the second degree murder and weapons Possession charges. The defendant sat silently in the courtroom with her attorney As it emptied out. She would not speak with reporters. The Juty wrote a in Quin Block letters to answer a note from the judge asking a do you believe an agreement on either of the two charges is possible or Likely within a reasonable time a. A i done to think anyone would dispute that tuesday until this morning has indeed been extensive a said Carey of the jury a Long deliberation. Lie did not immediately order a mistrial. In new York a judge can declare a Hung jury and release jurors without formally ordering a mistrial. Quot pm satisfied that any agreement among you on the two charges is unlikely within a reasonable time a Carey told the jurors after they returned to the courtroom. A this finding provided the basis for my now discharging 27, was charged with killing her former lovers wife Betty Jeanne Solomon 40, on Jan. 15, 1989, prosecutors say she was obsessed with Paul Solomon 44, and wanted to have him All to herself. A my family and i Are devastated by the knowledge this Nightmare must go on a a choked up Solomon said after the non verdict saturday. The defense claimed that Solomon hired private investigator Vincent a rep to kill his wife and that Parco framed Warmus. Parco testified for the prosecution that he sold Warmus a gun equipped with a Silencer for $2,500. 7 a a. A. A a ,. Solomon testified about his affair with Warmus saying it began in the fall of 1987 and was carried on in the Back seat of her car hotels and her apartment on the celebrated . Murder Case Paul Solomon leaves the courthouse in White Plains . Later on saturday a judge declared a Hung jury in the trial of a woman accused of killing Solomon a wife. Upper East Side. In a Long and grueling Cross examination Solomon was forced to admit that he had had two previous affairs and that he regularly lied to his wife. A nobody had the right to take Betty Jeanne a life and take her away from my daughter and family a Solomon said after the jury was released. �?o1 Hope that the victims rights Are As Well protected As the defendants in the next on the night his wife was killed Solomon met Warmus for a drink at the treetops restaurant of the Holiday inn in Yonkers. They had drinks and dinner there before having sex in her car in the parking lot. Solomon returned Home about 11 30 . To find his wife a body. The jury was divided 8-4 in favor of a conviction for a full week said juror Bob Smith. Among the holdouts was one juror who told the rest a i done to want to Fry anybody a a Smith said. Smith 27, said deliberations were a heated at times and that several jurors were a obstinate in their defense attorney David Lewis said he will ask for a dismissal of the murder indictment at a May 29 hearing. The split jury a tells me is what we have told you that Carolyn Warmus is not guilty a Lewis said a Ter Ward. It was the most notorious Case in the usually quiet upper Middle class suburban county North of new York City since Jean Harris the headmistress of an exclusive girls school was convicted in 1981 for killing the cardiologist who wrote a the Scarsdale since Warmus trial began the courtroom was packed with spectators and reporters drawn by comparisons Between the killing and the 1987 film a fatal attraction a in which Glenn close terrorized her married Lover and his family. The defendants motivation prosecutors said was her obsession with Solomon and her desire to have him All to herself. Solomon found his wife a body after returning from a tryst with Warmus. The pair met on the faculty of an elementary school in september 1987. Warmus was a new teacher and Solomon also a teacher befriended her. Soon they were romantically involved. Prosecutors claimed that Warmus the daughter of a wealthy Michigan insurance executive bought the gun and Silencer from Parco the week before mrs. Solomon was killed. They said she called a gun shop in Plainfield n.j., from her Manhattan apartment on the Day of the slaying and then drove there to buy .25-caliber bullets with a Drivers License she stole from a co worker. Prosecutors said she then went on to the Solomons Home and shot mrs Solomon. Afterwards she allegedly met Solomon for drinks at a nearby Holiday inn before a sexual encounter in her car. The prosecutions Case was entirely circumstantial. There was no witness to the crime no physical evidence from the crime scene and no murder weapon. Bush asks g-7 finance ministers to Cut worldwide interest rates Washington a president Bush confronting a . Economy still mired in recession took his Case directly to foreign finance ministers sunday trying to convince them of the need to Cut global interest rates. Hov Vever . Allies a especially Germany and Japan a were resisting the pressure contending that any rate cuts in their countries ran the risk of making inflation worse. Bush took the unusual step of inviting the finance ministers and Central Bank f residents to a White House reception or a bit of personal lobbying before the Start of a regularly scheduled meeting of the so called group of seven the world s seven richest Industrial countries. The a United states was represented at the sessions by Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. They typically meet four times a year with their counterparts from Japan Germany Britain France Canada and Italy to seek a coordinated global economic strategy. After Daylong discussions the group was to Issue a communique that economists were predicting would do Little More than paper Over the Sharp differences Between nations. Bush has expressed Hope that interest rates would fall in the United states and in other nations saying such a development a would be Good for the world Economy including our the administration believes a drop in world interest rates is critical to getting the United states because it would increase foreign activity and thus providing stronger markets for . Exports. The Boom in foreign demand for american products has been one of the few Bright spots for the american Economy Over the past two years. In addition the administration is worried that without cheaper credit , the recessions in the United states Britain and Canada could Worsen into a global downturn. Such a development occurred in the 1981-82 period when weakness in the United states which accounts for one fourth of total world output was enough to trigger a worldwide downturn. However Japan and Germany the countries with the second and third largest economies respectively Are still enjoying Strong growth and they argue that cuts in interest rates would make inflation worse by boosting demand. After the White House meeting German finance minister Theo Taigel said that while Bush had urged lower rates a there were no reproaches of the germans for their position. A Bush did discuss interest rates but he also recognized that this was one Clement of a larger number of fundamentals a Taigel said. For the administration a sense of urgency was added to the group of seven discussions by a government report Friday showing the . Recession deepened significantly during the first three months of the year. The Economy As measured by the Gross National product shrank at an annual rate of 2.8 percent which is worse than expected. The Gnu report showed widespread weakness in everything from consumer spending to business investment. Analysts said it called into question the administrations forecast that the downturn will be Shorter and Milder than Normal and w ill end sometime before july the recession has already lasted 10 months one month Short Quot of the 11-month average. Some forecasters believe it w ill drag on until Well after labor Day. The talks am Ting the worlds seven largest economies were a prelude to sessions monday and tuesday of the 155-nation International monetary fund and the world Bank. The meetings of the group of seven and the if world Bank were expected to focus not Only on world growth prospects but also such specific issues As How to extend Aid to countries in the aftermath of the persian Gulf War and How to promote growth in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. Nudist Colony to Welcome Gulf veterans Crossville Tenn. A having conquered naked aggression in Iraq . Troops Are in line for a Little naked appreciation a group believes. The Eastern sunbathers association will sponsor a tribute to american fighting men and women at the Timberline Lodge nudist Colony on memorial Day weekend. A we Are As sincere about this As any other business or organization a said Bea Terry co owner of Timberline Lodge about 100 Miles East of Nashville. The main event will be a dance the night of May 25, followed the next Day by a tour a to acquaint people with the natural Beauty that is Here a she said. Terry said she expects a positive reaction from the military and military officials reacted Good Nat redly when asked about the invitation. A i encourage them to Wear their uniforms. Or take them off a said cmdr. Jud Smith head of the naval and Marine corps Reserve Center in Knoxville Tenn
