European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 b the stars and stripes tuesday february 4, 1992 moving out of the Way a Man ices from the path of a circus elephant that went berserk saturday in Palm Bay fla., while giving a woman and some children a ride. The riders were res spotlight to sequin Indianapolis apr Mike Tyson a rape trial sputtered briefly to a halt monday because a prosecutor lost a sequin introduced As evidence and spent several minutes searching for the tiny Spangle. After discovering the sequin near the witness stand special prosecutor Greg Garrison balanced it on his fingertip. He then sought to show that the tiny object came from the clothing Tyson s accuser says the former heavyweight Champion ripped off when he attacked her in his hotel suite. In six hours of testimony last week an 18-year-old College student and miss Black America contestant said Tyson pinned her on a bed july 19, stripped her raped her and laughed while she cried in pain and begged him to Stop. The alleged victim had testified she was in bed about 1 30 . When Tyson telephoned and insisted she come out and talk with him while they drove around town. On the witness stand monday detective Thomas Kuzmik said he noticed the sequin on the carpet near the bed in Tyson a room three Days after the alleged assault. Tyson a accuser had filed a formal complaint just hours earlier. A a she was extremely nervous and appeared to have difficulty focusing her concentration Kuzmik said. Milwaukee apr Jeffrey l. Dahmer was coherent when he detailed for police How he killed and dismembered 17 men and boys for his own self gratification a police detective testified monday. Detective Dennis Murphy said during Cross examination at the serial killers sanity trial that Dahmer was responsive and cooperative during the More than 60 hours of police interviews after his july 22 arrest. A was he Ever out of touch with reality in any Way you could detect a prosecutor Carol White asked. A no he Wasny to Murphy replied. Dahmer 31, has pleaded guilty but insane to 13 murders. The jury will decide whether he will be sent to prison or a mental Hospital. Dahmer has confessed to 17 slayings since 1978 16 in Wisconsin and one in Ohio. He has not been charged in one Wisconsin slaying because of a Lack of evidence. He will stand trial in Ohio later. Cued when the pachyderm was briefly distracted. Police killed the elephant named Kelly after circus officials said they did not have a drug to subdue the animal. A she would Start a sentence and Trail Kuzmik said he asked the woman and her father to trim sequins from the outfit to compare with the sequin found in the room. He said the woman at first refused to return the garment saying it had been borrowed and she was reluctant to Tell the owner what happened. A specialist in crime scene evidence James b. Enochs testified that Tyson a room suite 606 of the Canterbury hotel had been cleaned and straightened when police arrived. Hotel workers say Tyson checked out a few hours after the woman left his room. The boxers chauffeur Virginia Foster said Tyson and his bodyguard abruptly left town less than two hours after the encounter though they had planned to stay until july 21. Foster told the jury that when the Young woman emerged from Tyson a hotel her a pretty Hairdo was in disarray. A she seemed scared a the chauffeur said. The former heavyweight champions rape trial entered its second week monday and his lawyer implied that Tyson May testify when the defense begins its Case. Prosecutor Jeffrey Modisett said the states last witness could be expected to take the stand by today. Tyson 25, faces a possible 63 years in prison if convicted on All charges. Defense attorney Gerald Boyle said he would Call experts to show Dahmer suffered from a disorder that compelled him to have sex with dead people. But District attorney e. Michael Mccann said prosecution experts would testify Dahmer did not fit the Legal definition of insanity. Murphy began testimony monday by Reading the final pages of Dahmer a confession. Later testimony was expected to focus on what mental disorder May have caused the killing spree. The detective read portions of the confession that detailed How Dahmer met his first victim a teen age Hitchhiker in 1978 in his Hometown of Bath Ohio. Dahmer said he picked up Steven Hicks and took him Back to the Dahmer family Home were he was living alone. Dahmer remembered Hicks name because a you done to forget your first one a Murphy quoted Dahmer As saying. deed ends up a sex line Nightmare from wire reports Freehold . A car dealer is apologizing to hundreds of customers who mistakenly were sent a Telephone sex line number to Call for repairs instead of a Mechanic. Someone at Freehold Auto group goofed when he or she typed a letter suggesting owners of 1986, 1987 and 1989 Hyundai excels Call an 800 number and make an appointment for free replacement of valves that could be corroding. The number Given actually directed customers to Call a 900-number sex line. A we tried to do a Good thing by sending out those letters to Alert the customers to the recall a Sal Hernandez service manager at the Dealership said saturday. A a Good thing is turning into a about 1,000 letters of apology mailed last week included the Correct toll free number. Hernandez said customers seemed Good natured about the kills 2 troopers Pontiac Mich. A two Michigan state police troopers Rushing to help an off duty officer died when their patrol car was struck by a train. The two men answering an emergency Call apparently did not see the oncoming train late saturday said sgt. Val Gardner. James r. Deloach 26, of Howell and Steven j. Niewick 24, of Ortonville died when their car was struck by the train at a Railroad crossing in Waterford township. A they were two Young officers who were aggressive and very Well liked by everybody a Gardner said. Waterford township police sgt. Tom Jensen said he did not know what kind of train it was. No injuries were reported on the train. The off duty officer resolved her dispute without police help Gardner Poseidon adventure new Orleans All 30,000 Gallons of water in a hotels fifth floor swimming Pool crashed through two floors then cascaded Down escalators and stairwells to the Street sending at least one guest packing. Tony Kolton of Chicago said he was in an elevator when a Man from Australia came running in with suitcases and said he was fleeing a we asked him Why and he pointed to the elevator ceiling and we looked up and saw water a pipe broke close to the Drain of the Pool saturday at the new Orleans Marriott near the French Quarter hotel officials said. No one was Hurt and damage was confined to meeting rooms said marketing director Brad Mccreedy. The hotels 1,290 guest rooms begin on the sixth floor. After the soggy mishap a line of guests waiting for a service elevator snaked through the hotel Kitchen Blue and beige towels dotted the floor soaking up puddles while hotel employees attacked water falling from above. A a it a like the Poseidon adventure Quot Kolton said referring to a film in which a luxury cruise ship is capsized by a tidal wave trapping a Small band of has 2nd surgery Chicago a a 9-month-old baby recovering from his second liver transplant was resting comfortably sunday in critical but stable condition. Aaron Northrup suffering from a rare congenital disorder that destroyed his original liver underwent six hours of transplant surgery saturday night at tylers children s Hospital. A the is going to have a Tough few Days a said Susan Philips a spokeswoman for the University of Chicago hospitals. A getting through the surgery is certainly a Milestone but a lot of critical Points Are going to come in the next few not Long after birth Aaron was diagnosed As having biliary Artesia which causes liver failure by trapping bile in the Organ. In his first transplant operation in december Aaron got a part of his mothers liver but his immune system rejected the tissue. He was placed on a waiting list for a donor Organ. In Tyson trial turns found in hotel room Dahmer not incoherent detective says
