European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday february 19, 1992dahmer victims Kin Hope Healing can Start Jeffrey l Dahmer addresses the court and has victims families during sentencing monday. Milwaukee api some relatives of Jeffrey a Dahmer s victims say they can a let the Healing Start now that the serial killer has been sent to prison with no Chance of parole. A i feel sorry for him a said Shirley Hughes Mother of victim Tony Hughes. A the has feelings too. I done to hate  Dahmer told the judge monday before being sentenced to 15 consecutive life prison terms that he expected neither forgiveness nor Freedom. A i feel so bad for what i did to those poor families and i understand their rightful hate a Dahmer said in a Low Monotone. A i have seen their tears and if i could give my life right now to bring their loved ones Back i would do  it was Dahmer a first Public statement since he was arrested july 22 and admitted to killing and mutilating 17 boys and men since 1978. He pleaded guilty but insane to 15 killings in Milwaukee county but a jury ruled saturday that he was sane. The former chocolate factory worker still faces trial in an Ohio killing. He was not charged in one Milwaukee death because of tack of evidence. Nine relatives of victims told the judge of their suffering before Dahmer was sentenced. By sentencing him to consecutive a rather than concurrent a terms Milwaukee county circuit judge Laurence c. Gram or. Made parole out of the question. A a it a not going to bring David Back a said Inez Thomas Mother of victim David Thomas. A but i Hope my family and i can get on with our lives and let the Healing  Dahmer sat Stone faced through the hearing even As Rita Isbell sister of Vic Tim Errol Lindsey lunged at him during her statement called him a a satan and screamed obscenities. A Jeffrey i hate you a she yelled As sheriffs deputies led her away. In a rare show of emotion later Dahmer hugged his father Lionel and Stepmother Shari before he was taken to Columbia correctional institution a maximum Security prison about 80 Miles from Milwaukee. Quot they appeared to be praying together. They had their arms linked All three of them around each others Back a said sheriffs it. James f. Klopp. A the closest in be Ever seen him come to smiling i saw Back there a Klopp said. During Dahmer a three week sanity trial police and psychiatrists described How his urges to have sex with corpses led him to drug kill and dismember his victims. Dahmer had sex with dead bodies boiled Heads ate some body parts and saved others As mementos. A i take All the blame for what i did. I Hurt Many people a Dahmer said. To find him insane the jury would have had to conclude that Dahmer suffered a mental disease by defect that made him unable to Tell right from wrong or unable to control himself. If found insane he would have been sent to a mental Hospital and could have eventually petitioned for release. But Dahmer told Gram that he sought help not Freedom a by pleading insane. A i wanted to find out just what it was that caused me to be so bad and evil a Dahmer said. A the doctors have told me about my sickness and now i have some peace a photographer explores nation s Colum buses Atlanta apr a photographer celebrated the epic voyage of Christopher Columbus with a trip even longer than the explorers visiting 70 towns in this country that Are or were named for Columbus. Rick Vanderpool compiled photos of life in towns from Columbus mo., population 24, to Columbus Ohio population 850,000, for an exhibit that will tour the country this year. Vanderpool an architectural photographer from Athens ga., visited 39 existing towns named Columbus and 30 that either no longer exist or changed names. He also visited one place named Columbia South Carolinas capital the first City in the country named after the explorer. He travelled 30,000 Miles in three years. Columbus covered the 5,000 Miles from Spain to the Bahamas in a Little More than two months. A a lot of these towns did no to know three years ago that anybody on the planet knew they were around a he said. A now they re part of something National and they feel part of a special  the 54 photos titled 77ie Columbus mosaic went on display in Gainesville Northeast of Atlanta last month. A we re having a constant flow of people to see this a said Kathy Jackson director of the Sumlan arts Center in Gainesville. A this images Are much like Columbus exploring America for the first time but in modern  Vanderpool decided in 1988 to do something for the 500th anniversary of Columbus first voyage to America. He did not like what he heard about Federal observances planned for this year. A grass roots America was not on the Agenda a he said. After visiting several towns named Columbus with postal historian Jim Doolin who was writing a history of Post offices in towns named Columbus Vanderpool realized that he really wanted a photographic collection from All the nations Colum buses. People in some of the Colum buses enjoyed Vander pools visits so much that they asked him to write a weekly column about his journey for their local newspapers. So Vanderpool is turning to his diary for stories such As the one telling How he was named honorary mayor of tiny Columbus to. A a wonderful lady there Charlotte Bell told me if i was the kind of politician who liked to kiss babies id have to bring my own because they did no to have any just then a he said. Two teens leap to death in search for a new life Selma Ala. Apr two teenage boys bound their wrists together and jumped More than 300 feet to their deaths leaving behind notes that said they were curious about death and looking for a a new life a authorities said monday. Sheriff Cotton Nichols said a relative found them sunday at the foot of a Grain elevator just outside City limits. Investigators found a Backpack that contained two notes and a poem they had written together a one of them made a statement it was curiosity about death and it was adventurous a Nichols said. A they wanted to search for a new  the boys were identified As Nicolos Trammell Alcantara and Bruce s. Harris jr., both 16-year-od students at Dallas county High school a they came off the top of the elevator and landed about 15 feet from the base still taped together a said Wayne Mitchell a sheriffs investigator. Alcantara was dead at the scene and Harris died in route to a Hospital without saying anything said Coroner Kenneth Lawrence. Nichols said his department was studying the notes. A they said done to blame their families. They said done to blame music a Nichols said. He said autopsies would be performed and the results would be sent with the notes to Federal suicide experts who will try to learn More about the boys motivation. Washington s Wallet returned minus Money Trenton . Up George Washington a Wallet was returned to new Jersey on monday almost three weeks after it disappeared from a display Case at the old Barracks museum. But the owners who have not been identified and who had Lent it to the museum Are out roughly $1.66 in colonial currency. One Bill printed in 1776, was Worth two thirds of a Dollar the other was a 1779 Dollar Bill. The Wallet was returned by Eric Davis a lawyer in Doylestown pa., who said he was acting on behalf of a client who wanted to remain Anonymous. Davis has said his client did not steal the Wallet. Davis picked the Day Washington a birthday is celebrated As a suitable occasion for the return. British and hessian soldiers were housed at the old Barracks near the statehouse when Washington crossed ii Delaware from Pennsylvania in 1776 ant launched a Surprise attack while enemy troops were sleeping off a Christmas Celebration. The Battle of Trenton a Victory for the colonial troops after a string of defeats was one of the turning Points of the revolutionary War. The loss of the Wallet was discovered Jan. 28. Someone apparently lifted a plexiglas cover on an exhibit Case Anc walked off with the Wallet. The owners offered a $500 Reward Foi return of the Wallet no questions asked state police spokesman John Hagert said the Reward has been paid. But Hagerty said the state police who have had to Field several weeks of Tele phone Calls from pranksters still have some questions and the investigation is continuing