European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes saturday april 25, 1992 a Marlon Barry surrounded by police escorts is greeted by supporters at Washington a Union Temple Baptist Church. Caravan of supporters carries Barry Home from Federal prison Washington up former mayor Marion Barry disgraced in a 1990 sex and drugs scandal that put him in Federal prison for six months became a free Man thursday and was whisked Home by a six bus caravan carrying 300 supporters. Barry 56, walked out of prison in Loretto pa., and was dropped off by the supporters at a Baptist Church not far from his House in Southeast Washington. Barry had to be escorted through a waiting crowd of screaming supporters who mobbed him waving their and chanting a a Barry Barry Barry a a a thank god for All the people a the former mayor told them from the Steps of Union Teiple Baptist Church. A a it a always Good to be Home thank you. Thank you. Thank you a he was ushered inside the Church to see his Mother who Rode up earlier in a limousine. Barry wearing an african print hat and a multicoloured Scarf Over his Black suit and red tie said earlier in the Day that he Hasni to decided what he will do next. But he said he is considering a return to politics. A there Are a number of seats open on City Council Quot he said. Barry was arrested while mayor for smoking crack cocaine in a hotel room to which he was lured to by an sex Lover in 1990. He entered the Federal correctional institution in Petersburg va., in october after being convicted of Misdemeanour drug Possession. Two months later he found himself tangled in another scandal after a fellow inmate said a female visitor3 others convicted in by new Day new York a the Man who fatally stabbed a Utah tourist on a Midtown subway platform 18 months ago was convicted thursday with two other Young men of murder and robbery. The jury of 11 women and one Man announced the verdict in a packed Manhattan courtroom after two Days of deliberations. Yuli Gary Morales 19, who police said was the Leader of the attack was found innocent of intentional murder in the death of Brian Watkins. But the jury convicted Morales Anthony Anderson 20, and Ricardo Lopez 20, of felony murder and robbery in the attack hatched to raise Money for a night of dancing at Roseland ballroom. To be convicted of felony murder a defendant must have participated in a felony during which a murder takes place. Both types of murder carry the same maximum penalty 25 years to life in prison. The jury also found Morales guilty of manslaughter which requires intent to cause serious physical injury that results in death. Had performed Oral sex on the former mayor in the prison visitor area. The prison administrator recommended that Barry be transferred and he was sent to Loretto. There he was described As a Model prisoner washing dishes in the prison Kitchen and participating in educational programs. A this incarceration was pretty uneventful a said Ron Hamm the prisons executive assistant. He walked free before Dawn thursday climbed into a waiting car and was driven to a modest Motel on the outskirts of Johnstown where he was greeted by the six busloads of supporters. The caravan arranged by Baptist minister the Rev. Willie Wilson drove up from Washington for a welcoming reception. In a speech to the cheering singing sign toting crowd Barry described his prison experiences. A prison for me was like a learning tree and i just ate All the fruit and leaves on it and Learned As much As i could a he said smiling. Barry said he was struck during his time behind bars by the a absence of he said he did his Best to change that situation by joining a Christian Fellowship group and teaching fellow inmates How to hug. Barry said he also witnessed a great Deal of racism by the mostly White prison staff toward the predominantly Black inmate population. But for the most part he said prison was a positive experience teaching him self discipline and having him a time to heal and gather my of Utah tourist the verdicts come four months after four other Young men were convicted of robbery and murder in the same Case. The four were sentenced to 25 years to life. As thursdays verdict was read Lopez a eyes swelled with tears and his Girlfriend wept silently. His Mother clutched a Bible. Morales smirked then glanced at his parents. Anderson bowed his head. One juror also wept As the for woman read the verdicts. Outside the courthouse where the Young men have been on trial since March 23, Morales attorney Joel Lutwin said he was not surprised. A my client was convicted before he walked into the courtroom with All the pretrial publicity Quot Lutwin said. Morales admitted in a taped statement to police that he wielded the murder weapon a Butterfly knife. But Morales through his attorney argued that he was separated from his friends before the fatal robbery and came to their Aid when he heard a fight breakout. He insisted that while he was holding his knife Watkins fell on it. . Rutgers students end tuition protest for now from wire reports new Brunswick . A students demanding a tuition freeze at Rutgers University ended a sit in thursday. Six students shackled themselves to fixtures inside the Campus communications building wednesday. Dozens spent the night inside. School president Francis l. Lawrence met with demonstrators wednesday and thursday. He promised those taking part they be prosecuted or punished said Junior Elizabeth Zipern of scotch Plains ., a member of Campaign for an affordable Rutgers education or care. Protesters abandoned the building about 9 . After a news conference where students with raised fists burned the court order requiring them to vacate the building or face contempt of court charges. The students want a tuition freeze amnesty for activists and three voting student members on the University a 11-member Board of governors. Tuition at Rutgers has gone from $1,110 in 1982 to $3,114 in 1992, University spokeswoman Ruth Scott said. A we want action or this will escalate a Zipern Hospital Bill paid Honolulu a the final Hospital Bill of deposed philippine president Ferdinand Marcos has been paid. Eugene Tiwanak vice president of St. Francis medical Center said the Hospital received a Cashiers Check from the Marcos family wednesday for nearly $416,000. Marcos who moved to Hawaii after being ousted in a 1986 revolution ran up a Bill of slightly More than $1 million while he was hospitalized from Jan. 15, 1989, until his death on sept. 28 that year. The family paid $585,000 by july 28, 1989, but Hadnot made a payment since then Tiwanak s sister Dies Norristown a. Helen Fazio the sister of former hostage Joseph Cicippio who stayed alive Long enough to see him freed died thursday of cancer. One was 72. Fazio weakened in recent years from her Battle with cancer had vowed to live until she could hug her youngest brother again. Her desire became known worldwide last Spring when her doctors and nurses sent a letter to Cicippio a kidnappers. The letter pleading for his release was published in lebanese newspapers. Cicippio 61, was released dec. 2 after being held More than five years by shiite Muslim kidnappers. He arrived a few Days later at his brother Toms House in Norristown made his Way through a crowd of Well wishers and went inside to where Fazio was waiting. She grabbed him and said it was a the Best Day of my kills woman self Bloomington ind. A a gunman killed a woman and critically wounded a Man in an Indiana University dormitory before fleeing and killing himself police said. The shooting began thursday night on the 14th floor of Eigenmann Hall which houses about 1,400 people a 80 percent of them foreign graduate students police and University sources said. Authorities temporarily withheld the identities of the dead. They identified the wounded Man As Steven Molen 31, a senior from Salt Lake City who suffered a single shot in the lower left Groin. Bloomington Hospital officials said he remained in the critical care unit Early jolts Alaska Talkeetna Alaska a a moderate earthquake Shook South Central Alaska on thursday morning but no damage or injuries were reported. The quake at 11 49 a.m., measured 4.8 on the Richter scale and was entered about 20 Miles Northwest of Talkeetna according to the tsunami warning Center in Palmer
