European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 2, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 5 police underwire after killing Man in raid los Angeles apr the death of a multimillionaire Recluse shot by Law officers during a failed raid on his Malibu area ranch has raised questions about police tactics in the War on drugs. The killing of former Hollywood socialite Donald Scott marked the second time in recent weeks that drug agents in Southern California have shot a person in a raid that yielded no evidence of drugs. Scott a attorney contends police hoped to seize his ranch under Federal forfeiture Laws that allow property to be confiscated before a defendant is convicted. A similar raid in which san Diego county business Man Donald Lee Carlson was gravely wounded prompted an investigation by the . Attorney into whether Federal agents acted improperly. These and other questionable raids around the country have caused debate among Legal scholars about the latitude Given police in the War on drugs. A particularly the seizure of property aspect has been a major problem a said Paul rot Stein a Georgetown University Law professor and past chair of the american bar associations criminal procedures committee. A it raises huge amounts of Revenue for the government so there san incentive to do  Scott heir to a european chemicals Fortune was killed oct. 2 As members of a drug task Force led by los Angeles county sheriffs deputies burst into his rambling Home in the Hills above Malibu. Roused by his wife a Crucs and partially blinded by a recent Cataract operation the 61-year-old Scott rushed into the living room holding a .38-caliber revolver above his head. Deputies said that instead of dropping the weapon As ordered Scott lowered it in the officers direction. He was shot twice in the Chest. Attorney Nick Gutsue a longtime Friend and executor of Scott a estate says lawmen were looking for a reason to seize the 200-acre ranch. Scott had refused to sell his property to the Federal government As part of an expansion of the adjacent Santa Monica mountains National recreation area. Capt. Larry Waldick who Heads the sheriffs department narcotics Bureau strongly denied the allegation. A week before the shooting an air surveillance expert flew Over the ranch and reported seeing about 50 marijuana plants growing in pots Waldick said. Suspicions also were aroused by an informants tip that Scott a wife of three months Frances Plante 38, was seen in Malibu flashing $100 Bills. Prosecutors arc investigating whether the officers should face criminal charges in the shooting. Gutsue said Scott was fanatically anti drug and even drove along Back trails looking for marijuana that might have been planted without Nis knowledge. But his Independent wealth and lifestyle could have easily attracted the attention of drug agents. Plante said she regularly Drew Money from Scott s Swiss Bank account and spent lavishly. Furthermore Scott Hadnot filed an income tax return since 1987, Gutsue said. The internal Revenue service garnished one of his Bank accounts. In the Carlson Case Federal drug and customs agents were acting on an informants tip that there were Large amounts of cocaine in Carlson a suburban san Diego Home. Both agencies have declined to discuss the raid citing the . Attorneys investigation. 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A sister Mildred Gross choked Back tears saturday As she read a letter confirming that five missionary nuns of the adores of the blood of Christ order were killed in Liberia. Roman Catholic Sisters Mary Joel Kolmer Shirley Kolmer Kathleen Mcguire Agnes Mueller and Barbara Ann Muttra were reported dead in the letter from archbishop Michael Francis of Monrovia Liberia. A they gave their lives for what they believed a sister Gross said. A i never thought it would end like  Francis has refused to speculate about who killed the nuns All from Illinois and in their 50s or 60s, but said in an interview they had been a brutally  the Vatican newspaper la of Servator Romano called the killings a massacre. Saturday liberian guerrillas battling with West african troops denied killing the nuns. Charles Taylor a liberian invaded from Ivory coast in december 1989 to overthrow president Samuel Doe who was later captured and slain by a rival rebel faction. Taylor a forces have overrun All but the capital of Monrovia where an interim government backed by the West african Force is in Power. Sister Gross and other members of the order including the natural Sisters of two of the nuns remembered the five women at a news conference saturday at the Convent in Ruma about 30 Miles Southeast of East st. Louis. Sister Mueller a natural sister sister Mary Ann Mueller said that knowing that her sister had been doing what made sister Elizabeth Kolmer the natural Lister of sister Shirley Kolmer talks of the dangerous conditions the slain missionaries worked under in Liberia. Her Happy consoled her. A i know that Agnes is where she wanted to be and in a Way i guess in a grateful for that a she said. Sister Shirley Kolmer a natural sister sister Elizabeth Kolmer recalled the two months she spent in Liberia with the nuns. A when i saw them working there i was so impressed a she said. She described Riding around in sister Muttra struck and going through Check Points manned with armed rebels. A there was always a certain undercurrent of tension because it is a divided country a she said. Two of the women were killed along a Road and the other three in front of their Convent outside Monrovia. The nuns had been missing for More than a week. In Washington the state department said the nuns apparently were slain several Days ago in a rebel controlled area. Illegal Border Crossings into California decline Washington up Border Crossings by illegal aliens entering Southern California from Mexico Are being reduced due to changes in enforcement policies the immigration and naturalization service officials said saturday. Ins commissioner Gene Mcnary said that in september illegal Border Crossings in the san Diego area dropped by More than 6 percent compared with september of last year. While Mcnary did not provide specific figures for san Diego he said illegal Crossings nationwide have averaged 1.1 million every year for the past three years. Mcnary attributed the decrease in san Diego to repaired and improved Border fencing and lighting More Border patrol agents and greater cooperation with mexican authorities. A a the changes Are not Only reducing illegal Border Crossings but saving lives As Well Quot Mcnary said. Seven undocumented immigrants were killed on the freeways near san Diego this year. The number reflects a steady decline in illegal immigrant freeway deaths since an All time High of 38 in 1989. To tighten Border controls Federal agencies installed 14 Miles of reinforced steel fencing to replace and extend the tattered Chain link Fence. Mcnary said the Chain link Fence did Little to Stop determined unlawful Border crosses. In addition a mile of High intensity lighting was installed along the Tijuana River Channel crossing area a a key entry Point where undocumented citizens have an open 200-Yard run before disappearing into the Urban san Ysidro area Mcnary said. The Agency also boosted the number of patrol agents from 770 to 1,077 to further Clamp Down on illegal crosses