European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 b the stars and stripes . 3 a woman is comforted near a Palatine iii., restaurant on saturday after the bodies of seven people were removed. Illinois Man questioned in restaurant slayings Palatine ill. Up a police questioned a Man sunday about the slayings of seven people whose bodies were found in the Kitchen of a suburban Chicago fast food restaurant where they worked police said. Martin Blake 23, was arrested at his Elgin Home saturday afternoon for questioning in the multiple homicide the worst mass killing in the Chicago area in nearly three decades said an Elgin police detective it. Carl Olsen. Blake remained in custody sunday hours after other current and former employees at the Browne a Chicken amp pasta restaurant in Palatine had been questioned and released. Palatine police would not say whether Blake would be charged. Police kept blah Cen a Home under surveillance for nearly four hours saturday Olsen said. He declined to say what led authorities to Blake believed to be a former Cook at the restaurant. Elgin police chief Charles Gruber told the daily courier news that his department was assisting Palatine police and that authorities received information saturday morning that led to the surveillance of Blake he did not elaborate. Information from Blakes acquaintances led Palatine police to believe that he might have been involved in the shootings the newspaper said. The courier news citing sources said Blake had lived less than two years at the Home for which he paid Cash. A neighbor described him As a Nice but weird a the whole neighbourhood knew something was going on because of the unmarked police cars parked on the Street a said Mike Gilman a neighbor. Autopsies were scheduled to be performed sunday Miami apr hundreds of demonstrators chanting a Justice for haitians jammed the Gates of a Federal immigration detention Camp saturday where 45 refugees were in the 10th Day of a hunger strike. A i have to fight for my people to be free this is injustice this is racism said Shadrac Valentine who with about 250 others confronted immigration officials at the Entrance of the Krome detention Center. Inside six men and 39 women were taking part in the hunger strike to protest what they say Are unfair immigration policies favouring cuban refugees Over haitians. Rolande dormancy who Heads the haitian refugee Center in Miami said Many of the strikers were growing weak some had been forced to eat and some had been beaten. Ken Powers of the immigration and naturalization service who stood in front of saturdays protesters said the Agency would not comment until the demonstration was Over. Another ins officer who declined to give his name said late saturday that two arrests were made but did on the seven victims five adults and two teen agers. All seven were found shot to death Early saturday inside the Kitchen of the Chicken restaurant in this normally 25 Miles Northwest of Chicago. The victims included two High school students and the restaurants owners Richard Ehlenfelt 50, and his wife Lynn 49, of Arlington Heights. Cook county medical examiner or. Robert Stein said the bodies were found in a Large walk in refrigerator and in a cooler. The other victims were identified As Guadalupe Maldonado 46, of Arlington Heights Michael Castro 16, of Palatine and Rico Solis 17, of Arlington Heights both students at Palatine High school Thomas Man pcs 32, of Palatine and Marcus Nellson 31, of Palatine. The bodies remained in the Kitchen for several hours after their discovery Early saturday As police searched the scene for evidence. A because of the location and position of the victims bodies it was not possible to make a positive identification of All of the victims without moving them a said Palatine Deputy police chief Walt Gasior. A after the crime scene was fully processed the bodies of the victims were moved for the purpose of identification a the bodies were discovered after police responded to a missing persons report about 2 30 . The parents of one of the employees called wondering where their son was said Palatine sgt. Sam Maki. Police called the slaying the worst mass murder in Chicago since Richard speck was convicted of killing eight student nurses in a townhouse apartment on Chicago a South Side in july 1966. Not specify on what charges. He also repeated claims made by the ins earlier in the week that the hunger strike was Oyer a a claim contradicted by attorneys who have visited the strikers. The strike began two Days after the Quick release of 48 cubans who commandeered an Airliner to Miami on dec. 29. Most cubans who arrive in the United slates Are quickly released under the terms of the cuban resettlement act of 1966, which Grants Asylum to people from that country who flee communism. But Many of the 40,000 haitians who have fled to the United states since a military coup ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide in 1991 have been returned to Haiti. The refugees said they were fleeing political persecution but Federal officials said most were simply trying to escape poverty. Haitians have charged that the real reason their people Are turned Back while cubans arc allowed in is that haitians Are Black. A if it was White people they would let them go. And that is racism a Valentine said. Monday january 1 of 1003 nation s first mover elect prepares for the big Job from wire reports Tulsa okla. A Larry Isaacs has been moving furniture for More than two decades but it All comes Down to his next Job Isaacs a United Van lines worker Arnm i Ulm will cart the goods of president elect Clinton and his family from Little Rock ark., to the White House Quot it will just take one Load because the while House is furnished a he said Friday the Load will include the Clin tons bedroom Wile Hillary Clinton a desk and lots of books and clothing he said Isaacs 53, said he a not afraid of dinging a while House doorway or dropping a Box or two a tvs been doing this for 21 years a he said. He was picked by United because a a he a our top Van operator Quot said Jan Ujj rawly the company s Long distance dispatcher Isaacs leaves for Little Rock on tuesday the secret service has t told him when he will leave for Washington Isaacs admits to being a Little jittery a i mean this is the president of the United states a he said. 2 would be rescuers die Kenosha wis a two men drowned saturday when they fell through ice on a Lake while trying to Rescue a woman whose snowmobile had crashed. The woman was pulled out by sheriffs divers and survived. Edward Gureczny 44, a tavern owner and David Barhyte 31, a customer at the tavern fell through the ice into Camp Lake As they tried to make their Way to the woman whose snowmobile had broken through Trevor Eire chief Tom seep said. The men rushed to her Aid after a pass after on the snowmobile pulled himself from the water Ami called for help lire Kenosha county sheriffs department said. Sheriffs divers eventually pulled All three from the water but Gureczny and Tarli Etc were pronounced dead at a Hospital. The snowmobiles Driver Susan d. Kannin 26, of Kenosha was in fair condition at Kenosha Hospital sheriffs officials said. Her passenger Michael Moyzis 38, of Markham 111. Also was in fair condition. 13 theft suspects nabbed san Jose Calif. T lie Fri and local authorities teamed to break up a gang of alleged computer equipment thieves possibly involved in a string of Home robberies thirteen men ranging in age from 18 to 3 1 were arrested Friday authorities stopped five cars and found five handguns Nylon masks heavy duty tape rope gloves and Walkie talkies said police sgt. Dennis Luca two of the cars had been reported stolen. Police also raided a san Jose Home and found $500,000 Worth of computer chips circuit boards Cash and valuables that could link them to several Home robberies in the asian Community authorities said. A the information we had received indicated that these individuals were prone to violence and were prepared to commit violent acts in conjunction with robbery a said Fiji spokesman Rick Smith. The men All from cities in the greater san Francisco Bay area allegedly were part of a loosely organized gang authorities said. Barbara Silano a Federal prosecutor said it was unclear whether they would face Federal racketeering charges. Father faces murder charge Chicago Heights i. A a father who became upset Over a televised football game and allegedly tally injured his 5-Numth old son by shaking him has been charged with murder authorities said saturday. Attempted murder charges against Roosevelt Bell -2, were upgraded to murder Friday after an autopsy showed his son Bryan died of multiple Blunt trauma on new years Day. I Rosc tutors say Bell lifted the baby front his Lap Ami Shook him violently for 10 seconds when the University of to Oliu Ailo scored a touchdown do my Syi cause University s Victory in the fiesta bowl Ian. 1 1 he baby Sull Rcd a detached brain Stein and detailed Retinas common in Quot shaken baby deaths said assistant Cook county slates Mattoi my Jolt Somerville. I be father took the baby to a Hospital 20 minutes Alt r when he Tuul the in Ailt shaking and noticed los eyes a no lulled Back into his head Somei Ville Sank haitian protesters Jam Florida Camp
