European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 8, 1994 the stars and stripes. A. Page 3 injured go taking . Teen to court Soldier lost Eye in Beer bottle incident by Doyle Tillman Kaiserslautern Bureau Baum older Germany a a Soldier who lost his right Eye after being hit with a bottle in a German disco is seeking Justice today in a German court. Pvt. 2 Nathaniel Adams jr., 25, of b Btry 429th Field arty in Baum older will be medically retired this month because of the injury. A 16-Ycar-old . Family member is charged with one count of aggravated assault in the incident said Inge Coenen Adams attorney. A German juvenile court judge agreed to hear Adams account of the incident today rather than wait for the Start of the trial aug. 19 in Idar Oberstein Coenen said. The Kaiim Holder Soldier is scheduled to leave Germany on tucs Day in preparation for his discharge from the service. The Soldier decided to pursue the Case in German court because he was not satisfied1 with what he perceived As the army a reluctance to punish the attacker he said. A. A my wife writes a bad Check and i get a counselling statement but this kid costs me an Eye a and nothing a Adams said. A More should be Able to be done about family member misconduct. A fall i can do is take him the teen to  the most serious punishment from the army would have been to return the suspect to the United states Adams said a what kind of punishment is that for his action a he asked. Adams said the teen is the son of a sergeant first class assigned to the 47th support in in Baum older. He would not give the teens name. Officials with the 222nd base support in in. Baum older also refused to identify the suspect. They a tried to Send the teen Ager Back to the United states following the incident but the return process ended with Adams decision to press criminal charges in the German courts a said Tracy Ovitt a Baum older spokeswoman. Pending the aug. 19 trial a the youths sponsor has since been ordered to keep him confined to quarters a Ovitt said. Adams was hit in the face Jan. 8 by a scaled Beer bottle while working As a bouncer at the metropol disco in Baum older. Adams said the incident occurred after the Jug year old had been thrown out of the disco along with an older brother and another teen age boy. The three tried to return but Adams barred their Way. A they said they just wanted to get their Coats. So i told them to wait and id go get them Quot Adams said. The Beer bottle caught Adams in the head As he returned with the Coats. A i never saw it coming a he said. A i thought i had been  the Soldier suffered a blinding injury to his right Eye and a fractured Check. He was taken to the local Hospital before being moved to Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. He was hospitalized about five weeks. Prior to the incident Adams said he had excellent vision. Now he must leave the army. A the work i did was very dangerous and now i can to do it a the private said. Adams is assigned to the 429lh Field arty As a Cannon crewman. Adams who has been in the army 21/2 years will return tuesday to the United Stales to Complete the paperwork necessary for his july 25 discharge. The Soldier will receive a permanent disability retire mint of 40 percent which he said will be about $400 a month. In addition he retains Exchange commissary and medical Bench its after he leaves the army Adams will return to Ohio a probably the Youngstown area a with his wife Al a. Icia and 18-month-old daughter British. The future is Uncertain. A we done to have any savings a Adams said. Some financial help is on the Way he said. The White ring a victims assistance organization in Germany is covering most of Adams Legal fees. White ring officials also will provide the Adams family with 4,000-Marks about $2,580 to help them establish a new Home in the states. Adams Hopes to pursue several employment leads in the states. Among them Are a Park Ranger Job a sheriffs department position and some Security related offers. Is amps Doyle Tillman pvt. 2 Nathaniel Adamsjr. Of Baum older Germany who lost his right Eye when a bottle hit his face appears with his wife Alicia and daughter British. By Mark Kinkade staff writer the chief suspect in the slaying of 2-year-old Elora Mckemy will undergo an extensive psychiatric evaluation beginning monday at Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington d.c., according to a v corps spokeswoman. Spec. Patrick Mcdonald Smith is in pretrial confinement while the army continues its article 32 investigation into charges that Smith kidnapped raped sodomized and killed Elora Early sept. 15, said Hilde Patton. The article 32 investigation is the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing. Smith was jailed nearly nine months after a German contractor found the girls naked body near a water filled Quarry about a Quarter mile from her Home in Babenhausen Germany. Elora disappeared Between 1 . And 4 . That Day. The arrest came after a massive Dan testing sweep. The charges against Smith arc a a preferred charges a or those that the army wants to pursue against the Soldier. The investigators Are reviewing evidence to determine if they will support the preferred charges. The psychiatric tests Are a routine part of investigations involving violent crimes Patton said. However she would not say if the tests were to determine the suspects sanity at the time of the crime or his mental fitness to stand trial. An officer from the Darmstadt Ger Many military Community is overseeing the investigation and will present findings to the 41st Field arty brigade commander in Babenhausen Patton said. Once the investigation is Complete the 32nd army air defense come commander who is the convening authority in the Case will use the article 32 recommendations to decide what if any court martial action to take. Patton said army Legal officials Are reluctant to predict when investigators will Complete their findings. A there is absolutely no precise time that i can say the investigation will be Complete a Patton said thursday. A at the very earliest the investigation will be done in August perhaps september. There a really no Way of  on May 21, american military author. Tics charged Smith 22, an armorer with the 27th Field arty regt in Babenhausen after German and american investigators used the Dan sweep to narrow the Field of suspects. German doctors reviewed nearly 1,400 blood samples from soldiers and other people living near the murder scene. The samples were used to compare Dan from the groups members with evidence collected from Elora a body officials said. Dan or detox ribonucleic acid is the genetic code for living things and is used in court to establish individual identity. Officials said they also have other evidence linking the Soldier to the crime. Sex employee of army Given suspended term for spying by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt Germany a a former civilian employee of the . Army a v corps was Given a two year suspended sentence wednesday by a German court for spying for the former East Germany. . Muller a 72-year-old German citizen who worked at v corps Headquarters in the Abrams building in Frankfurt admitted during the trial that he accepted Money to spy for the East German a a stasis a ministry for state Security a from 1968 to 1990. Muller is one of a siring of spies in the West who were discovered after the files of the notorious Stasi were opened following the demise of communist East Germany in november 1989. A it came out in the trial that Muller had earned some 68,000 Marks about $44,000 for his efforts a said a spokeswoman for the German court. A not an awful lot for  she also said Muller a spying consisted mainly in taking books and military installation blueprints from v corps restricted Access Library and photocopying them to Send to East Germany a Muller was even Able to continue to take books and plans from the Library after being pensioned in 19s7. He admitted to the court that he tried offering his services to the russian Kab after being released from serving the Stasi in 1990 when East Germany disappeared a a spokesman for the v corps Public affairs office said he could not comment on the Case until he had looked into the trial proceedings and the records. Army names crash victim bad Kreuz Nach Germany a amps a the Baum older Germany Soldier killed in an automobile Accident wednesday has been identified As pfc. Lucas b. Wheeler 19. Wheeler a medic was stationed with 1st army dives he co 2nd in 68th Armor regt. He was going to Baum older from Saar Bruckn when his 1978 opel struck the rear end of a transport truck on autobahn 62, a few Miles Southwest of Baum older about 525 . Wednesday he died 90 minutes later at a German Hospital. He is survived by his parents Glen Allen and Laurah Jean Wheeler and a brother Matthew 15, All of of Pope fab . Wheeler had been recommended for a july 13 promotion. He entered the army in May 1992 and arrived in Germany the following october. A memorial service is scheduled for 3 . Today at Baum older a Smith Barracks Chapel no. 1. Cutthroats kill 7 italian seamen Algiers Algeria apr seven italian merchant seamen were slain by assailants who raided their ship at an algerian port and Slit the sailors throats authorities said thursday. The attack late wednesday in Nijel was the latest violence targeting foreigners in Algeria which has been racked by fighting Between the government and Muslim radicals since 1992