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Statesville Record Landmarkkf%ores i the inue vity.Stony st big i shele getfind a- U.S. esca-mmu-use of ” and from it, they.les, a , said have about Laos, ut 100sortiesingletinuestat a ill besaid.U.S..flown say-very ed to amessecret assault can bring 20.A second indictment, resulting from the critical wounding of Elmore, charges assault with a deadly weapon With intent to kill resulting in serious injury, but not death. The panel of 12 also has the choice to convict on a lesser offense of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. This excludes the intent to toll,The third indictment against Brown was assault with a firearm on a law officer. This charge arose from the alleged shooting at Newton PolicemanDavis, 68,Succumbse thandamp-Iness, lid he s wait-beforeRADFORD, Va. - Thomas Warren Davis, 68, of Baltimore, Md., died Wednesday at hishome.Mr. Davis was bom Nov. 24,«1904, in North Carolina. He was a graduate of Wake Forest College.Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susan B. Davis of Baltimore, Md.; two sons, Dickie Davis of Florida, and Whitt Davis of Roanoke, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Betty Grayson of Lexington, N. C., and Mrs. Mary Ann Brown of Williamanette, Conn.; one sister, Mrs. Karl Kirkman of Statesville, N. C.; one brother, Jack Davis of Morganton, N. C.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Ila Burch of Florida, Mrs. George Nichols, White Plains, N. C., and Mrs. Eva Inman, Mt. Airy, N. C.Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday at the DeVilbiss Funeral Chapel here, with burial in Sunrise Burial Park here.DeVilbiss Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Final RifesIncompleteLeon (Duke) Gray, a former resident of Statesville, died Tuesday in New York City after a brief illness.He was a son of the late Mr.*and Mrs. John H. Gray.Surviving are a brother, J. C. Gray of New York City, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ella Mae Gray of Statesville.Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending the arrival of the body at Peterson and Man-gum Funeral Home.IndictmentIs ReturnedI re-irgetsit by udingjrma-syond lance n in rith a i nowie-fire )t re-i the )odia, ye re-mism all ofbodiadaysninis-unila-ricariCam-weekjgisla-to aid gional duced imbly Law-l Sen,3-Cra-CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Boston man has been indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on charges of murder and kidnap in the death of Damaris Synge Gillispie, one of eight Boston area young women slain since last summer.The indictment, returned Tuesday, named Anthony J. Jackson, 33, alias Wayne Eubank, who has been in custody since Dec. 26 after a shootout with Cambridge police.Jackson was being held in lieu of $150,000 bail on charges including assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawfully carrying firearms.The killings of young women, dating back to last July, have been described by police as the area’s toughest homicide cases since the Boston Strangler slayings a decade ago.At that time, 13 women ranging in age from 19 to 76 were strangled in their apartments. No one was ever brought to trial, although Albert DiSalvo once confessed to being the Boston Strangler. He is in prison.Miss Gillispie, 22, a Boston University student from Bedford Hills, N.Y., disappeared from her Cambridge apartment last Nov. 29. Her nude body wasfound in a wooded area inBillerica north of Boston Feb. 3.iPaul Burgess as he gave chase to the vehicle after the wounding of Elmore.The state, with Solicitor Donald E. Greene of Catawba County prosecuting, concluded testimony Wednesday After calling only 10 of 26 subpeonaed witnesses.Defense Attorney E. L. Alston, Jr., of Greensboro offered no evidence and Brown told the court he did not wish to take the stand.The sometimes turbulent trial of Brown has moved more rapidly than most officials expected.Brown, who has worn the same yellow striped shirt and dark sports coat since Monday, controlled himself Wednesday in the courtroom after having to be removed Tuesday during the testimony of Lt. Elmore.There was a minor exchange with the defendant early yesterday when Alston complained to the court that his concentration on the case was being hampered by Brown’s demands to ask questions and telling him (Alston) what to do.Judge Copeland advised Brown he was not a lawyer and that he was to act through Alston — advice he had given the defendant numerous times.In a comment Brown has repeatedly made, he replied, “I’m not going to be railroaded, Judge.”Specialists from the SBI crime lab in Raleigh testified yesterday afternoon that three of four .38 caliber shell casings found in the woods where the suspects fled were fired from the pistol which Brown had when apprehended at 7 p.m. the day of the shooting.E. P. Pierce, head of the firearms lab, said he fired the pistol and, after microscopic comparisons, was of the opinion the casings were fired from the weapon.Special Agent Mike Lewis and chemist Glenn Glesne, also of the SBI, said that a primer residue test, which identifies the presence of metal on the hands, proved positive from swab samples taken from Brown.Traces of lead and barium were found, showing he had come in contact with a firearm.The man who led the massive manhunt leading to the capture of Brown and Owens, Detective Lt. Don Burgess of the Catawba Sheriff’s Department, described search operations which involved almost 500 officers, two helicopters and one airplane.Brown was captured 14 hours after the shooting near a feed mill on NC 10 near Newton. He said in a matter of seconds there were over 20 officers surrounding the defendant, who dropped the pistol and lay flat on the ground after orders to do so.Owens was captured three days later, shortly after noon in Newton, after having escaped from a wooded block which measures five miles around where officers conducted constant surveillance.The two men are reportedly members of the Black Liberation Army, a splinter group of the Black Panthers. The car they were driving contained an arsenal of firearms including a bazooka, thousands of rounds of ammunition, rifles, shotguns, and gas masks.Roadblocks after the shooting turned up another car loaded with similar items and its occupants were tried for their possession.Two WrecksReportedSlick roads and poor visibility were listed as factors in two wrecks investigated Wednesday by state highway patrolmen.State trooper reports listed Paul Richard Lemly, 45, Fleetwood, as the driver of a 1970 Mack truck registered to Bill-a hillQinrfo TrnnlrinfT T inoc MnntKSvllle,Housstartiwhileches.NInWASI ident Ni act pro bills to ment a: resourc of fight reflecte and*‘no At the in a spt cause tlboundai our ew governr tive, pi tinued: “We iards ai We arlt;funding provide centive the job, After 19 meas last Cor ics rani water t wastes, a basic i reduce leave nr farmers “We er’s dep paymen turns oi and hon and te support and“drastilt;Settin the fasl the en\SerForA me
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Statesville Record and Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina, US
Thu, Feb 15, 1973
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