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j ncruouis.. ^ • MAIL.14* The Arizona Republic Phoenix, Sunday, Feb. 24, 1*74/ y .-AP,vT5\y .\v%Atieciotod Cruiinterracial and homosexual love affairs. She was on welfare, although they say she was bright and well educat-ed. Some say she was married and divorced; others say she was never married and that Peter's birth was the result of a rape in New York City.I‘'Most of us — we can’t say whether he’s innocent or guilty,” Mrs. Madow said. “But we felt that the way he was treated was unjust. He was taken right from the scene — after all, it was his mother who was killed and it was a shock to him.”New York Times ServiceCANAAN, Conn. - Peter Reilly, an 18-year-old youth accused of slashing and stamping hla mother to death here five months ago, was welcomed home to this quiet little town in the Berkshire foothills this week to the cheers of friends and neighbors who helped raise $50,000 for his bail.was moved by repeated prodding and questioning from denying any knowledge of the murder, to saying that it was conceivable he might have killed his mother, and then to say that he “might have done it.ttMOVMost of the money came in a single contribution from an out-of-state donor who had never met the youth. The rest was raised through cookie sales, dances, door-to-door solicitation and hundreds of small contributions.Before You decide.For service you cAn really «p Chambers Moving Storage Chamber*.The case began on the night of Sept. 28. when Peter arrived at the tiny house he and his mother rented here. He told t h e police he had found h i s mother lying on the floor, blood over everything and her clothes pushed around her neck.Some of the 970 residents of this once-bustling agricultural center near the Massachusetts border say they rallied to h i s defense because they are sure he is innocent.OPTOMETRISTS ELECTATLANTA, Ga. lt;AP) -D r. Gerald M. Thomas of Athens, Ga. has been elected president of the Southern Council of Optometrists, which has 2,500 members in32 statesFiery rush-hour crashThe police report later noted that her throat had. been slashed and that her legs, ribs and nose had been broken. She was not raped, although Peter later said under questioning that he “might” have raped her.CHAMBERS-JChicago firemen stood helpless Frld|ay as they waited for water to put out the flames in one of two autos involved in a crash on Lake Shore Drive. Threefc'persons were injured in the accident, which closed all six northbound lanes during the evening rush hour.PHOENIXtHOME OFFICE)254-4141jUloreabout‘ ‘ I can't say this is any different from what they do11CLOSE-WEA'PEBBLE-PRIN2 Beautiful multi-color d« Rubber cushion. Scotcl spill reiistanc*.COMPLETELY IICompletely Installed over Sponge PadA rizona’s only opal mine**aContinued from Page B-lthe U.S. who cut and polish opal, said Mrs. Griffith. ‘ Opal has 3 to 15 per cent water content, which means it would- fracture if it gets too hot and lose its fire.”to millions of other kids across the country,”, said Mrs. Marion Maddw, one of those who helped raise the bail money. “But we’re not used to it up here.dants but we're looking now for bulk markets.”lt;i4#*According to a geologist's survey, the mine has precious quality blue opal in an economically mineable quantity.Opal mining,.she pointed out, must be done by hand and is a slow operation. Heavy equipment would damage the stone, she added.From the beginning, people here pitied Peter rather than h i s mother, Barbara G i b-bons. “The first thing my husband said was ‘poor Peter, not poor Barbara’,” Mrs. Madow said. “That was sort of everyone’s reaction.“Virtually all the opal is'a medium blue-body color, t h e survey noted. There is some light and some quite dark blue and a small percentage of white opal. It is estimated that one one-thousandth of 1 per cent of the opal contains a ‘play of color’ which qualifies it as precious opal.”*An article in the February, 1974, Lapidary Journal entitled The Craze for Opal indicates that 89 per cent of all opal mined comes from Australia. It said the world is greedy for opal and the demand exceeds the supply.AA.«t.+P\ri4K4sJ**Few tears were shed over 51 - year - old Barbara Gib-b o n s , partly because of anger over police conduct and partly because she was viewed as an eccentric.Hidalgo, Griffith and Robbie, the , Griffith’s 13-year-old son, do t h e drilling. The men cut the stones and their j wives do the polishing.\ “There are not too many peopleThe Griffiths and Hidalgos plan to display some of. their blue fire opal next weekend at the Phoenix Gem and Mineral Show, sponsored by the Maricopa Lapidary Society, in the coliseum.People say she was alcoholic who indulgedinPRIZE-SAVH CARPETS fiSALE ENDSREMODELINGeen-ager is arrested• PATIO R0OM1• FAMILY ROOMS• BATHROOMS« CUSTOM KITCHCNS• RSOROOMS• CARPORT IMCLOSURICVALUEA teen-ager was arrested iturday after two children la:d they were molested, po-ice said.J William Michael Hurley. R, of 2223 W. Sunnyside, was (oOked into Maricopa Countyiail for investigation of two ounts of committing lewd jnd lascivious acts and two its of child molesting, po-jce said.Uetective John Gluhak, arrested Hurley at his [o$ie, said the investigation i$an Thursday when a 5-■fr-old girl arrived home jefeping and clutching a bag‘fays. -child told her mother then police that she had enticed into a man’s [se by a promise of toys ,»d that he had molested 1} e'r and forced her to com-ijjut a lewd act.I Gluhak said the girl’s storyhome with unexplained toys in December. The boy told a similar story, Gluhak said, and Hurley later gave officers a statement in connection with both incidents.CALL 24 HOURS THURS. 9:30-9 DAILY 9:30-5:30NO 0BU8ATI0N258-3536BUILDERSOut if T«wn ''Cali Collect1126 S. 20th Place, Phoenix 05034SAVE ‘3 *4 SQ. YD. SAVE*! 50 —*200 on 50 yds.•'501' NYLON SCULPTUREDNo Waiting ... 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But he was held for interrogation, persuaded to sign a waiver of his right to remain silent and then given a lie-detector test that was tape recorded without his knowledge.Friends said their efforts to find out what had become of him had been brushed aside by the police, who told them they did not know where Peter was.The police also said they had attempted to call a lawyer for Peter, but that none could be located over t h e weekend.The tape recording, played in court at a pre-trial hearing, documents an interroga-t i o n by State Police Sgt.But most of them said that whether he is innocent or guilty, they had helped him because they were convinced his right? had been violated and he was being railroaded to prison on the strength of a secretly tape-recorded confession made after 24 hours of what they call •‘brainwashing.”frUnHring Hh8 Stu ^ ^ Tim°thy G' Ke,iey in which friends and-neighbors expect- Peter, confused and tired.Save *3 fd.— Save *1• NYLON - HI-LUST SHORT SHAGSmiit CAD0Nin HI L0 Sculptures w• MONARCH’S NICE-NPRINT DESIGN with Be 30 GREAT NEW DECOR[Completely Installed o
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