Wednesday, June 19, 1991

‘The Cééilegar Sun

Page 4B

MAX HAINES:

corge House, a retired New York police

officer, often complained that the walls of his

duplex were too thin. He could hear any loud:
noise emanating from his neighbor, Addie Gilman’: vas
apartment. At 8:30 on the night of April 21, 1941, hi
heard a thump from Addie's place, but didn’t Rive ‘it
a second thought until much later.

Next morning, George detected the odor of gas,
which he believed was coming from Addie’s
apartment. He looked out his window, but didn't see
her sweeping the sidewalk as she did every morning.
When he observed that the blinds of her apartment
were drawn, George decided to investigate. ile knew
that Addie Kept a spare key to her apartment under '
ber front mat. He.used, the key to let himself in.

Once inside, George found the apartment full of
gas. The poisonous fumes were coming. from four jets
on Addie’s oven. Her body lay on the kitchen floor.
George ° opened windows and called the police.

Within minutes, ambulance attendants ard police
were on the scene. Addie was beyond help.
Detectives scanned the site of the obvious suicide.

Addie must have been sitting in her chafr, inhaling _,.,,

the gas fumes, until she slusped to the floor. Her
glasses lay intact beside her head.
@Seree House volunteered that he had heard a loud
thump the previous night at 8:30. When investigators
found that Addie’s bed had not been slept in, they
believed that the thump pinpointed the time ‘of ceath,

dupien which an owned. The upstairs apartment
was vacant. Addie was a :

the ey asked George House if he could ched an light if
on. these’ entries jeorge

M The
cred that Addie fad: been strangled. The he viet sid
the hyoild.bone.had been fractured, a

. a stro
‘indication of pirengwation. He immediately informed

the police of his findin;

Herbert was notified ot his mother's death. Grief
stricken, he rushed back to New York. He assured |
detectives that his mother had no enemies and he ~
had no idea who could have murdered her and faked
the suicide:scene. He did: inform police of one of his:
mother's idiosyncrasies. She was in the habit of... ¢,:

ing her Tiousehold ‘money ytdden in'a ie a
the. basement and ony ae eee money

urse for i: could
locate the tin can. ‘Addie ‘iad a little over a dollar in
change in her purse at the time of her death.

The clever killer had left absolutely no clues that‘
might have led to his identity. In fact, the death had
(come + close to being the perfect murder. Detectives,

“ait

Nothing in her home was out of place. She had been,
rearing her best Sunday dress when she had died.
Detectives Tai + she had dressed especially | -for the

occasion.
‘Addie had lived frugally and had kept records of
, all her expenditures. She had also kept a diary
‘ recording all the incidents of her rather simple ‘
lifestyle. For some unknown reason, in her 73rd year,
‘she had apparently decided to take her own life.
When investigators came across the names ‘Herbert *
‘and Edwina, who had recently visited with Addie,

_ there with his wife.

pages of Addie’s diaries and copied’
“fown over a Tondee names, Not one led them to the

t the
detectives: attention. Addie had written, ‘Told my

“One entry in the voluminous diaries ‘cau,

“ attorney ‘to’ send letter about the apartment.” ‘Adgie’ s

son was questioned about the entry. He explained

->that.the reference must have concerned Jerry Croft, ,

the former resident of the upstairs apartment. Jerry
Ahad lived there all his life until the death of his par-
ents.'After. his marriage, he had continued to live

During the course of their abtigation: police

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Jerry had given up his job and couldn't find
another one. Addie had carried him for months and
had even loaned him’ money for food and other
necessities. When she figured that he wasn’t Tooking
that hard to find employment, she had told him to
vacate the apartment and move in with his in-laws.

The police now felt they had a motive for murder.
Con could neve killed Addie in order not to have to

the he owed. “Not so,” said the professor.

erat didn't t really owe the money any more. Herbert
told police that while he was visiting with his mother,
Jerry's. 21-year-old brother-in-law, Edward ‘Thomas, :-
had dropped by. Herbert had overheard them talking,
Evidently Jetry's wife had told'Edward' about Her!
husband's debt. Edward wanted to now how m'

Jerry owed so that he could pay off the debt. Nothing

of this nature had ever ha; tappened to their family
before and Edward wanted to clear up the matter
as soon as possible.

informed him that she kept the exact
amounts of Jerry's loans on little pieces of paper and
would tally it.up in a couple of days, at which time
he could settle the debt. She promised Edward that
she wouldn't tell Jerry about their deal. Bdward felt
that he would be embarrassed, if not downr!

+: Was it possibl

uncovered an old friend of Addle's, who claimed she
had visited her on the night of the murder just before
8 o'clock. Addie was wearing her best dress and was

other . The

stayed a short ating © but left when ‘the Brien ran,
She heard Addie call out to a young man she Rass
in the hall. She thought Addie had called him Eddie.

The only Eddie who had surfaced in the
Investigation was Edward Thomas, the big-hearted
brother-in-law of Jerry Croft. Eddie was taken into
custody and interrogated. At first he told the same
story which had been related by Addie's son Herbert.
He added that he had revisited the apartment on the
night of the murder. Addie had totalled wy Jerry 'S
loan, which came to $102, Eddie made a deal to pay
$2.a week until ihe loan was paid off. He had then
left the apartment.

Detectives instinetivel felt they had their man.

le that ‘Eddie was telling partial truths,

but. that.his real reason for visiting the apartmen x

as to steal the money. Addie was known to keep-in
the tin can in her basement? The man wouldn't
break, so the police set out to trick him.

Once more, Eddie was brought in for questioning.
Police told him they knew he had killed Kadle ant

t

one of her diaries. Eddie blurted out, “How could
she? She was dead.”

The dam of silence was broken. Eddie confessed.
He caine that he had told the truth up to the point
of his leaving the apartment. He had suggested to

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guraged, at having his brother- in-law pay y of hs

Jerry Croft was taken into custody and told.that
his brother-in-law had promised to P

Addie Gilman. Jerry was furious. 1

ay off his debt to
le professed loud
and clear that he didn’t need his brother-in-law's
financial help. His wife verified that he had been at
home on the night of Addie’s murder.

Addie that they round off the $102 debt to $100 seen.
Addie had insisted that if he planned on payin;
debt, it should be paid in full. Th
choked her. The ide
had come to him on the g
On June 3, 1941, Edwai
first- degree murder. He was sentenced to a term of

at's when he ha

ea of setting up the suicide scene
ur of the moment,
Thomas pleaded guilty to

from 10 to 20 years imprisonment in Sing Sing.
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The “incredible” j journey - awareness for diabetes

area McColm_is blazin
8,000 km trail across Canada will his
goal to make Canadians aware of the
serious and disabling complications
of diabetes and to raise funds for the
Canadian Didbetes Association
search programs. McColm (30).
Ictim to one at the most

blindness—has seuccesstuliy coveret
four: provinces since, beginning
plncredible. Joumey” on: March 20th.
He' is Currently in Quebec‘and will
enter Oftario near beginning of July.
McColm was raised in the Cab—
bagetown district of Toronto. Ontario.
At the’age of five he | was diagnosed

as he struggled to cope with the disease:
“Sometimes it just didn't seem fair. 1
wanted to be like everyone else. Do
and eat what my friends did. As a child.
it was difficult to understand at times
why I couldn't."

‘Attending summer camps run by
‘the Canadian Diabetes Association
gave him the chance to see that there
were other children who, had to live

this disease. Still, Ken remembers
high school as a particularly. difficult
time. Not only did he have the normal
“teenage problems and the need to be
accepted by his peers. he still had.to
deal with his diabetes on a daily basis.
To a teenager. dlabeles felt like “a

Toronto and obtained his Masters in
English in 1983. During this time he
would also perform as an amateur
comic at Yuk Yuk's Comedy club in
Toronto and Buffalo, New York. His
sense of humour is still intact and has
helped him on the tougher days of his
journey. After graduating he made a
Iw ing ‘as a freelance writer, focusing
on politics.

jeColm was diagnosed with
diabetic retinopathy-in 1986. He lost
the battle to control the complication
and totally lost his sight in: 1988. *
first few weeks were painful, not only.
from an emotional pojnt of yiew; but
also’ from a’ physical one. ‘ing: to.

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Dear, Ann Landers: I’am

ing to recover from the worst
thing, that can happen to a
woman, Rape, Because I was
‘totally ignorant about the sub-
ject, my new mission in life is to
help educate others,

“Women keep arguing the pros

and cons about whether it is best.”

to be passive and let the rapist
have his way, hoping to avoid a
beating: or, worse.; Others
believe they should fight back,
on’ the outside ‘chance that they
will get away, No matter which
course a woman chooses, she
must never lose sight of the fact
that being raped is not her fault.
A traditional source of
strength, the church, may not be
viewed by some as a viable
option. This is unfortunate. I
didn't:want to go near a church
after: I ‘was raped because
according to my early religious
training there were only three
types of: women—virgin, mar-
ried or whore. No provision Mr
made for victims of rape. 1
thought that was where I stood
with God and spent too many

others after her own terri ble experience.

"years punishing myself for hav-
ing. “fallenifrom grace.” Then
one day it'dawned on me that
those teachings were the work of
peopleiand that God did not
blame me for being a victim.
Please keep talking about
this, Ann, Your:column is a

Landers

Syndicated
Columnist

national clearinghouse for infor-
mation and a real source of
strength —L.C.R., Davis, Calif.
Dear Davis: Thank you for
writing a letter that is certain to
help a great many women. And
may I add one important foot-
note? If it happens, the victim
should get professional help

completely confused and need
an answer in a hurry. I wrote to
_ you several months ago to say
" thanks for suggesting that your
readers write to “Any Service-
man” irt the Persian Gulf, I've
been corresponding with a licu-
tenant since"late October. He is
home now and we are both anx-
ious to get together.

“Steve"’ invited me to come see
him in North Carolina but I told
him I'd be too nervous ’and'asked ;,
him if he'd like to visit me in New.
‘York. He said he'd love to. Now.
the big question: Ann, should] .
invite him to stay with me? i

I'm 29, not exactly a kid, arid
I’ve been living on my own for :
eight years. Steve is 25 and sin-

gle. Through our letters and.

phone conversations, I can tell
he is a gentleman. ‘T’ve made it’.
clear that I don’t sleep around
and I don’t believe:in one. night
stands. He let me know early in
our. cor d that, he

The p:

damage of rape is horrendous, ‘

This is too big of a battle for a
woman to fight by herself.

Dear Ann, Landers: 'I.am

Tespects/ igitls ‘with’ high morals
and would like to settle down.
“\\ T have a one-bed ) apart-

, into my life, I've had an exciting

fortable and all my guest who
have slept on it say it’s as good
as a bed. I fecl as if I’m mature
enough to handle Steve's staying
here, but I don’ t want to' give
him the impression that I'm

Teady to jump into’bed. with him’.
just because I invited him to stay:

with me.
I'm very grateful to'you for
bringing this wonderful person

-, time writing to him and I don't
want to louse things up. What do

‘a you say?—K.P., Brooklyn. N.Y.

‘Dear K: If Steve cannot

-nfford a motel perhaps you can
\ put him up at the home of a

friend or relative. You definitely
should not invite him to stay in

your apartment. It would send

the wrong signal and get the
” relationship off to a bad start.

Please let me know how this
tums out. I’m keeping my fin-
gers crossed,

Dear Ann Landers: My
boyfriend “Joe” has a 9 year old
daughter “Sally” from his first

"ment but the:sofa is very com-

Sally is a beautiful,
well-adjusted child and we get

along wonderfully, i

Although Joc and I have our
own places, we spend weekends
together. We do not. sleep

/ togethe x when Sally, is with us.
‘We me that jt would be improp-

we are not married.

‘sdveral months ago; Joe

still Sleeping with Sally

iowa times ini'a single bed). A

friend and I were able to con-
vince him that Sally was too old
for him to be doing this. To my.
knowledge, he has not slept with
her since.

When Sally is around, Joe
will not show me any affection.

He will not hold my hand, put ;

his arm around me or even:kill
me on the cheek. However,
when Sally is in the car with us,
he will reach back and put his
have on Sally’s knee. When we
watch a TV movie, Joe gets on
the couch with Sally, puts his
head in.her lap, and she will
stroke his hair, Or sometimes,
they will just stretch our, inter-
twining their legs and arms.
They lsually stay that way until
the movie i is over,

Joe has a lot of guilt about not
being with Sally all the time and
he’s very physically affectionate
with her, I believe ‘it’s perfectly
Unnocent yet I am bothered by. it.

vAm oT overly’ sensitive?
‘Should I just ignore what I see,
or should I say something to
Joe? If s0, what? —Speak Up or
Shut Up in Houston’

Dear Houston: For Pete's
sake, speak up , but in a low key,
non judgmental way. this
father-daughter relationship does
not sound incestuous, it is defi-
nitely provocative and unhealthy.

Suggest to Joe that he needs
the help of a professional to
understand how to relate to a
young daughter who will soon

“be entering puberty. Explain that

divorced fathers often have this
problem because they feel guilty
about the divorce and become to
eager in their efforts to establish
a loving relationship ona Part-
time basis.

I suggest that you offer to line
up the counselor for Joe and the
sooner the better. I see trouble

ahead.

current compilation of
peculiar’
people ‘dd, edited by Chuck
Shepherd.

Proof that true stories are
weirder than made-up
stories.

In the Hull, England, Judge
Arthur Myerson was in trouble

with protesters after rejecting a’:

life sentence for rapist Brian

David Huntley in March and »

giving him three years instead.
Myerson said the lesser sentence
was because Huntley “showed
concern and consideration by
wearing a contraceptive.”

Grudges

* Dr. Steven C. Johnson, a
Davenport, Iowa, obstetrician,
cut off service to the wives of
three school officials in Febru-
ary because his son was not
given enough playing time in
school basketball games. One of
the wives was eight months
pregnant at the time,

* Tokyo police arrested Ryoji
Akashi, 27, in January after he
told his mother he was planning
a massacre at a class reunion

because. many: former: school-:

“mates ‘had bullied him’ in junior’ ~
high. The mother became suspi-
cious on the day before the
reunion because she smelled
gasoline in his room and found
the diary entry “I will kill them
with bombs and poison.”

* In April, Barbara Mossner,

41, was order by.a court in
Mount Clemens, Mich., to, pay
her ex-husband $2,800 for
damaging his Frank Sinatra
record collection and for draw-
ing on his Sinatra poster. :

* Los Angeles Dodgers’
pitcher John Candelaria reported
reportedly intentionally hit
teammate Juan Samuel with a
pitch in an instrasquad practice
game in March because Samuel
had hit a game—winning home
tun off him when they are oppo-
nents in 1983.

* Charles Fortin, 28, of
Toronto, was convicted in
November of mischief and
harassment after spreading
blood and animal parts (cow
scalp, ear and leg) at the door of
the office of his former lawyer,
Katherine McLeod, after he
dropped off his case and spumed
* bis romantic advances.)

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employees then remembered a
heated dispute they had had with
a delivery man, who had access
to the plant in evening hours,
and thus organized a stakeout.
Subsequently, Dale David Tinst-
man, 46, was arrested for having
urinating into the coffee
machine daily for several
months.

Weird Zoology
+ Casper the Great Dane
recovered ly from a

Dingle Bay, Ireland'a naked
woman reportedly leaped into
the sea shouting, “Fungie (the
name of the village resident dol-
phin)! I love you.” A British
expert said the dolphin’s
non-sexual use of his erect
penis (preforming the function
of a human arm) has mislead-
ingly arouse humans.

elIn March i in Baton Rouge,
La., 10,000 bees descended on
the car of Maddie Mix at Gene

February accident in Portland,
Maine, when he stopped to
answer a call of nature beside a
Central Maine Power Co. utility
pole. Unknown to him or Peter
Legere, who was walking
Casper, the pole had short cir-
cuited, and’ when Casper made
contact, he received a 20-volt
shock: Legere said ieee was
in pain fd1"10" 3S and “dis.

Humpheys” auto shop just as it
was being driven into the car-
wash, The bees kept landing
even as the water sprayed them
off. A Louisiana State bee

* expert said probably the bees

were disorientated b

;“fouling” on the block.

fo Last summer, a class of 25
By at Kalama-
200 College in Michigan trained
14 rats as a part of a class pro-
ject in lieu of writing term
papers. Among the tricks the
rats mastered were the broad
jump, tightrope walking and
playing soccer.
¢ Randall D. Beer, a Case
‘Wester Reserve University pro-
fessor, has created an artificial
cockroach using a computer pro-
gram that that simulates .a
“cockroach’s” thinking and
behavior. Next he plans to build
a six legged robot to test and
improve the design. Said Beer,
“Cock hes are

they
couldn’t find there queen.
Residents of a certain block
on Mapleton Avenue in Oak
Park, I11.,.are preparing to be

orientated” for about 24 hours.

.© In December, police in
Norther land, ‘|
investigated an alleged sexual
abuse of Northumberland the
Dolphin after a man.was seen
fondling Freddie's genitals. In

‘this July for: the sixth
straight year by several thousand
starlings that descend nightly on
trees and resist high-power
water hoses designed to get
them to leave. The residents

‘don’t want.them hurt even

though they cause enormous

robust and flexible, and they
adapt to complex dynamics.
Those are qualities we'd like to
see in ‘artifi an, ed sys-
“tems"

(Send your Weird News to
Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box
57141, Washington, D.C.
20037.)

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' extraordinary service to husfher customers

‘The recipients will receive. an award’
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