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of infection. three: months — “after wanton ., stabbing.

strange and unusual set of clreum- stances unfolded around Leonard

Thomns in 1049, whereby. he stood

trial on two separate occasions for

one criminal act.

Intriguing? You bet,

Len was a 46-year-old warchouseman who lived in Tooting, London. He and his wife Florence had not been getting along well. In fact, when the pertinent portion of our story took place, they were separated, Flo maintained her own apart- ment, where she lived with her young daughter, Sheila. y

It depends on whom you want to belicve when it comes to the underlying reason for the Thomas’ dis- cord, Len claimed that Flo told him she packed bag and baggage becauso he refused to take up dancing

pasa hobby, Later, Len would state that when Flo fat

suggested he learn to dance, he had diligent:

other men, untru

son for the Thomas’ separa. tlon was immatertal. Th

results would have been exactly the same.

On March 13, 1949, Len paid a visit to his wife's apartment, He and Flo argued. Len produced a Jackknife and proceeded to stab his wife 13 times, She lay helpless on the floor.

A nelghbor heard the com- motion and ran to Flo's apartment, She found Flo on the floor and Len sitting on a chair, looking out a win- dow. Flo looked up and said, “He's stabbed me in the back and I can't feel my legs.”

he neighbor looked at Len and blurted out, ‘You brute, you've murdered jer!"*

Len replied, ''Yes, and I'm prepared to swing for it.” The neighbor forcefully told Len to call a doctor. He responded curtly, ‘Il won't felch a doctor, I'll fetch the police."

As it turned out, both a doctor and police were soon at the scene, Len was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He was tried, found guilty and sen- teneed to seven years’ imprisonment.

Flo Thomas lingered in hospital for weeks, She had

given statements to police . ar “*'from' the wounds inflicted by her’ ‘hsb The

~ regarding’ the’ statibin; of her statement: ‘unchallenged and instrumental in convicting

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Now, things became complicated. Flo, confined tu hospital, was paralyzed in portions of her. legs. She developed a bedsore on a paralyzed area of her leg. Wi The bedsore healed, but two weeks later, another as bedsore developed high on her thigh, which was not paralyzed. It too became infected. The infection caused her entire body to become septic. Despite

injuries which made her lame. Suppose this woman later was struck by a car because her lameness rendered her incapable of Betting aut of the way. the man who had caused tl responsible for her death?

Len’s counsel urged the jury.to remember that the bedsore which: caused death

e original Injury

was not on that

the best effort of attending physicians, Florence part of the victim's body which was paralyzed. He

Thomas died, three months after her husband's wanton atlack, With Florence's death, Len was taken from prison and charged with her murder.

On July 13, Len appeared once more at the Old Bailey, where he pleaded not guilty to murder. His counsel entered a plea that he cottld not be prose- cuted because he had already been convicted of the offence charged. In all the history of crime in Eng- land, this was the one and only case where a man had been found guilty of attempted murder and was serving his sentence when his victim died, plac- Ing him In the position of facing the courts again, this time charged with murder.

The presiding judge threw out the plea, reasoning that being convicted of attempted murder was not the same charge as murder. Len’s murder trial took place as scheduled,

here was no controversy as to the jackknife attack on Florence Thomas, That was conceded by both sides, Len's lawyer put his client on the wit-

lurther stated Uhat the fatal bedsore developed weeks after the stabbing. The infection did not originate at any of the stab wound entry points.

In charging the jury, ihe presiding Jw Ife empha- sized three points, which he asked sider when deliberating the guilt or innocence of the accused, Was it the accused who struck the blows? At the time the blows were slruck, was there an intent either to kill or to inflict grievous bodily harm? Did death result from those blows? He further pointed out that if the blows were struck in such a manner that an ordinary of his senses, believed that grievous bodily harm would result, then murder had been committed.

ie judge went on the explain that the defendant

claimed that his mind was a blank at the time of the crime. Conversely, the prosecution had pointed out that as Len usually didn’t carry a jackknife, his mind would have to have been a blank from the Ume he had put the jackknife in his pocket,

je jury to con-

man, in possession

stand, a risky ploy under any circumstances. As the aclual cause of death had been an infected

ness Len eried like a baby as his lawyer altempted to illustrate that he had not intended to kill his wife. Len stated, ‘‘My mind became a complete blank until I found myself holding a knife and my wife lying on the floor. I cannot remember going out to lo any injury.””

The medical evidence was scanned in meticulous detail. Len's lawyer stressed that Flo had not died

“pause of death was a’ bedsore which’ Had’ Keedme alnfected.. In an attempt to illustrate:sthe point;:he: + asked the jury to consider a hypothetical case whereby a woman, having been attacked, received

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Dear Ann Landers: The letter about the husband who lovingly cared for his wife who. has Alzheimer's prompted me to tell you about, another beautiful love

Within minutes another hospital bed was brought into Mother's room. Dad has slept there every night. While the nursing staff attends to her daily moming bath, Dad goes home, fixes himself

ly, my 74-y 1d moth-

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Hudson, Wis. On the moming she was admitted, I was present when my father asked the attending nurse if he could stay with Mother at the hospital. Reluctantly,the nurse told him that he would have to stay down the hall since there was only one bed in Mother's room. Dad. wondered out loud if perhaps another bed might be moved into her room, The look on the nurse’s face was not very encouraging. Then my father said, “You know, for 53 years mine has been the first face she's seen every moming. I’d like to keep it that way as long as possible.” The nurse patted him on his shoulder and replied, “If you two have been together for 53 years, we're not going to separate you now.”

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‘These days when so many mar- riages arc in trouble, I thought you might like to hear about one that has endured for more than balf a century and is still going strong. — J.W., Bumsville, Minn.

Dear J.W.: What a touching love story. It seems they don't make marriages like they used to, But that's another column. Thank

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Dear Ann Landers: Please say something about biological fathers who come around several years after the child is born and cause problems for everyone, I wonder if they know how much damage they

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My 5-year-old grand daughter "

has not seen her biological father since she was year old. The par- ents did not get married. Her father

never visited, never phoned and |

never sent her a birthday card, a Christmas card or a gift. Not once did be offer to care for this child while her mother worked full-time and went to college, even though he lives in the same city.’ Only recently did he start to pay $10 a week in child support after he was ordered to do so by the court.

Two years ago, my daughter martied a wonderful man and they now have another beautiful child. This man loves and supports my grand daughter as if she were his own. So now all of a sudden, the biological father calls up and tells

my daughter he wants visitation rights, He never showed any inter- est in the child before. This sounds like a clear case of jealousy to me.

‘What is your opinion of this, Ann? Should my daughter tell her little girl that she has a father in the same city who has never shown any interest in her and now he sud- denly wants to be friends? Or should she just wait until this Stranger shows up on her doorstep? — Grandma in Kalamazoo

Dear Kal.: If your grandchild has not been told about ber biologi- cal father, her mother should tell her at once. If she doesn’t, the child could be in for a terrible shock should her father show up, and chances are very good that he will.

T hope your daughter will get some counseling so she can deal with this potentially explosive situ- ation in a way that is best for her child. The signals are clear, There is trouble abead.

Dear Ann Landers: I hesitate to write to you about this because the questions sound stupid, but I

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V'm a 38-year-old man, happily married for eight years, and have two young daughter. I've been at my job since 1974, the ycar after I graduated from college. It's not the biggest business of its kind but it's been good to me and I've become the proverbial big fish in a small

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The problem is this; Over the years I've run into several college buddies, and most of them have done much better financially and career-wise than I have. When I compare my accomplishment to theirs, I always come up short and wind up feeling inferior and

T’ll be the first to admit that I haven't been.as ‘ive as some of the guys I used to run around with. I should tell you that I've tumed down a couple of job offers with better pay in order to stay in this city with my family, because we like it here. I also confess that I lack self-confidence.

I’ve never attended a college

reunion because I feel like a failure around these ‘guys. I haven't spo- ken to the ones who were my clos~ est friends in 15 years because I'm ashamed to tell them I’m still at my first job. To be perfectly hon- est, an 8-year-old car-doesa't quit cut the same swath as anew BMW or Ford Taurus, iarpseetia

How can I prove to my old col- lege friends that I’m not a loser? ‘What can I do to show them I’m OK, too? — Class of ‘73 :

Dear Class of ‘73: Since when does having a new BMW or ford Taurus and s'a sizeable bank account make a man a big success? You need to s it back and take a good look at your priorities, mis- ter. ees ety

Tt sounds as if that “small pond” suits you just fine, so stop looking longingly at the ocean where life might be much more hazardous and not nearly as’ rewarding. ‘All that glitter is not gold. The: guys you are envying may be envying you.

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Police Blotter * Jesus Lezcano, 20, was arrest- ed in Westminster, Calif, last July, on suspicion of drunk driving. Police say he had driven over 15

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miles with an tele- phone call box stuck in his wind- shield after he had smashed into it on the San Diego Freeway. A police officer said Lezcano was so drunk that he did not appear to realize that the call box was in his

and a crossbow, and this time as unsuccessful using a pipe bomb.

« Fifteen gang members were arrested in Nashville last June after terrorizing the clerk at a formal wear shop. They had gone to be outfitted for a friends’ funeral and then begun trashing the place. For- tunately for police, the gangsters had first filled out applications for the tuxedos, and police were able to call their homes and entice them back to the shop to arrest them.

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Starting just north of the city-_

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One of the Kimberley organiz- ers is Cst. Brian Leibel. “Our whole detachment is involved, we really want to make sure Kimber- ley shows real well.”

To this end the detachment will soon be making available adopt-a- cop forms in local businesses,"The pledge forms,” said Leibel, “are to support local officers entered in the run.”

Last year the Torch run did not make it’s way through Kimberley, but the Calgary to Vancouver Run did raise more than $145,000.

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