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Show TwoArrested in Detroit Boarding Home Scheme Sunday. DETROIT (UPI) — Authorities Saturday jailed the daughtert and granddaughter of Lucille Walker, sought by Michigan and Florida authorities for allegedly holding five elderly women against their will ata Detroit boarding home. Ms. Walker is suspected of master- Social Security checks and other finan cial as: sts of their elderly residents and used the moneyfor their own pur- poses Her youngest daughter, Lidra Walker 22, and granddaughter Teresa Walker, 23. were being held on kidnapping charges They were arrested near a Detroit minding a schemein which she and associates who operated a string of motel byinvestigators from the county boarding houses gained access to the prosecutor's office and Detroit police U.S. Briefs napping The cnarges stem from the Odyssey of five women, ages 62 to 91 The tive were told they were goingon Aug. 2, authorities said. They were con fined for 10 days in an Oak Park home operated by members of the Walker family wandering around asking tor flights back to Florida Police said Friday kidnapping warrants had been issued a tucille Walker whoalso goes by the namesof Cora Galvin and Lucille Collins, and J.C. Cullins, reportedly Lucille Walker's husband I have issued kidnapping warrants embezzlement and fraud of in thepast but this one has tostand out becausethevictims were so helpless Oakland County Prosecutor oks Pattersonsaid. “It’s deplorable eethe Pattersonsaid policeconfiscatedluggage belonging to Collins and Lucille jive wome pre actually s e P| e . PI hands ofLucille( ting Be ae daugher epeevie) mone Lgbere) ie and granddaughter werearre‘ sted. The motel had been under surveil The maximumpenalty for kidnapp lance by police ing in Michigan is life imprisonment Authorities said they believed Lucille An investigation into allegations of Walkerwas hiding in the Detroit area ORLEANS (UPI) — Since the anti-execution groups may soon begin to attack the methods used to put criminals to death. an Arizona governmentattorneytold a lawyers convention. Arizona Assistant Attorney General Bill Schafer said although executions have become much more humanesincethe daysof beheadings. drawing and quartering, and boiling in oil, the focus of future death penalty challenges will be on the ways criminals arekilled Defendants and attorneys are looking about for new issues and oneof thosewill be methods of execution Schafer said Friday. Is the method that a state executes prisoners constitutional — or cruel and unusual? Shortly before Schafer’s speech to the As- sociation of Government Attorneys in Capi- tal Litigaton, six death penalty protesters picketed the meeting for about five minutes before agreeing to leave at the request of a hotel security official Schafe said states such as Oklahoma and Texas had switched from the electric chair to lethal injections in an earlyeffort to combat challenges to their methods of execution. Seven states permit hangings and Utahis the only state to allow firing squads to execute prisoners, The remainderof the states that have the death penalty utilize gas chambersor electric chairs Cruel and unusual’ has been defined as the infliction of unnecessary pain, lingering torture and slow death said Schafer. who prosecuted three menin the gangland execu- tion of Phoenix reporter Don Bolles. Heoutlined a history of execution methods used in the United States and Europe to some of the 130 prosecutors from 24 states who attended the conference drug profits in south Florida. Theseizure, $4 million in cash and $4.2 million from a bank account linked to Colombian nationals, was made by agents assigned to Operation Greenback, a federal investigation of the laundering of drug money through Miamiarea banks. U.S. Attorney Atlee Wampler announced the seizure Friday andsaid it would ‘‘deal a serious blow to organizations illegally attempting to movelarge amountsof currency through financialinstitutions in south Florida.” The cash, mostof it in $20 bills, and a cashier's check for $4.2 million were displayed for reporters Friday night. The money was spread across a table in a U.S. Customsoffice. No Evidence Found KANSASCITY, Mo. (UPI) — Jackson County officials say they have not uncovered evidence of criminal negligence in the collapse of two skywalks at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. but they want a grand jury to be prepared should such eviderice be found. Five weeks after the collapse of the aerial walkways killed 112 people and injured 187, Albert Riederer. Jackson County’s chief prosecutor, is making certain the grand jury knows exactly what's happeningin his office — just in case a criminal indictment is ever requested in the Hyatt disaster. Riederertold the county grandjury Friday his office had not to comeup with evidencepointing to criminal wrongdoingin the construction or inspection of the skywalks. which plummeted to the floor of the hotel's lobby July 17. Called Publicity Stunt LACOSTE’ coLtection Texas Legislator Is Found Hiding in Stereo Cabinet LONGVIEW, Texas (UPI) — East Texas GOP leaders began demandingthe resignation of a conservative, born-again Baptist state representative who authorities are convinced arranged his own shotgun ambush in a bizarre attempt to gain publicity to further his political career. Rep. Mike Martin, R-Longview, who went into hiding earlier this week, was arrested Friday at his parents’ home in nearby Upshur County. Deputies found him hidingin a large stereo speakercabinet. “Looks like you all found mylittle hideout,” he said, grinning and shaking handswith his captors as he climbed out. Also arrested was Martin's cousin, Charles Goff, who police said admitted firing the shots that nicked Martin's elbow July 3). Goff told authorities that after the two plotted the ambush, Goff began practicing shooting at cardboard targets to make sure he could hit Martin. 29, without seriously injuring him Goff also admitted making threatening phone calls to a Martin aide to bolster the freshman legislator’s say that a satanic cult known as “Guardian Angels of the Underworld’’ was responsible for the attack. Gregg County Republican chairman Wayne Housesaid he had called an emergency meeting to request Martin's resignation. But Martin, who was considering running for the Texas Senate, denied his cousin’s story and indicated he wasnot ready to give up. Asked if he planned to stay in the Legislature, Martin said, ‘Right now I’m fighting mad enough to whereI will.” BACK TO CLASS... TELE. 224-1301 A-4 UNIVERSITY MALL TELE 328 ‘A-4 CROSSROADSM/ Brady Bounces Back WASHINGTON (UPI) — White House press secretary James Brady seemsto be bouncing back nicely from his fourth operation in five months, but hestill faces a long recovery and permanentphysicaldisability. Doctors attending Brady, who was wounded during the March 30 attempt on President Reagan’slife. pronounced himin good condition followinghis latest round of surgery toseal off a spinalfluid leak. A spokeswoman at George Washington Winning looks from Leven’s for University hospital said the 40-year-old press secretary was ‘‘doing well. Autumn ‘81 $2 Million Loss DALLAS (UPI) — Fire Department investigators are estimating $2 million damage wasdonein fire thatkilled twofirefighters and destroyed the new, unoccupied home of wealthy oilman Ray Hunt. Firefighters Charles R. Rogers, 36, and Edward L. 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