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The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 37

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mn r- tfrf- I i Li it i i UU 'n II I11 mi Officer Jim Lynch's ability to communicate in sign language is just one of the special skills that Cincinnati police are prepared to deliver. Page D-2. i i f'lf I Tuesday, May 25, 1982 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER ri "BtlJ worn A CENTER fTJT A ay A "4' LiifinwiiiiiiiiWltwiiit rr trmrranri iwroCT.Miiii -1 'J Enquirer photo BY FRED STRAUB LOUIS J. KAHN, left, and his attorney, Martin Pinales, at sentencing Monday. Ex-Informant Sentenced, But His Safety Is A Worry Husband Charged In Slaying ENQUIRER BATAVIA BUREAU BATAVIA-Clermont County sheriff's detectives filed a murder charge Monday In one of two killings that were discovered Sunday evening and Monday morning.

The victims were Patricia S. Rose, 41, 5588 Ohio 133, near Monterey, and Permon E. Gilbert, 46, 10866 Ohio 774, Hamersvllle. Mrs. Rose's estranged husband, Harold Rose, 49, was charged with aggravated murder In connection with her stabbing death Sunday night.

He was arrested at his wife's home after police arrived at 11:15 a.m. Monday. Mrs. Rose's body, clad in a nightgown, was found on her bed In the house, county Coroner Nicholas Capurro said. Mrs.

Rose had been stabbed several times in the chest with a big kitchen knife, Capurro said. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:15 p.m. CAPURRO SAID there was little Indication of a struggle. He said the knife believed used In the killing was found in the bedroom. The woman was killed within 12 hours of the time her body was found, the coroner said.

Rose and his wife were In the process of getting a divorce, said Capt. Clarence Pennington, chief of detectives for the sheriff's department. Pennington said Rose was not living with his wife but was believed to have been at the house Sunday night. Rose was taken into custody Monday afternoon, Pennington said. Rose remained in Clermont County Jail Monday night under $100,000 full cash bond pending his arraignment today.

Gilbert's body was found in a roadside ditch on Swope Road 1.1 miles east of Ohio 133 in Tate Township at 6:20 p.m. Sunday, Sheriff John Van Camp said. The nude body, discovered by a man riding a lawnmower, appeared to have two gunshot wounds In the back as well as Injuries from a beating. WHILE AN autopsy report was not complete Monday evening, Pennington said the coroner confirmed the two wounds were made from a weapon. Gilbert, an appliance repairman for Sears Roebuck at East-gate Mall, was last seen at 8:30 a.m.

Saturday when he left home to make a service call. A missing-person report was filed at 10 a.m. Saturday with Brown County sheriffs deputies, but officers there would not comment on It. Shortly after the body was found, police broadcast a description of Gilbert's Ford van and said four men, probably armed, might be In it. The van, abandoned, was recovered Monday afternoon in "a non-adjacent county," Pennington said.

Other police working on the case said the cream-and-dark-brown van was recovered in Adams County. The van was Gilbert's personal vehicle, not his work truck, Pennington said. The inspector said robbery was probably the motive for the crime. he was given probation he would never again run counter to the law. The prosecution made no comment to the court on the defense request for probation.

Previously, the prosecution had asked that Kahn be given maximum prison sentences. Kahn pleaded guilty April 5 to a reduced charge of attempted manufacturing of drugs and receiving stolen property. A theft charge was dismissed as part of a plea-bargaining agreement with the prosecution. Both the theft and receiving-stolen-property charges involved laboratory equipment taken from the University of Cincinnati in February, 1979. KAHN WAS charged with those two offenses plus manufacturing of drugs after police officers in February, 1979, discovered laboratory equipment missing from the university in the Amberley Village home of Kahn's parents.

Police had gone to the home to serve Kahn with a formal complaint for impersonating a police officer. Little more than a month before his arrest on those three charge, Kahn volunteered to become a RENU informant. Lels has said that Kahn's "services (as an informant) were terminated late last summer" following an investigation into his activities. Despite that "termination," information provided by Kahn was instrumental in the conviction last November of Matje, his one-time lover. The 32-year-old nurse died of an overdose of drugs only hours after being incarcerated in the Hamilton County Jail.

From there she would have been transferred to the Ohio Reformatory for Women at Marysville to serve a mandatory three-year term. Leis previously conceded that Kahn was involved in cases prosecuted after his services were terminated. He added, however, that information was used "only to a certain extent. If there was other independent evidence" to back it up. In the Matje trial, RENU agent Richard Taylor, who worked with Kahn on other cases, was the chief prosecution witness.

During his tenure as a RENU informant, Kahn became sexually Intimate with at least two women and then, after winning their trust, turned them over to law-enforcement officials. Matje's death and her relationship with Kahn spurred her mother to file a $4 million federal lawsuit against Kahn, Taylor, Leis, Hamilton County, RENU, and Guthrie. In that lawsuit, it Is alleged that Kahn "lulled her (Matje) into a false sense of security by encouraging her to take drugs giving her illegal drugs and taking drugs with her." BY MARILYN DILLON Enquirer Reporter Even though court officials fear that former drug informant Louis J. Kahn might not be safe behind bars, he was sentenced to three concurrent prison terms in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Monday. Judge William S.

Mathews sentenced Kahn, once an informant for the Regional Enforcement Narcotics Unit (RENU), to a 1-10 year term for attempted manufacturing of drugs. He also received two concurrent sentences of six months to five years for receiving stolen property and intimidation of a witness. Kahn pleaded no contest to the intimidation charge. Kahn was identified in court testimony as the "confidential, reliable informant" in the case of Kathy Matje, a registered nurse who committed suicide in the Hamilton County Jail after being convicted of selling drugs. Matje's family has sued both RENU and Kahn in federal court.

Matje had claimed she was entrapped because she and Kahn were sexually intimate and that the pills Involved in her conviction had been provided by Kahn. MATHEWS GRANTED Kahn a delay in serving the term until June 7 so that attempts can be made to find a prison facility where Kahn will "have some protection." Mathews acknowledged that Kahn's work for RENU could endanger his life in a Jail that houses prisoners from Southwestern Ohio where his role as an informant could be known. Mathews said he granted the stay of the sentence so officials can "see about getting him into a place where he'll have some protection." He may be sent to an institution In the northern part of the state or to a federal facility, rather than the Lebanon Correctional Institution where most Hamilton County convicts are incarcerated, Mathews said. Because Prosecutor Simon Leis and RENU commander Sgt. Paul Guthrie have refused to comment on Kahn's work for the drug agency, it is not known how many cases he was involved in.

However, court testimony previously has shown that Kahn was paid at least $5,800 by RENU for his work on 50 to 60 cases. KAHN AND his attorney, Martin Pinales, had asked that Mathews grant the him probation, rather than order a prison term. Kahn also told Mathews that he wished "to convey a sense of remorse and societal responsibility" for his actions. He then promised the Judge that if Enquirer map BY JERRY DOWLING MAP SHOWS area where section of expressway might be built. It extends from intersection of Colerain Avenue and Interstate 74 ramp, at bottom, to intersection of Ashtree Drive and Kirby Avenue.

'Why Couldn't They Ask Those In Road's Way and Hanfleld one block from Runnymede. "Why wouldn't they see, before they started tearing down houses, If they had enough money to complete the project? It doesn't make sense at all. Here the city tore these down and there's nothing coming In. No taxes or nothing." THE CITY is beginning to ask what area residents want to do with all the city-owned land acquired for the freeway. A shorter freeway still Is a possibility.

So, too, are new housing and a tot lot. (See HIGHWAY, Page D-3) BY STEVEN ROSEN Enquirer Reporter One side of Northslde's Run-nymede Avenue, across from the Interstate 74-Colerain Avenue Interchange, now contains little "steps to nowhere" Just off the pavement. The other side contains a 30-foot-hlgh mound of dirt that was meant to support the Colerain Modified Expressway, 35 years In the planning. Today, the city plans to announce that the freeway Is dead. "You'd think men with education would see these things," said Albert Ellers, who has lived 37 years at the corner of Jerome Ave.

Opinions Differ On Cause Of Boat Explosion Local Civil Rights Leader Unsympathetic To Tenants rfflwm; severely burned by the explosion. He was In good condition in Be-thesda Hospital Monday. Bill Weitz received severe burns to his legs, but did not go to the hospital immediately. Later Sunday night he went to Good Samaritan Hospital, Etter said. Weitz could not be reached Monday.

Other passengers on the boat were reported to be Raymond Worthington, 38, 991 Harrogate Forest Park; Gemma Thompson, 33, 2422 Mardel Ross, Ohio; her daughter, Jeannie Thompson, 15, and Sharon Dulli, 14 20 Shawnee Drive, Hamilton, Ohio. the engine, Krogman said. "All the switches were on," Les Etter, 40, of 1566 W. Galbraith North Collge Hill, said Monday. Etter, who was blown Into the water by the blast, agreed that fuel fumes exploded, but disputed the cause.

"We are very safety-minded," Etter said. He said he has sailed frequently with the boat owner, Bill Weitz, 40, 5700 Winton Rd. Weitz owns the Den, a tavern at North Bend and Winton in Springfield Township. The accumulation of fumes might have been caused by a spilt ventilator duct, Etter said. He said he and Weitz knew about the split duct but had not repaired it.

He said they also removed and cleaned a fuel filter bowl while refueling and had difficulty reinstalling it. The split vent duct could have been "fixed with 10 cents worth of duct tape," he said. Loss of the boat was estimated at $10,000 by Klogman. Etter remembers being blown into the air. "I was carried up on a three-foot piece of the deck, he said.

As he tumbled through the air he thought, "Oh, my God! I'm dead." Weitz's brother Carl, 42, 2473 Thompson Fairmount, was BY DAVE BEASLEY Enquirer Reporter Bellevue Fire Chief Jack Krog-man and a passenger on the cabin cruiser that blew up in the Ohio River Sunday have conflicting opinions about the cause of the explosion. The 32-foot, twin-engine Chris Craft exploded in flames moments after refueling at the River 4 Boat Harbor. Krogman said the boat crew apparently failed to turn on the engine compartment ventilating system while refueling. Fumes trapped In the compartment may have been set off by sparks from BEHIND THE SCENES: A Cincinnati civil rights leader who has been an outspoken critic of Reagan policies that have resulted In cuts in "social programs" has been a frequent visitor to the Hamilton County courthouse to force tenants to pay him rent money on apartments he owns or face eviction. A check of Hamilton County court records shows that he has filed 61 eviction cases in the past 30 months for non-payment of rent.

The records show 25 cases were filed in 1980 27 more In 1981 and nine so far In 1982. Pro Football Player Remains Paralyzed CLEVELAND-Doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center said Monday they will not operate on Baltl-more Colts linebacker Mike Woods, felled last week by a bullet that left him paralyzed from the FOLLOW-UP DEPARTMENT: A couple of weeks ago this column reported that a motorist who flashed his lights to warn another motorist that he was driving without headlights got a traffic ticket from a policeman who witnessed the Incident. The charge was leaving bright headlights on after flashing lights Well, the ticket was registered for a court hearing and the Judge was sympathetic to the helpful motorist. There was NO fine. VISITORS TO Cincinnati's Union Terminal are wondering where the security has gone Last weekend there were groups of youngsters running inside the terminal building and causing concern to exhibitors of an antique show and prospective customers.

In one case, a woman who was eating had someone toss a raw egg at her. It missed hitting her but It splattered on her clothing. She had to look for several minutes to find a security guard. OBSERVATION DEPARTMENT: Cinclnnatians continue to be generous with their dollars for charity A recent report released by the city's Charitable Solicitation Commission showed that In 1981 there were 165 registered fund-raising events. The amount collected totaled nearly $60 million which was an Increase of about $8 million over the previous year INCIDENTALLY, in about a dozen cases, the professional fund-raiser made more than the charity.

In one case, after "expenses and solicitation costs" the charity received only 2.34 of the $4,222 collected. Professional fund raising is a big business. the intensive care unit for another week to 10 days. He is conscious, but he cannot speak because of tubes In his mouth. Otherwise, he can communicate.

There is no brain damage," she said. Doctors have refused to give a prognosis for Woods' recovery because his family has asked the Information be kept confidential, the spokeswoman said. "He is paralyzed from the neck down, but he can shrug his right shoulder," the spokeswoman said. "The doctors have decided there will be no surgery because there Is nothing to be gained by It" ASSOCIATED PRESS neck down. "His condition Is stable but critical," said a hospital spokeswoman, who asked that her name not be used.

"The doctors are saying it's going to be another week until he's out of trouble. They're trying to be sure there's no com-plication in the pulmonary (lungs) and heart function. That's the major concern." Woods, who played his college football at University of Cincinnati, has a severe degree of paral-ysis as a result of a gunshot wound that went through his spinal chord at the base of the neck, the spokeswoman said. "He's expected to remain In inucK City Editor JAMES P. DELANEY Telephone 369-1003 SuburbanBureaus Editor JOHN KIESEWETTER Telephone 369-1004 CLASSIFIED MIKE WOODS D-4-10 LOCALAREA NEWS D-2-3.

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