St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 21

FEB 51984 4C Region SILDU1S HHI-DISHUM Suru, Fcb.5f 1984 Intruder Defense Rejected, Man Convicted In Killing Election Board Has Cut 20,000 From Voter Rolls, Wamser Says Police detectives testified that Taylor had told them he saw his wife's body from the door of the darkened bedroom but did not go in or touch the woman. After grabbing his daughter, he went to neighbors to seek help. But police evidence technicians testified they did not find any signs of forced entry In the home and Taylor told them the front door was locked from the Inside. They said a screen in the window of the couple's bedroom had been cut from inside the room and Mrs. Taylor's blood traces were discovered oo the screen.

Officers also testified finding blood traces in the family bathroom as well as under the defendant's fingernails. But they could not Identify the blood type as that of the victim. By Leo Fitzmaurice I Of tN Pott-KspcMi Staff The city of SL Louis has purged 1 20,000 names nearly 10 percent of number of registered voters estimated to live In the city from its voter rolls in the past year, says Jerry Wamser, chairman of the Electioa Board. Most were names of people who had left the city, Wamser said. We are one of the most aggressive jurisdictions in the country in purging from our rolls the names of people who have left the city," Wamser told I editorial writers from the Post-' Dispatch during an interview last week.

Although he was unable to supply detailed figures, Wamser said the city would rank in the median range in the number of eligible people who are registered to vote. He said he would To get a library card in the city, an adult must present a driver's license or some other credential showing the person's address, including a bill paid within the month. Wamser said he favored some form of proof of address for registration. Wamser also discussed other potential areas of abuse. He cited the fact that the office of Sen.

John C. Danforth, Mix, In Kansas City was site for registration. He said be was not Implying corruption but said such a system "Invites abuse. It Is like a bank vault without a lock. He said he believed proposal to permit registration In polling places during an election had some merit as long as the registrants would not be allowed to vote until the next election.

In an effort to get more people on the rolls, Wamser announced that the like to commission an objective study of the percentage of registered voters in the city. Because some jurisdictions have not made the effort to purge their voting records, they appear to have a high percentage of registrants, he said. "I see registration as means of helping guarantee fairness in the system," Wamser said. "It is important that registrants have confidence that the procedure is honest Still, Wamser said, election fraud seems to be rampant In the city. "It may sound paranoid, but It's true," be said.

"It takes more identification to get a library card than to register to vote In the city of St Louis." In registering in the city, an eligible voter has to give his name and address and swear that he is telling the truth. A jury In St Louis Circuit Court has found Everette Taylor guilty of the fatal stabbing of his wife, Joyce, for which Taylor had blamed an intruder. The jury returned the verdict Friday In the court of Circuit Judge J. Brendan Ryan after a four-day trial. Judge Ryan will sentence Taylor on March! Taylor, 30, was found guilty of second-degree murder In the stabbing June 30 of his wife.

Mrs. Taylor was found In the bedroom of the family home in the 3900 block of North 25th Street She had been stabbed nine times. Taylor told police that his wife and their daughter, 4, had gone to bed on the evening of June 29. He said had fallen asleep In the living room while listening to the radio. He beard nothing unusual, be said, and did not awaken until nearly 2:30 a m.

LA Jerry B. Wamser Election Board chairman board planned special registration drives at all polling places In the spring and fall in preparation for the presidential election. I Former Executive "Gets Four Years For Loan Fraud A. Douglas Bender, a former vice president of Ralston Purina was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for making false statements to get nearly 1.3 million in loans from four banks in St Louis. Bender, 47, now an associate professor at Widener College in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to four federal charges in the case last month.

Bender admitted that he had inflated his assets by about 11.5 million on loan applications, had forged his wife's signatures and had lied about his reasons for seeking the loans. He admitted also that he had pledged non-existent stock as collateral to get the loans. Authorities said that from January 1981 to January 1 982, Bender fraudulently got loans from Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, Centerre Bank, Manufacturers Bank Trust and Mercantile Trust Co. i infv- i Plus Speckl Qmy Group Quwy Sale! Many styles and patterns Large selection of Italian ceramic floor tile If 8t1-1 Clearance on first quality patterns Beautiful European ceramic floor tile Look for special sale tags! 7Vi" 77." SALE 64-79t The loans totaled 1.9 million, but Bender was charged with only four of the loan schemes in exchange for his guilty plea.

Bender has agreed to repay the entire 1.9 million under a plan filed last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. U.S. District Judge Edward Fllippine ordered that Bender be placed on five years' probation after he serves his prison term. Judge Fllippine said the charges against Bender were "very serious." Murder Charges Filed Against 3 SALE Look for sale tags! REG.

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