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G6 Friday, September 18. 1992 LOCAL N-VS The Atlanta Journal The Atlanta Constitution Wallace denies havinerole death in estranged wife's l' 1 I A-r" Community service in the Chattahoochee National Forest campsites and rebuilding hiking trails. These workers are at It's Vot in jail or serve the public' Dr. Jack Wallace is ac- cused of conspiring with 1 1 three other men to murder his estranged wife, Kimbert. more than circumstantial evidence linking Dr.

Wallace to the crime. Ware prosecutor Rick Currie: "Do you know who gave her an injection of Valium?" Dr. Wallace: "No," Mr. Currie: "Did you place your hands around her throat?" Dr. Wallace: "No." Mr.

Currie. "Do you know who did?" Dr. Wallace (after a long pause): "No." "Kim called me saying she was coming by the house to pick up Christmas ornaments. I went home about 6 p.m., but Kim never showed up," said Dr. Wallace, who spoke softly and was visibly Most convicts pleased to get bb in the forest By John Harmon STAFF WRITER Lakemont, Ga.

For Rodney, 35, a convicted bank robber with a history of drug abuse, the work at Angel Falls this week has been like a second chance from heaven. After Rodney flunked three drug tests and facing a return to prison, a federal judge offered him a chance to serve the time as a community service worker. This week he joined 34 others in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Rabun County for one of the largest projects ever in Georgia for federal court community service workers. In the process they have given the U.S. Forest Service a nervous in his two hours of testi--mony, Jr, Dr.

Wallace's cousin Barbara -Payne and her husband, Roy, testified that on the night Mrs. Wat; lace was abducted and killed, Dr Wallace had spent the night at their house and could not have! killed her. i Threats allegedly exchanged 3 Two other defense witnesses Mrs. Wallace's close friend Linda Curly and Dr. son Michael told the jury about claims that Wallace; was having an affair with Glean, and had) threatened to expose him and his illegal drug habits if she did not get a good divorcl settlement Glean admitted duri ing his thai that he was a drug addict Mrs.

Curly testified that Mrsj Wallace told her weeks before her death that she had met Olean in a chance encounter along a se eluded road in Cobb County and "gave him the best oral sex I man had ever had" in order to get more in the divorce. 4 Michael Wallace told jurors that he overheard a conversation between Glean and Mrs. Wallace a couple of days before she was killed in which threats were exchanged. "She said if she didnt get what she wanted from the divorce she was going to expose his drug dealings and their sexual relationship," the younger Mr. Wallace said.

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Wallace's divorce lawyer, Michael Glean, had motive and the means to kill Mrs. Wallace. J'k: Lawyers for Dr. Wallace. Fred Speas and Jerimiah Lee rested their side of the case Thursday, and closing arguments are expected today.

The three men are accused of conspiring with Glean to kill Mrs. Wallace to keep her from collecting half of Dr. Wallace's estate in a divorce case. Glean was convicted of murder in May. Mrs, Wallace's body was found stuffed in a large tool box aboard a small airplane piloted by Glean when it landed with no lights at an airstrip in Waycross on Dec.

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Most of the year the workers are lent to non-profit organizations and other federal For the week they live in a tent camp provided by the Forest Service. The workers provide their transportation to the camp and pay for their own food. Some even brought their own tools, though most gear and all materials are furnished by the Forest Service. "Why make people rot in jail if they have skills that can serve the public?" asked Richard, 33, an Atlanta contractor who is serving part of a cocaine distribution sentence by helping build an equipment shed for the Rabun Beach Recreation Area. recipes passed down the family tree.

"Liquor put a lot of food on the table in Rabun County; it was an industry," said Chief Deputy Thomas. "It's bred into some of them." "If it wasn't for whiskey some years, we would have starved," said Imogene English, their mother. "It's the only reason they went into it, they cant find much work." While sitting in their living room last week, the elder Englishes watched a videotape shot by authorities of their sons' arrest and pointed out the intricacies of setting up a still and turning corn into 105 proof whiskey. The still yielded 120 gallons, which could be sold at $65 for a case of six one-gallon jugs. They also talked about the great difficulty in lugging all the supplies to the secluded still site.

"Any one who makes liquor ain't lazy," said Sheriff Don Page, whose grandfather was in the business. Dillard Barron, the enforce ment ranger who helped arrest the English brothers, enthusias tically chopped away at the 200' gallon still Tuesday. When asked if he had ever moonshined, Ranger Barron smiled a nervous smile. "Most people here over SO have had something to do with it," he said. He took off his hat and wiped his gray hair.

fired, said Cliff Hardwlck, the at ttirney representing Mr, Me Hugh. "We are contending that one of the reasons he was fired is that he spoke out and cooperated witn tne investigation on mis management or possibly illegal conduct," Mr. Hardwick said. Mayor Max Bacon would not comment on the allegations. The investigation, be said, has "nothing to do with Mr.

McHugh's de parture rrom the city." LOOK FOR THE RED DOT AND SAVE AN ADDITIONAL shot in the arm in helping with, sorely needed projects in the backwoods recreation areas of Georgia's mountains. The workers have rebuilt hiking trails, stocked streams with trout, revamped campsites, cleared brush from fire roads, built a storage shed and even nailed siding to a building at the landing pad for a Forest Service helicopter used to fight fires. Rodney's crew has spent most of its time repairing a washed-out trail to scenic Angel Falls. They also trimmed brush so hikers can better view the cascade. "If I had gone back to prison, I would have just come out and kept doing the same thing," said Rodney, who like other workers asked that his last name not, be used.

"But here I'm doing something that I can show, that I can be proud of." "All we done was make a little liquor. There's a lot worse than what we done. What about crack cocaine?" MIKE ENGLISI, 35 Convicted with his brother of moonshining rapher at the breakup site, the English brothers stopped work and refused to be photographed carrying off a still. Kind of a point of honor, they said. Set.

Mike Stnnletnn nt thai Georgia Department of Revenue! poimeo at mem saying, "They're not bad guys. But they'll be back moonshining." He said much of the moonshine goes to cities and towns and is consumed by people with low or moderate income. But a lot goes to Georgia transplants, even yuppies looking for a kick. was whiskey or starve Hilly and heavily forested, Rabun County in the northeast corner of Georgia historically hasnt had much industry, but it has great places to hide a still, which need both a source of water and a secluded spot Also, GBI spokesman John Bank-head said his agency was asked by the Cobb district attorney to investigate the allegations of purchasing irregularities. "This does include the bidding process of city vehicles," Mr.

Bankhead said. Jack Mallard, chief assistant district attorney in Cobb, said he would not comment on "a possible ongoing investigation." The investigations are "part of the reason Mr. McHugh was Continued from Gl The English brothers were! part of a 40-man crew of federal; probationers who spent the week in the Chattahoochee National Forest cleaning up, building camp sites and erecting buildings. The brothers just had a Judge with a sense of poetic justice. Although locals, like Probate Judge Larry Cannon, a Baptist minister, say the English brothers got "a raw deal," Assistant U.S.

Attorney Carolyn Adams said they were sentenced under federal guidelines. She said judges take into ac-l count previous criminal records' (Mike was once caught with some illegal sipping whiskey; Gary had a DUD, cooperation and acceptance of responsibility. By all accounts, they weren't sorry, nor would they talk. Plus, they ran off when their still was raided. "They all scream and holler and run; you cant blame 'em for that," said Rabun County Chief Deputy Sheriff Cary Thomas, who admits to fooling with 'shine as a teen.

"Sometimes you call their name out and they stop in their tracks. They didn't was their attitude that got them," he continued. "Usually, they'll say, 'Good job, you caught It's a game and they just dldnt play right" Upon seeing a news photog- 1 II 1 Our sales event endi Sunday, September 20. We reopen Thursday, October GBI probes alleged misuse of city funds in Smyrna il 51i StlitlKtionGutrentMd OwnntMd Or Your Monty Chtorhilly RtfundM. Often our qwmttlw ir Hmtttd dm.iiu i on tint quality, famous makar cloMouti.

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