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THE SUN LOWELL, MASS. TUESDAY January 27, 1976 34 Pages 3 Sections 1 5 Cents Index Amusements 25 Business 16 17 Classified Comics 23 24 Crossword Funic 19 Deaths 18 Editorial 8 Focus 3 Metro City 11 ID 1S ...25 4 5 People In. The Sun Suburban TV Weather Women's Page IK. Leaving police station It. Dal.

Peler Agnes, left, and It. Det. William Nolly, right, ready themselves to leave the Billerica Polite Station shortfy afler 3 a.m. today, (allowing hour of interviewing members of the Barons Motorcycle Club following the spooling death of one of their members James Marlines yesterday. Both officials refused to comment on repnrts that the gurs Martines was shot with was gwn to him by a Massachusetts State Police trooper.

Lebanese factions leave combat zones BEIRUT, Lebanon (DPI) With Beirut streets clear of gunmen, Christian and Moslem forces were pulling out of captured territory in the Lebanese countryside today in the final stage of a Syrian mediated cease fire. Lebanese security forces and troops of the Palestine Liberation" Army moved along the recently opened highways as militiamen drifted away from battle zones' kindling hopes thai nearly ID months of civil war may finally be over. The implementation of the peace agreement, providing a 48 hour period for the withdrawal of all gunmen, was "proceeding smoothly." a slatement from the Lebanese Syrian Palestinian joint conv mnnri said. All indications were that the deadline for the complete evacuation of gunmen scheduled for 6 p.m today would, he obeyed, reporters touring the country said. The pulloMt of troops from captured territory opens the way for talks on a political settlement to end the civil war that has killed 10,000 people.

Morocco attacks Algerian supply unit ALGIERS, Algeria (UP!) 'Moroccan troops have attacked an Algerian army unit supplying food and medicine to the population in former Spanish Sahara and furious fighting is underway, the national news agenry said today. The news agency Algerie Presse Service said the reported attack amounted to a new escalation in the "aggression against the Saharan people and in the provocation against the Algerian revolution." APS said the fighting was reported to be pitting the Algerian people's army unit against Moroccan forces in the region of Amgala, whose location was not further specified. Engineers plan ballast for Hancock tower BOSTON TAP) Engineers are preparing to place 600 tons of lead and steel on the SBth floor of the John Hancock Tower to keep it from swaying in the wind. After spending $7 million last year to replace all 10,300 windows that kept falling out, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. will spend $3 for the support system for the.

62 story tower. A Hancock spokesman, John R. Feolcy, said the system is similar to one in a 900 foot building in New York. Billerica shooting death linked to Mahoney case By PATRICIA M. WAGNER Sun Staff BILLERICA A 27 year old member of the Barons Motorcyle Club, who was supplying police with information on the Mahoney murder case was shot to death yesterday with a gun owned by a Massachusetts State'Police trooper.

James Marlines of 45 Bridle Rd Billerica was found by two members ot the Barons at home in bed lying in a pool of blood. A victim of a gunshot would in the head, he was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John's Hospital by Dr. John Karbowniczak. One of the doctors who performed an autopsy on Marlines body last night speculated this morning that the slaying could nave been "execution style." Although some police officials believe Mar tines death could have been a suicide, most in vea iigators lean toward the theory that he was murdered because he was relaying information to police conerning the murders of Dr.

Hugh Mahoney, 80, his wife Ruth, 48, and son John, 15, on New Year's Eve. Police have no suspects in either case. Lt. Detective Peter Agnes, head of Middlesex County District Attorney John Droncy's delective division early this morning refused to comment on the circumstances surrounding Marlines' death including the recovery of a ,32 calibre revolver reportedly loaned to Marlines by an unidentified Massachusetts State Police Trooper. Reliable sources indicated that the gun was given to Marlines for self protection after he told a state trooper that his life was in danger.

Drs. George Katsis and John Karbowniczak performed an autopsy last night which reveaiert that Marlines died of gunshot wound in the head. Dr. Karbowniczak said there were no signs that Marlines had been beaten, "Ihe black eyes were due to the bullet puncturing the head." Dr. Karbownivczak said, "I believe the killing may have been an execution type.

There were powder marks at the scalp showing that the gun was held close to the head. It was either execution or suicide, but I think it can easily be called a homocide." APPROXIMATELY TWO dozen members of the Barons motorcycle group and the state trooper said to have owned the gun were questioned by Agnes, Lt. Det. William Nally of the district attorney'soffice and other state and Billerica police for more than four hours iate last night and early today in the confines of the Billerica police station a stenotyplst recorded their statements. According to Tewksbury Police Chief John Sullivan, Martines had been providing police with information for more than two weeks.

Saturday night Martines went to the state police barracks in Aridover fearing for his life and predicting his dcatti saying mat ne was going to be "wasted." Police apparently felt he was in no immediate danger, although they went to his Bridle Road home on Sunday and were planning to meet with him again last night. Chief Sullivan confirmed Insp. Kenneth Hague, formerly a Tewksbury detective now assigned to the attorney general's office, and Trooper Malcolm Kadra of the state police major crime unit were assigned to go to Portsmouth, N.H. yesterday to talk to three people wh as e. names were furnished to police by Martines.

Police were unable to locale the three imm ialely and were called back early in the day as a result of the Martines death. MARTINES WAS found at 1:45 p.m. yesterday by two Barons whom police refused to identify. The two club members, acting apparently under the impression that their peer had been the viclim of a beating, called the Billerica Fire Department asking for an ambulance ta transport an injured person to the hospital. The fire department in turn called the police who staff the ambulance and the vehicle was immediately dispatched.

Upon arrival at the Bridle Road house, the ambulance attendant discovered Martines with a gunshot wound in the head and took him to the hospital. It is unknown how long after Marines was shot that he was discovered, AN AUTOPSY last night, according to Lt. Del Nally, revealed that he died as a result of a bullet wound in the righ side of the head above the ear. The gun used was a ,32 calibre revolver. Police refused to comment on bow the gun was recovered, but did say that it has been turned over to ballistics experts at state police headquarters in Boston.

Insp. Hague and Trooper Robert Long of the state police major crime unit talked to Martines Saturday night when he went to the An dover State Police Barracks. The two inspectors saw him again on Sunday at his residence and, according to reports, he then provided police wilh the names of three persons, in. eluding one girl in Portsmouth, N.H. who knew of the Mahoney murders.

Insps. Hague and Kadra were assigned to interview the Portsmouth people yesterday, according to Tewksbury Chief Sullivan and were scheduled to meet with Marlines again on Monday night. Lt Det. Nally would only confirm that Martines "was supposed to have information about the Mahoney murders." Lt. Det.

Agnes refuesed to term Martines death as a homicide, noting that the matter is under investigation. According to sources in Portsmouth this morning, Massachusetts and New Hampshire stale police were in the city yesterday. The Portsmouth sources said, however, that those sought had fled the city. ft was confirmed that the Massachusetts state police wanted to ask questions in Portsmouth concerning the Mahoney murders, IRONICALLY, THE latest apparent development in the brutal Mahoney murders came on the very day Middlesex County District Attorney John Droney had called a high level conference of law enforcement of ficials from every community in the county to discuss the case. Droney admitted at the conference that police were at a standstill and had no strong leads in the case.

During the conference police officials offered their services in helping solve the case. A police cruiser is parked in the driveway of the Bridle Road property in Billerica where police found James J. Martines shot to death yesterday. Neighbors lay the After Martines shooting Bridle Road neighbors apprehensive By RALPH JACOBS Sun Staff BILLERICA The residents of Bridle Road, which is considered one of Billerica's middle income neighborhoods, appeared mostly apprehensive last night and stayed behind locked doors after learning of Hie shooting death of a 27 year old member of the Barons, a motorcycle Club. James J.

Martines, who was said to be a former Chelmsford resident, was found shot to death Monday when police say they responded to a call for an ambulance at 45 Bri die Rd, The address is one which has been frequented by a large group af the Barons for the past 18 months. Police said they went to the Bridle Road address at about 1:45 p.m, and Martines was pronounced dead on arrival at St. John's Hospital, While very few neighbors would open their doors to newsmen last night, one neighbor who did said he heard what he thought was a gunshot "in the morning," This same neighbor said he was an eyewitness when the police carried the slain body of one of the Barons out to the ambulance in the afternoon ACCORDING TO THE neighbor, he did not call police in the morning when he thought he heard the shot "because it is not unusual to hear shooting at that address, They are always shooting at something over there, and generally down by the river," he said. This statement is supported by another neighbor who says "every so often Uiey will just pick up their guns and start firing through the back door." According to this neighbor, he was almost shot one time, while fishing along the river, when theBarons started one of their shooting sprees." Except for the random gunshots and the noise of their bikes, the Barons seldom cause any problems, said one neighbor. Most of the noise with the cycles, he said, is noticed more during the summer months than it is now.

There were other neighbors who were not as generous in what they had to say about ihe Barons. Some neighbors say tticy have called the police many times about indicellls in the neighborhood "but the police are generally busy someplace else or say they themselves must see the crime committed." iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiimHiiNiiiiiiiniNiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Pleads guilty MANCHESTER, N.H. IUP1) Charles Cornellier, 35, of Manchester and East Pep perelt, pleaded guilty Monday to the staying of Brookline antique dealer George Morlell during a robbery attempt last June, Cornellier was sentenced to life Imprisonment. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder after day long deliberations between his lawyer and the attorney general's office. He originally was charged with two counts of first degree murder.

Authorities charge two other persons, one a juvenile, were involved in the shooting of Mortell. In a companion case, Francis Drugan, 43, of Concord, pleaded guilty of being an accomplice to robbery. The state dropped a charge of criminal liability for conduct of another against Drugan. Tewksbury Police Set. Paul Johnson, who has been working on the Mahoney murders since the bodies were discovered, disclaims any connection between the Martines murder and the Mahoney murders.

"Right now I see no connection between the killings," he said, adding "unless anyone can prove different." Johnson said that he had Scene of fatal shooting properly is frequented by members of the Barons, a Massachusetts based motorcycle club. State police, along wilh Tewksbury JAMES MARTINES high school yearbook photo While one of the Barons is said to have purchased the home last fali, The Sun was unable to confirm that the owner is a member of the Barons. The owner, Richard P. Moulton purchased the home from Daniel Parkinson on Sept. 16, 1975.

According to Ihe spokesman for a real estate firm whD was to make the sale, but was later bypassed, the buyer moved into the home in April or May, about five months prior to th cfirial sale. Moulton was represented by Ally. Steven S. Fischman of Ihe Gculslcn and Storrs law firm of Boston. Asked today if Moulton was a member of the Barons, Fischman said he knew nothing about the Barons and had only represented Moulton when he purchased the property.

Asked if Moulton still resided on the properly, Fischman said he believed so, but knew nothing about Marlines or anyone else who might frequent the property. House seen ban on aid By EDMUND PINTO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP The House is expected to join Ihe Senate and vole a ban on continued military aid to We stern backed factions in the Angolan civil war. The issue is scheduled to be raised when Ihe House takes up the SSC billion defense appropriation bill today. That bill conlains a Senate approved amendment to prohibit U.S. funds from being used far the fighting in the southwfst African nation.

Appropriations Committee Chairman George Mahon said he expects the amendment to be approved by the House today "by a wide margin," another development, Rep Don Bonker, said Monday that he had 200 enspon sors to a resolution advising President lrord not to aid any military faction in Angola unless the Congress specifically approves such assistance. Bonker said he considered the support for his resululion indicative as to how the vole on the funds will go. The administration has included $28 million in the defense appropriations bill for support of the Western backed National Front for the Liberation of Angola (PNLA) and its ally, the National Union far tho Total Independence of never talked to Martines during his investiga tion, nor was ho enroute to Martines house when the Billerica murder was discovered. Blood and urine specimens were taken from Marlines' body and were to be forwarded to stale police chemists for analysis. Officials speculate it will take a week for the processing.

and Billerica police, are investigating ill possibility of a link with the triple slaying in Tewksbury on New Year's Eve. Chelmsford records indicate a James John Martines, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Martines, who owned and operated the Blue Ribbon Dairy.

Ma rtines, who would have celebrated his 28th birthday next Sunday, attended Chelmsford schools and on May IS, 1968 married the former Beverly Anderson of Westford. Chelmsford officials believe Martines moved out of Chelmsford in 1969. According to Chelmsford records he was a dairy worker. BILLERICA POLICE have made no statement regarding why Martines. was at the Bridle Road property.

Some of trfe neighbors say there are generally as many as four and sometimes as many as eight Dr nine motorcycles on the property at any une time. There is an unconfirmed report police relumed to the properly a second time yesterday afternoon and reportedly planned to confiscate guns. With slate police alleging a "definite link" with the trip New Year's Eve murders in Tewksbury, investigators from that town, the district attorney's office and the attorney general all came into. Billerica last night. Ballistics experts and olher crime lab personnel were expecLed to follow as they did in Tewksbury on New Years Day.

With four of the Karons seated in the outer waiting room of the police station and obviously waiting to be questioned at about 15:30 last night, the police issued newsmen a terse statement concerning the ambulance run at 1:45 p.m. The release noted the fact that Martines was dead on arrival at St. John's and that death was caused by a gun shot wound to the head. "This is all that wilt be released at this time," said Lt. Emile Steele, likely to vote to Angola Angola (UNITA).

The Soviet Union has been supplying arms, and Cuba has sent men, to the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola IMPLA). A spokesman for Bonker said the United Slates could continue to supply military aid and funds to Angolan factions even i( Congress voted the ban. The spokesman said Bonker intends to raise Ihe issue of back door aide through such countries as neighboring Zaire at meetings of. the House International Relations Committee. A fund cutoff would affect only direct appropriations to Angola Bonker has voiced concern that U.S.

funds could be channeled ihrough Zaire for use in continued support of the anti Soviet factions. Monday, the Stale Department's assistant secretary of stale tor African affairs, William 1 Schaufcle, told the House International Relations Committee that U.S. efforts to aid Hie two Angolan factions were a response to Soviet and Cuban military intervention. "We must recognize that the Soviet Union has strained the fabric of dctenlc by its lack of restraint and unilateral actions in Angola," lie said. "We were not hostile to ihe MPLA before it decided to impose lis rule on the strength of Soviet and Cuban bayonets.".