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Twilight world of murdered widow who stashed millions in garbage cans Mn. Marlorte Jaduoa: Hkl mUlioM im her hovse after banker embenled from ber. tirocery coirtaiiriiig more than mllUon that was found after Mrs. murder. Leg-puller cures All of his arthritis A PERSON could get hurt trying to pull Muhammaa leg.

But for Richard Minarik it has paid off handsomely. Minarik is a foot reflexologist who says bodily ills can be ctired by tte feet. Last year THE STAR published a story about him curing Jackie Kennedy Onassis (rf a pain in her neck. Ali read the story and promptly contacted Minarik saying that te had painful arthritis in nis neck which failed to respond to cixiven- tional treatment. After only two of foot manipulation the teavy- champion reported a 100 percent improvement.

kq)t reciting poetry to me while I was worlung on said Minarik. were all own poems one was called And now Minarik is treating Ali for arthritis in his right hand. Ali has even flown the (kictor from New York to Miannd for several of the sessions. have also taught him how to relax before said Minarik, who runs the Elmshurt Yoga Institute in Queens, New Yore. told me that next to him, the Minarik admits his treatment is not recognized by the medical profession.

But that does not voit him from practicing it. He took up the treatment at age 17 when a foot reflexologist cured him (tf arthritis. been a cxHivert ever he added. By obert abborino MURDERED heiress Marjorie Jackson, who kept millions of dollars stashed in garbage cans, tackle boxes and suitcases at her cluttered 10-room home, was convinced that, all the crooks in the world were after her. Authorities say she trusted no one, not even plice.

Ste was robbed at least four times be- tweai early 1976 May 1977, once of more than $817,000. But she refused to report the crimes or help prosecute the suspects. Mrs. Jackson, 66, of Indianapolis, was found shot dead in ter home after it caught fire last rtionth. More than $5 million was md- dai throughout the house.

Millions more were (Tobably by the who killed her. Mrs. Jackson was a reclusive eccerttric who was fanatical about her religious beliefk. aie threw, birthday parties for God, Jesus and the Angels, with presents and elaborately decorated cakes bearing such inscriptions Jesus Christ from She had nte had ter lawn mowed for the past since the teath of her husband in 1970, because she said God told her not to. But neighbors, acquaintances and the police told THR.STAR ste may have let the grass grow and pile up in hopes of corivinc- mg tte criminals ime feared that no one lived in tte house: was "afraid of being robbed and ste talked to about said Mandell Richards, a for a supermarket where she often shopped.

everybody in tte area knew ste Firemen enter the bnnied-oiit home of nmrdered millionairess Margie Jackson Inside they found her body and more than withdrawn from bank. went to a Cadillac dealer and biMight two 1977 models with a check for $30,000, telling salesman Bob Boone she needed the second car as a back-up. Dr. Aaron Balthazar, who studied her peculiar behavior, said ste was apparently the victim of a deep, overpowering loneliness. death of ter husband was such a traumatic blow that ste apparently came to distrust he said.

was very close to him and they appeared to have been very religious people. sense of loneliness and alienation started in early childhood when her real father died and her mother remarried. Tte only time she seemed to have opened a gate was with her husband. But death closed that gate aice and for Dr. Balthazar, who is often called as an expert witness in sanity hearings and was even consulted in the Patty Hearst case, said Mrs.

natural reserve and distrust were strengthened in 1975 when an Indianapolis banker embezzled about $700,000 from cHie of ter trust funds. After that experience, she decided banks were unsafe. began withdrawing money from a number of them and started stashing it throughout her sprawling ranch-style nome. TTie total amount of her withdrawals was about $8 million. TTie inheritance from her hus- baml, tte son of a grocery store magnate and descendent ot President Andrew Jackson, was estimated at between $20 million and $25 million.

But the last few days of Mrs. life were apparently spend in terror, say. Sgt. Harold Young of the Marion County Department said that just a few hours before her death, she confided to a bakery store clerk that someone was out to get Young quoted the clerk as saying: said she was living in fear for her life someone was trying to kill Young said she gave the clerk the name of a man who police are now holding in connection with the murder. ITiere is some evidence tte arrested man have been extorting money from her by threatening her Young said.

TTie suspect is one of several people implicated in the killing. She held parties and gave gifts to God, Jesus and the Angels had a lot of money in that house. But she was really a very nice woman. Very friendly, even if she did act funny Mrs. Jackson rarely ventured beyond the iron gates of her estate, except to buy groceries.

often purchased up to $200 worth of food at a time. Once she ordered 150 cans of coffee, 50 loaves of bread and dozen codcies. talked about God and Jesus as they were close and personal said Mrs. Rose Lawson, a rwighbor. just spirits in heaven to her.

They were as real to her as my husband and children are to Among the thousands of ornately wrapped gifts found in the Jackson home were many appar- aitly intended for God, Jesus and the Angels. A table in the house was set for 12 people, complete with plates, silverware and food. A huge cake in the center of the table was inscribed: God from One gift found near the table, addressed to Jesus, was unwrapped by police. It contained a dozen wasncioths. A month before Mrs.

death, officials say she called a local service station to tow her vintage 1955 Cadillac after it began smoking. Ste told driver Tommy Gibson that someone had tampered with tte vdiicle in an attempt to kill her. But after inspecting the car, Gibson told her that the only thing wrong was that it had a loose water hose. Gibson said, just told me to take it away. 1 asked her where and she said she care.

ste said, can have it. I want I tried to tell ter that a car like that was worth a lot (rf money. Sie started acting mad and yelled at me to just take it Gibson still has the Cadillac, worth about parked near the service station where he works. He sell or drive it because Mrs. Jackson give him the title.

That same day, she VETiaiAN crooner Dick Haymes, pictured here with his wife, Wendy, a former model, in Los Angeles where he sang at a benefit for homeless animals. The show was sponsored by Actwe and Others for Animals, a group.whicH raises funds for stray pets. The have been married for fourteen years. Watch's is super swift.