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the mniAfj i YeMafton rancftttans Oct II. lttt Walkedehtehcad to death forjfru rddf eonttnoed from page Walker stayed at the bar. until after midnight and everyone except Jones and the. barmaid had left. Walker then itood up, pulled out hii gun, and said, "This to a lUck-up." Jones who had his back turned just looked over his boulder and said, "Get serious Chuck." Walker replied, "Dick, this Is a gun and It's loaded.

I think that serious." He ordered Jones and the friiM behind the bar and cleaned out the cash register Including- a box of rolled corns that wmm kMlt Itniimf Hu mmt All mM (- $288. He told them to lay on the floor for 10 minutes and then changed his mind to five minutes. Jones told him, "Chuck, you know you can't getaway. I know who you are." Walker laid. "It fWmi't matter Th nnllM im Justus said Walker has not been a problem since-he entered the St Clair County JalL "He is no threat to the other Inmates if he is incarcerated for the rest of his life," Justus said during his testimony.

In fact Justus said, the only time he has needed to go to the Jail because of Walker wastoseetoltthathegothis Bible. It was delivered during a time of the day when private property isn't accepted. Charles Walker was the last witness called to the standby the defense. Wallker said that he didn't think he deserved the death penalty because he was sorry for what he had done. Walker then turned to the jury and gave an apology.

am sorry that I done It I'm sorry that I put you through this. I'm sorry for myself. All I can do to ask you for your merdes." State's Attorney John Baricevic during the cross examination asked Walker If lie had given any mercy to Paule or Winkler. Walker replied, "Not that I remember." Walker was only on the stand for five minutes. In his closing arguements, Baricevic said that the defense had not shown any evidence that Walker was drunk at the time of the murders.

"He doesn't care about anyone, but he wants you to ears about him. He wants mercy, but he hasn't given any mercy. He calculatedly decided to ask for mercy, Just as he was cool and calculated when he killed Sharon and Kevin," Baricevic said. Kuehn In his closing statement said, "Ifs not much mercy to throw a man in between four dark walla, deprive him of liberty for the rest of Ids life. Isn't there a human heart that can be satisfied with that "If you hand down a sentence of death, you will be ap-, plauded by the general public because the general public wants Kuehn went on to say.

"I know this man is not a good man. I do know that It to you (Jury) that this man to begging for mercy. How can you put a man to death that is begging you not to," Kuehn said, "Just keep on going. It's Walker bought a Greyhound bus ticket to Tacoma, Wash. where his ex-wife lives, for $89.

Police don't know if he contacted her. He then hitchhiked to Walden, Cola, and' contacted a former girlfriend. She contacted the Jackson County Sheriffs Department, whose officers arrested him. Walker waived extradition procedlngs and was picked up by St Clair County Sheriff Merle Justus on July 18, almost a month after the murders. The.

couple's bodies were found by Winkler's mother Sunday morning after she had gone out looking for them when they didn't return the night before. During the hearing, which lasted three days, Walker sat quietly next to his attorney with his legs crossed, nervously tapping his fingers on the table in front of him. A tall, slim man with black hair, Walker wore a dark blue leisure suit and a tie all three days. The key witness for the defense was Daniel J. Kunio, a clinical psychologist at the Chester Mental Health Center.

Kunio said that Walker at the time of the crime, was suffering from a mental disturbance, alcoholism, with sufficient mitigation to be considered as a defense against the death penalty. Kunio's opinion was based on an hour and a half interview with Walker and a review of Walker's past criminal and prison records. Walker's girlfriend, Ramona Daugherty, testified that he was kind and gentle when he wasn't drinking, but when he drank he became argumentltlve and hostile. Daugherty also said that In every case he was sorry afterward for what he had done. Daugherty claimed that Walker, who spent a good share of his days drinking, had a high tolerance for alcohol and it was often hard to tell when he was drunk.

Lyla Daugherty, Walker's half-sister, testified that he had been in and out of trouble since the time he was 16. She also attested to the fact that Walker grew violent when he drank even toward the ones he loved. She said that he once pulled a knife on his own mother after she had tried to get him to stop, drinking. Minister Wesley Reynolds of First Assembly Church in Belleville described Walker al a voracious reader and a very intellectual person. Asked It he thought Walker was sincere about being sorry for crimes, Reynolds said he thought Walker to very for me anyway." He walked out the door and strolled down the parking lot to his car.

Just then, Jones' son drove onto the parking lot with his 1872 Cadillac. Jones Jumped into the car, pushed the gas pedal to the floor and rammed Walker's car on the' passenger's side. Walker spun away and Jones rammed him on the driver's side. Jones saw Walker's arm come up with a gun in It and he ducked down. The bullet stuck in the windshield right between Jones' eyes.

The two cars finally stopped In the middle of IU. 161 in front of the Runway. Smoke was pouring out of both cars and Jones said he never saw Walker flee the vehicle. Today, Jones said he considers himself hicky to be alive. In the car police officers found a radio which was still playing, a cooler full of beer and soda, fishing gear, a flashlight, a ball cap, a camera and a denim Jacket Every one of the items was Identified as belonging to Winkler and The police also recovered a .25 caliber automatic pistol from near the car.

The gun, according to ballistics expert Jim Hall of the Fairvlew Heights Crime Laboratory, and spent bullets recovered from Jones' car wlnshleld and the bodies of the two vtcitms were all fired from that same .28 caliber handgun found near Walker's car. Sunday morning Walker coaxed his half-sister, Lyla Daugherty, Into driving him to St Louis bus station. On.the way to St Louis they drove by the Silver Creek area and had to make a sudden stop when the county crime wagon pulled out In front of them. Daugherty asked, "I wonder what's going on?" Walker Baricevic countered, "Mr. Keene to trying to put the guilt on you.

It's not your fault Karen and Sharon are not here. It's the defendant's. That man got Sharon Winkler and Kevin Paule and now he to trying to get you." According to the law, Walker has 80 days to file any post-trial motions which could Include a motion to withdraw his plea of guilty. -By Steve Korte IMPOKIANT Couhcil i tike liolfpaySj Before continued from page. 1 He to currently semi-retired.

He works partrtime for. The Killlan Corps in Mascoutah. Eytchison will be paid the same, salary as Lorens and will officially. bcKln his. duties on Nov.

16 -Lorenz's pjoioiniEu aeeDarjMiit a -vie wntDLirais (Hip and save as a repiinder. i i resignation takes affect The council also voted to set aside 7-10 p.m. Monday, Oct 81 as the time for Mascoutah trick or treaters to make their rounds. -Steve Korte Halloween Parade upcoming The annual Mascoutah Halloween Parade will be held this year on Monday, Oct 81 at 6 p.m. It will feature the Mascoutah High School, and Junior High School Bands, the Pom Pan Girls, fire trucks, police cars, ambulances and a of assorted Halloween characters.

Children participating In the parade and the Judging contest should be lined up by 5:80 p.m. on the east side of the rear parking tot of the First National Bank at 121 B. Mam St Each child participating In the contest should wear a slip of paper with his or her name, parent's name and address and the title of the classification in which they are participating. There will be signs posted showing where to line up for each of the four categories: i. ghosts, goblins, witches, and space people; 2.

cartoon characters; 8. most original; 4. groups of two or more. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. and move west on Main Street to First Street, north to Church Street and back to the Leu Civic Center, entering the rear door of the gym.

The parade to sponsored by the Mascoutah Improvement Association, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Tuesday Womens Club, Leu Civic Center Board and the Chamber of e9 It getting to lx thai hiisy time or vear again, when probably the last tiling on your mind will lx deciding whether or not to buy the phones you haw in your home. Just the same, our customers must let us know what they plan to do about all the phones and phone equipment (hex-now lease from Contel before IXcember 31. 1983. After t)ecemher 31. according to an ICC-appftned plan.

Gomel will no longer lx leasing phones single-line and 2-line residence and business customers. Equipment not returned or purchased by Iteeember 31 will be billed irt" January at (Kir apprwvd in-place prices. In general, buying telephone equipment instead of leasing it saves you money. But, as you can see in the chart, buying the phones already in your home is much less expensive than buying a new one. And there's another advantage to buying your present phone equ iment before December 31.

We'll let viu divide iV cost imo three, interest-free payments. If you don't respond by that time you will be hilled in one single payment for all pin me equipment in returned or purciusedr So attach the little, reminder to your phone. It will help you. remember to call us on time. And please feel free call your local Gomel business office if you need more information on prices of phones and equipment not listed, where COMPARE! Buy your present phone and savel lVpk-jl Rvuil Vnx I S9S $26.90 irwo $34.50 pushbutton Desk, wall narydifil Slim, trim pushbutton SS99S SM.9S Slim, trim wry dial $26.50 WWi Call Continental Telephone Company of Illinois for prices tf decorator 'phone and other equipment.

Jaycees to sponsor hayride for children The Mascoutah Jaycees and the Jaycee Woman's Club will host a haunted hayride for the children of Mascoutah and the surrounding area on Friday, Oct 28. For a 81 registration fee, a child ages 6 to 18 to treated to three hours of a supervised hayride with a sprinkling of scary scenes; hotdogs, dupe, hot chocolate and Kool-Aid. Those participating are asked to assemble a the Depot In Scheve Park at 8:48 p.m. Friday, Oct 28. The wagons will begin rolling at 6 p.m.

and will return at the Depot at p.m. Waivers are required to be signed by a parent or legal guardian, and may be obtained at local participating merchants or by writing to Mascoutah Jaycees, P.O. Box 182, Mascoutah. These waivers should be returned by Oct 21, to the Masocutah Jaycees. to return unwanted equipment or how to disconnect your phones.

We know this is quite a change in the way -we've always done business, but we hope you agree it will be a change for the better. parss -Maeoootah Jayceee.