Newsday from New York, New York • 11

llh-vT a 7:1 Killer Cop Cured Psychologist Says Asked whether the 34-year-old policeman wants to return to active police duty Kaiser said she understood that he does She added however that she has not actually heard him express such a wish And lawyer Edward Rappaport has indicated that he will seek ten-pay disability allowance for ney amounting to about $15000 a year nuu iuibucj port ha indi- i a three-quar- vance for Tors- souv his piea that hi motor epilepsy sanity Kaiser his piea that he epilepsy Kaiser fied that Evans hadpulled a gun on him But fellow officers who were with him testified that they saw no gun and no weapon was found at the scene acquittal was based on suffered from psycho-motor an obscure form of insanity described his condition as "a disassociated type of hysterical The shooting of a black youth by a white cop threw black community into a turmoil and sparked a series of demonstrations but then was no violence "This is not a criminal case and this is not a criminal defendant" Justice Leonard Yoswein announced as he opened the hearing The courtroom held about two dozen members of the Black United Front a militant group headed by the Rev Herbert Daughtry Also on hand was Assistant US Attorney Zachary Carter The federal government has indicated that it may confront Torsney with charges of violating human rights The hearing was-scheduled to resume today with Kaiser returning to the witness stand A Creedmoor State Hoe-' pital psychologist testified yesterday that Robert Torsney the city policeman acquitted a year ago by reason of insanity in the slaying of a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy is fit for release from file mental that he receives tient care Dr Deborah Kaiser the chief chologist in forensic unit was the first witness at a State Supreme Court hearing into eligibility for release from the institution to which he had been committed a year ago Torsney was acquitted a year ago of Thanksgiving Day 1976 murder the of Randolph Evans outside a housing prefect in the Cyprus Hill section of Brooklyn At his trial Torsney testi Kemdaj Phots hr Scott Yamod A Lyric From the Past A relic of Times Square's past Is emerging as In a detail above from under years of dirt The Lyric built in 1 903 as a legitimate theater but long a movie house is being cleaned below and its ornamentation again stands out Judge Orders State to Save Suspect's Eye Albany (AP) Cleveland Davis accused of murdering two New York City policemen last spring will be allowed to have surgery to save the vision in his right eye despite a lower ruling State Supreme Court Justice John Starkey had ruled last month that Davis could not have the surgery unless he agreed to allow doctors to remove a 38-cal bullet from his left thigh a bullet which the state seeks as evidence to show that he was in a Brooklyn alley at the time of the gun battle with police April 2 But Tuesday the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court overturned the ultimatum handed down by Starkey attorney Robert Bloom said that his client will be operated on this week in Kings County Hospital to comet fecial fractures that threaten his vision Bloom charges that face was beaten by a policeman wielding a blunt instrument while Davis was being transported from Bedford-Stuyvesant to a hospital Blown said that the prosecutors had "foiled to show the removal of the bullet would not be a mqjor intrusion into the Davis 31 a former inmate at Attica prison has been indicted in the murder of Officer Norman Cer-ullo 29 of Shirley and Officer Christie Masone 33 of Brooklyn Davis also was charged in connection with the death of an ex-convict Mariano Gonzalez during the battle with police Corrections Officers Charged Following Queens Jail Probe from Page 7 trial eliminated The undercover man acting on information provided by the informer posed as a hit man When the assassination scheme was revealed in court two weeks ago Carter pleaded guilty to murder Asked what reward the inmate-informer bad received for his participation in the investigation a spokesman fat Keenan said "He has not gotten anything at this point Whether he jeceigps any special consideration in that rests in the He said that the man still is an famata though no longer at the Queens facility New The Department of Corrections announced yesterday that it has won a court battle to have one of its captains demoted to correction officer for abuse of sick-leave privileges Capt Paul Fisher assigned to Bikers Island headquarters claimed sick leave between last March 22 when he suffered a fell on the job and June 6 Investigators from the department reported that they saw him in Long Ialand bars and entering various apartments with a woman during that time Correction Commissioner William Ciuros demoted Fisher to correction officer and the Correction Captains Benevolent Association challenged-the decision in Manhattan Civil Court This week Judge Albert Williams upheld the department Town Hall Gets Landmark Status ation" under tivi guidelines Anderson said he will pull out He said he has an option with the Town Hall Foundation to turn the hall back to the non-profit group if he finds he cannot operate it The hall was acquired by New York University as a gift but its running expenses were too much for the school It turned the hall over the the foundation which in turn signed a lease with from Page 6 al consulting and legal fees and other expenses so far to do It was estimated that original plan would cost a tillfan dollars He said yesterday that his planned changes in the main auditorium his first priority would cost about $600000 If that is successfol he said he will proceed on the roof-theater plan which would cost an additional $500000 In the event he cannot conduct "a viable oper.