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40 Anguish of an Unsolved Murder By Cope Moyers "In Hebrew Chaim mean Anton Wei aa said of the name he gave his firstborn son "He loved fife He was my The words came easily So did laughter and an occasional tear as Anton Weiss an Orthodox Jew from Staten Island spoke of raising a son who was almost his constant companion until he went off to a yeshiva in Long Beach "We didn't want him out of our house and out into the Weiss said recalling the day his son left for the yeshiva "On the first day we were crying when we dropped him It's only when 40-year-old Anton Weiss is asked about the violent end of his life that he struggles for words Six months have nothelped Weiss understand why his 15-year-old son was stabbed to death in a third-floor dormitory at the school where he ranked among the top students "The illogical Weiss said of the unsolved murder that he 1M only found enough strength to discuss now "So you cant look at the logical You have to find an illogical reason What it is no one Police are as puzzled as Weiss a very bizarre motiveless said Nassau Det Sgt John Nolan "This one appears to be a murder for the sake or Nolan said police have conducted more than 500 interviews with staff and students at the yeshiva neighbors and people arrested for other crimes In addition a $25000 reward has been offered by several donors But the case remains unsolved An llth-grader at the Mesivta of Long Beach Chaim Weiss was found dead early on the morning of Nov 1 Clad in pajamas he was apparently sleeping when his attacker slipped into the room and repeatedly stabbed and hacked at him about the head with what police say was a heavy knife-like weapon Weiss who had one of the few sin- gle rooms in the dormitory died instantly One blow was so vicious cording to sources in the Nassau Jacklln Photo by Students of the Mesivta of Long Beach head for a game of basketball one of Chaim favorite pastimes because the Mesivta of Long Beach a good school Indeed it is considered among the top yeshivas in the area and its students come from as four away as California But Anton ana Pessy Weiss hated to see their oldest son leave home after attending a Brooklyn yeshiva through the eighth grade Nevertheless Chaim wanted to study there his father remembers because "he felt he could excel "The type of kids the rabbis the whole place he liked said Weiss "He want a school that was fanatical or extreme He thought it was compatible to his way Apparently it was Soon after was someone associated with the school Far parents coping with the loss has been difficult Trying to do it knowing that their killer has not been arrested makes the task nearly impossible "Any free time we have we Anton Weiss a successful businessman said during an interview at his midtown Manhattan office last week "I keep thinking how to do it how to catch him "The police I feel like they are doing their he said "But I feel maybe pulling the wool over their Weiss declined to what led him to this conclusion If his parents had their way Chaim Weiss would never have attended yeshiva in Long Beach Not Medical office that it severed the brain from the spinal cord The mystery was deepened by the ease with which the attacker en- tered and left room Despite extensive interviews by detectives none of the other 45 students in the dormitory have told police they heard or saw anything unusual that night No weapon or other evidence was left behind police say There were no signs of robbery anti-Semitism or sexual assault Nor do police see any significance in the feet that the attack occurred in die early morning after Halloween night when several students at the school were chased and pelted with eggs by local youths Nolan said nothing else has been ruled out including the possibility the attacker starting the ninth grade in 1984 Chaim earned the Hebrew nickname "Bal or "a person Continued on Ffege 27 Merrill Lynch Boss Takes Over Trading NEWSOAY MONDAY MAY 4 1987 First Hide AH The Gondolas Reuter Venice Italy Local authorities have called an emergenry meeting to find ways of stopping weekend floods of tourists that are angering residents aral putting the canal city under increasing strain The bridge from the mainland was closed Saturday and one-way pedestrian systems were enforced in the narrow canalaid lanes as more than 100000 vacationers invaded the city for the third weekend in a row The influx more than doubling normal population stretched public transportation to the limit and provoked a flood of complaints from residents Officials will meet Thursday to decide whether to restrict the number of visitors They said the city could not cope with more than 90000 a day Among suggestions under consideration are a ticket entry system and stopping trains to Venice at the mainland in order to regulate the number of people entering the city New York (AP) Merrill Lynch Co which disclosed bond-trading losses of $260 million last week said yesterday that its president would take control of trading activities and direct a review of company procedures The review by Daniel Tully company president and chief operating officer will be aided by two independent advisers: William Rogers the former U8 secretary of state and Irving Pollack a former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission company officials said in a statement "During this period of review we will place full responsibility for management of trading risk exposure at the highest level of our id William A Schreyer the chairman and chief executive Merrill Lynch announced Wednesday that it would have a second-quarter loss of $250 million in mortgage-backed securities largely because of unauthorized dealing by a senior trader who has been dismissed It said the matter had been referred to an unspecified regulatory agency i i i The brokerage firm one of Wall largest said Friday that it had dismissed a second bond trader for violations of trading policies that cost it about $10 million It said the two cases were not related In statement Schreyer said Tully would assume control of trading activities "to cilitate a thorough review of all trading policies practices and Trading previously was overseen by Jerome Kenney president and chief executive officer of the capital markets branch and Brian Barefoot senior vice president for broker-dealer activities Schreyer said He said Kenney and Barefoot would continue in their other duties Trading and underwriting in mortgage securities essentially bonds backed bv home and other mortgages has been one of the fastest-growing areas on Wall Street In the past month however trading has become treacherous as prices in mortgage securities dropped dramatically along with the overall bond market when interest rates began to rise i I I 4 li 9 1 ft ff.