The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 21

The wedding watch Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie said he had a long talk recently with Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer about sex just like any other couple about to be married "I told them sex is a good thing given by God which nevertheless like all God's gifts needs to be directed aright" said Runcie who will preside at the July 29 royal wedding television comics events The OndnnaH Pwt Thursday Xy 16 14S1 a Cl V'tr mV y' V'-'- Vyl v' sf i Wixxv VAFr'w s' 7 icAkA- 3 I A 'Z'V' -J I fVu1' 5 ifv-' I C-i I turn JOKPIN June -f' "-'m -'H 13 -j JfoJ 'A'5 SA' V- Ivizj -m 54 K'- -5 jZ-lr la Yoar Ctaritp War fat Ihr 1 Rrpaataltka aariial IMINARD RITPERT Jr R-27-J2 AIMA fc-21-M 1 lONARU RITPERT III IJ--57 MIOIAEI RITPERT l-J7-5 THOM IS RITPE RT CKOI RITPERT 4-2N-6I ANN Rl PPERT -lN-42 DAI III K1 PPIKT J-IN64 TERESA RITPERT R-2J-M JOHN Rl PPIKT 12-1174 MARCH 34 1475 Eunvral Maw April 3 1475 Nurmi I Irarl Chun Iturlal Mrmurlal Car Jena flornal Rval atjnl amolhrai Lord: ml Irl fniwhul Dull I irtiliw Upon III TfS- Mrs Edna Allgeier prays the rosary every day for her slain family pictured and fisted on the funeral card at left taartc MM fUin KNTM i vi 'A'A- a dance the met brothers Leon- me iKavebeenable where he shot himself If he went to the barn or the woods how I found him That has meant a lot to me They accepted death and they offered me Last year at the age of 68 Mrs Allgeier learned to drive eon Leroy came over and said time for you to learn to drive Mom1 and he pulled Frank ear out of the garage and made me learn to change a tire and drain the OIL Then we hit the road and I stopped since Driving opened a whole new world for 1 By Honey MoncirlefilSJ 1- to and James Ruppert from they woald tXtta to toelr AWOKE with a start A muffled? tv reoalr track and pick saasis flthfl Sleep 8he tfsoced at AUgeter saVL rThey were botb dock next to her bed niCe boyi and Alma enjoyed Oh Frank He must have grae them Then me night Leonard to sleep at the Mtch tabletold Almt aied have to decide again and fallen lromhls chalrs-MM one She wanted to fI 8he told mo that It wasnVa put it behind you she ttKwlhard decision flhe had fallen In i fie walked from the bedrownf LeonardJ I and switched a light I eoU uu Utchm UM £MjS3iTSS chair pushed against i sr iSf'Z tng room to watch TV After the egg hunt the youngsters Joined their parents In the kitchen laying their treasure of Easter candy on the table where their dad was seated Hla wife was standing at the stove with her mothar-ln-Jaw Hla brother Jama came downstairs from hla mam into the kitchen He was carrying a rifle and three pistols it was shortly after 0 pL At 9:30 that night James Ruppert called Hamilton police and reported that a man had been shot When police arrived and Ruppert opened Che door they had to step over carol body She had been shot in the back the living room lay John huddled against the couchHbls hands pressed against hla ears as If to Nock out the sound Tommy was sprawled in front of the TV bis toother Michael slumped at the base ol the for wall that was streaked with Moody hand prints He had been shot In the hack At the doorway to the kitchen lay Leonard shot seven times Jfear the kitchen taMe was 0 their father seven bullet wounds in hla head and torso hla wife a bullet In her heart Hl mnaar left Uu mitt brtotlSwpwtllKim She walked Into the room for General I HE LEAVES ON the shade trees In her yard rustled softly Bright pink petunias danced as the breeze caught their delicate petals and a homemade sign In the yard announcing tomatoes rhubarb beans violets for swayed like a billowing sheet She was sitting In the kitchen In chair have asked the Lord to let me live long enough to see James Ruppert punished want It to be Mrs: Allgeier sakL year on the anniversary the case Is rehash-' Electric! toSiTathert death yean earilerHls head She ran her hand across SSrSIi hli forehead acnsi the gsptog jlSSS orrWr hole above his right eye- and as IHvSSbI-she watched the blood and UfepSMI ft spill from her husband ol 40 yeara She thtJamm k1n thB DATE after ttoJnur perthasjust oommlttod murder It was March im iKte tried to sweat away thefrangsr tfto A ptmn rlag pterced the Mime the eun came up until Jt mtddle-of-the-alght guietf atjwas almost tfowmiMsy worked the AIIgden ranch home ln jpicach Orova'Dtuik got out ot tnd bed walked to the kitchen utd itrying to telk out hep hurt answered the phono- jJuman fFnDktnrnlag away tnaOmee- at the other end wae talking hut time at Ednab and their 1 theoatMPi IbanJciuS urging! heArd wen Your dughter la lbeck to thelr $etilor dtiteng deadMh dlsbellet Allgeler re- group meetings end the jw? I posted Urn wortfcEJ dsughter Jolned thslr csrd-playlngf Charity Ruppert bad fallen near ed In the news Poor James Rup- the stove her ear shot off a bul- pert sitting at Lima State' let In her cheat The children awaiting his fate Well what: AnnDavld and Theresa lay about us?" near their parent Their Easter candy spattered with Mood was strewn around them -vt S' f-rm-'-r rEOPLE ASK ME how I have teen aide to stand all this i Mrs Allgeier said have I great I Her day begins at 630 when she says the Rosary with the Radio Roeary program and her work day ends In time to Join the Radio Rosary program at il Tama great lover of the Ro Until James Ruppert case Is finally decided the estimated I 83MMH0 estate of Leonard and Alma Ruppert Is In Umbo Under Ohio law If Ruppert Is found guilty of murder be cannot Inherit the estate of his victims But If be is found Innocent by reason of Insanity or If he is acquitted as sole survivor of his brother he could Inherit every- thing An auction was held at Leonard and Alma Ruppert Fair-field home in the fall of 187 and all their household and per- sonal possessions were sold Mrs Allgeier was given her daughter gold wedding band and a few pictures all that remains of the Leonard Ruppert family Mrs Allgeier looked down at the plastic folder that holds the funeral memorial cards the plcfc tures of her husband her daughter and son-in-law and her eight grandchildren a friend trying to comfort me said think Edna you have eight little angels In am a devout Catholic and all I could think was: only James Ruppert was In dead?" He hung up the phone It friends Eventually they ren- feWstnughli? Edna aigelerJJ dialed a half down area police departments trying to find whShappened to her daughter 4 1 9 She finally reached a dispatcher rjtook his pjOtnr and left whd asked: MAre you sitting £LXil down?" No TWeU sit down" He la deadJ tow and ffssed Tour son-in-law is deadJ Yout4wiadow past the trees to the son-in-law mother is dead Tour eight grandchildren are nf dead' JJ thdm all UWW BAA t0 tiW OUT Wtt learned of hie daughter death' Frank took his rlBe and killed The pain Is not over for Edna Allgeier It: will never he Eased perhaps If Justice would ssns55 ful life coddled In the love SiSf her husband their six chlldrenThefMlj wouM EM I a growing clan of grandchll- dren Now she Is a survivor I doing things she had never St 1 dreamed have to SfatS 1 mwiMirtM for a half-hour onve west to haunted by memories Peach drove Except on Easter Sunday lm-- After Easter Mass the Rup- A A 5H0RT WIRT sary It has helped me through so she said Since her husband' death she has scaled down her garden growing enough to pmvide her food all year and a little to sell She spends many summer weeks In her berry patches picking for the produce markets to make a little household money Her children are always near And she has her friends "I play cards down the road every week My card Mends well they're wonderfuL They have never asked me anything about Frank death you know country-horn woman Mn Allgeier loved nothing more than to be In her arms dancing They square-danced and Jltterbugged and waltzed their way to many a ana waitzea uni wrj umuj Jerts droTe to parents or a family get-together at lunchtime of Mrs: Allgeier recalled there was the Easter Egg hun mere vu me saner agg uuui -MM CiqW rq- 1 prinn ah first prize They often spent and then we went down Into the CUIiaA'yBI Mrs Allgeier said Charity sake-and for Leonard ton TO my dying day will regret say- lng Conviction and appeal In July 1975 three-and-a-half months after the carnage James Ruppert was convicted on 11 counts of murder In a 2-to-l decision by a three-judge paneL Shortly after his conviction and sentencing to 11 consecutive life terms In prison Ruppert was transferred from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility to Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane Defense attorneys Immediately appealed Ruppert conviction contending that the presiding Judge Fred Cramer told them prior to the trial that for conviction the decision had to be unanimous Judge Cramer found Ruppert Innocent by reason of Insanity Judges Arthur Flehrer and Robert Mam found him guilty The First District Court of Appeals overturned the verdict saying although It did not have to be a unanimous decision Ruppert was led to believe that it did After a series of appeals a new trial has been ordered to take place in Findlay Ohio No date has been set Last week a district court of appeals rejected Ruppert latest motion for acquittal He Is expected to appeal basement where we had tables filled wlth food I had made an Easter basket for everyone We had a grand -V 1 It was late afternoon and Alma was helping her two els- ters and mother tidy up the kitchen Just want to go to Grandma Ruppert Alma said Is going to be J' '8 'The day before Leohardmet-his toother for breakfast James wanted money again this time 8100Q And Leonard said no told Alma they bad to go" 1 i 4 4 Grandpa Allgelei' They and their Mothers Michael 18 and Leonard in 17 kissed the Angelas goodbye and climbed In As she was leaving the house Alma told her mother "Well Mom the kids are getting Mg- -ger Now TU be able to take you Place" When they arrived at Grandma Ruppert house she was In the kitchen making the favorite meal barbecued chicken The younger klda went outside to hunt Easter egg and the older ones went Into the llv- weekends at some friends' Indiana cabin playing cards and talking late Into the night For many of his workings years Frank was employed at a lumber yard making 72 cents an -hour Food for the table came from their 11-acre truck farm They raised strawberries red raspberries and blackberries to sell at city produce stands g- 1 -v After attending a "business school their daughter Alma the eldest took a Job at Western-Southern Life Insur- ance Co One Saturday night at it 4:30 Ht the afternoon clutching their Easter baskets Johni 4 Theresa David 11 and Ann 12 got into the van Carol 14 and Tommy 14 who had recently received the Sacramnt of Confirmation each had a gift of three one-dM-lar bills from Qrandma and.