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55th Year - No . 16 Four Sections — 28 Pages N A P L E S , F L A . , T H U R S D A Y A F T E R N O O N , A U G U S T 1 1 , 1977 A P , U P 1 W i re 1 5c D a i l y , 90c W e e k Delivered

'Son of Sam' Suspect Caught;Disco Slaughter Plan Is Foiled

Smil ing Berkowltz is t ak en into Brooklyn police station

N E W Y O R K ( U P I ) - D a v i dB e r ko w i t z , a 24-year-old posta lw ork e r , wa s c h a r g e d tod ay as"Son of S a m , " t h e psy c hopa thw h o k i l l e d six persons in ayear-Jong reign of terror an dr e [ M > r t e d l y p l a n n e d to go out"in a b l a z e o! g lo ry " w i t h aw h o le s a l e s l a ug h t e r a t ad isc o the qu e th e n i g h t of hisarres t .

"O k a y , yo u g o t m e , " Be rk o -

w i l z said w i t h an air ofresignation as police closed ino n h i m a t t h e e n d o f t h e l a r g e s tmanhu nt in Ne w Y o r k h is to ry ,e c l i p s i n g th e s ea rc h f o rL ond on ' s 19th Ce ntu ry J a c k th eR ippe r and th e Boston S tran -g ler of th e 1960s.

In t he e nd , " S on of S am" w astripped up b y a d i s p u t e w i t h an e i g h b o r and by a $ 2 5 - l i cke t fo rpark ing in front of a f i r eh y d r a n t on th e n i g h t of his l a s tm u r de r J u l y 3 1 .

" W e h a v e h i m , " said FirstD e p u t y Police C o m m i s s i o n e rJ a m e s Ta y l o r .

"H e m a d e s t a t e m e n t s ofa dm i s s i o n " a f t e r h i s ar re s t ,a d d e d C h i e f of De t e c t i ve s J o h nK e e n a n . "H e s eemed to beresigned to wh a t a p p e a r e d tobe his f a t e . "

Ne w Y o r k e r s b re a t h e d e a s yfor th e f irst t i m e in 13 m o n t h s .

Th e suspect , according to an e w s p a p e rc o l u mnis l . to l dpolice he k i l l e d on the orders ofa d o g n a m e d S a m a n d p l a n n edto shoot up a Long I s l a n dnigh tspo t "and k i l l e ve r yb o dy"th e n i g h t of h is arres t .

Canadian Group Eyes

Marco Shopping PlazaB y T O N Y W E I T Z E L

S t a l l W r i te r

Dcltona Corp. h as reached an" ag re e me n t i n p r i n c ip l e " w i t ha C a n a d i a n i n ve s t m e n t g r o upfor th e sale of its retai l shop-ping p l a z a s o n Ma rc o I s l a n d ,Deltona and Spring H i l l , FrankMac k l e I I I said today.

M a c k l e e m p h a s i z e d t h a t no

contract yet has been c o n c l ud -e d wi t h t h e p r o s p e c t i ve C a n -d i a n b uye r s .

B u t a M a r c o r e a l estateagent said th e corporation h asrecent ly turned down an o f f e rof $1.7 m i l l i o n f r o m a n o t h e rinvestor for the Marco p lazaa lone.

TH E M A R C O I S L A ND Shop-p ing P l a z a , bordered b y C o l l i erBou l e v ard , State R ou te 9 5 3 a n dE l k c a m C i r c l e ("Mackle"

spel led b a c k w a r d ) i s on e o f th el a r ges t s i n g l e s h o p p i n g m a l l sin Col l ier County.

It comprises 2 0 stores a ndshops with 500,000 squa re feetof floor space an d p a r k i n g fo ra b o u t 5 0 0 cars. E n t e r p r i s e sunder its spacious roof i n c l u d ea W i n n - D i x i e s u p e r m a r k e t , abeauty sa lon, hardw are s tore , aKepp's men's shop.

The is land's only drug s tore ,a baker y and Ice cr eam shop, ahigh fashion shop for low-digityoungsters , g i f t e m p o r i u m s , abik e an d sporting goods store,a f u r n i s h i n g s a n d i n t e r i o rdesign s h o p , a n a p p l i a n c ede a l e r s h i p t h a t o c c up i e s t h enorthwest corner o f th e m a l l , aw o m e n ' s f a s h i o n s a l o n a ndG ene 's r es t au r an t .

Th e s n o o p i n g p l a z a i n De l -tona , one of the cor por a t i on 's

e a r l y p l a n n e d c o m m un i t i e s , i salso a spacious an d prosperousshopp ing area. Th e Sp r i n g H i l lp l a z a h a s r e c e n t l y beenenlarged w ith a n u m b e r of newshops added.

D E L T O N A H AS a lso put upfo r s a l e i t s h a n d s o m e o f f i c ep l a z a o n E l k c a m C i rc l e a n dre por te d l y h as been consider-i n g o f f e r s i n t h e $ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0

b r a c k e t .R e a l estate act ivi ty ha s been

b r i s k o n Ma r c o i n r e c e n tm o n t h s a n d b u i l d e r s r e p o r th u g e b a c k l o g s of contracts fornew h o m e s .

J u s t across C o l l i e rB o u l e v a r d f r o m t h e M a r c oP l a z a , o n SR 9 5 3 , a 1 2 - s l o r eshopp ing area c a l l e d " P e l i c a nP l a z a " is now u n d e r construc-t ion with m i d - N o v e m b e r as itsp r o j e c te d c o m p l e t i o n d a t e .

Panama To Gain ControlOf Canal in 23 Years

P A N A M A C I T Y , P a n a m a( U P I ) — U.S. an d P a n a m a n i a nnegotia tors have reached agree-

m e n t in p r i n c i p l e on a newP a n a m a C a n a l t re a t y t h a t w i l lgiv e P a n a m a c o n tr o l of thes t r a t e g i c 5 1 - m i l e wa t e r wa y in23 y ea r s .

"We a r e de e p l y g r a t i f i e d tobe a b l e t o a n n o un c e t h a t w ea n d o u r P a n a m a n i a n c o l l e g a u e sh a ve t o da y r e a c h e d an agr ee -m e n t in p r i n c i p l e on the basice l e m e n t s of a t reaty and a ne wre l a t ionsh ip b e t we e n ou r tw oc o un t r i e s , " ch i e f U .S. n e g o t i a -

tor E l l sw or tn B un k e r s a i dW e d n e s d a y .

B u n k e r a n d f e l l o w U .S.

ne go t i a to r So l L i n o w i t z p l a n n e dto f ly to W a s h i n g t o n t o da y t ot a l k to P re s id e n t Carter a t t heW h i t e H o us e . Th e t r e a t y wa sexpected to f ace a toughratif ication l igh t in t he Se n a t e .

B u n k e r , a c c o m p a n i e d b yL i n o w i t z , read t h e a n n o un c e -m e n t in a crowded saton on the19th f loor of a hotel o ve r l o o k i n gth e Paci f ic Ocean a nd w i t h i ns i g h t of th e C a n a l .

P a n a m a ' s two top n e g o l i a -

flridgo 60 Horoscope SO

Classif ied 4-7C Regional Nawa IB

Comics 50 Sport* Saction C

Crossword SO Slocks 4-5B

Doar Abby 2D Television 4D

Doatha 4C Thoalors 3D

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Socllon D Weathor 2A

tors, R o m u i o Escobar B e t h a n -c ou r t an d A ris t id e s R o yo , readt he i r ow n s t a t e m e n t in S p a n i s h ,

saying. "T h i s h as been a longa n d t i r e s o m e s e s s i o n . "

U nd e r t he ne w p a c t , th eU n i t e d States an d P a n a m a w i l l

operate t he Cana l j o i n t l y un t i lth e year 2 0 0 0 , w he n P a n a m aw i l l a s s u m e f u l l c ont ro l . Th eUnited St a t e s h a s oper a t ed t heC a n a l since a 1903 treatyg r a n t e d it to ta l contro l "i npe rpe tu i ty . "

O ne of the l ast m a j o rs t u m b l i n g b l o c k s in r e a c h i n ga g r e e m e n t h ad b e e n h ow m u c hth e United Slates w ou l d pa y tous e th e w a t e r w a y u n t i l P a n a m at a k e s it over.

P a n a m a n i a n sources said theUnited States cam e close toac c e p t ing P a n a m a ' s d e m a n d sfo r a l u m p p a y m e n t o f $460m i l l i o n p l u s a n n u a l fees of $150m i l l i o n . The sources indicatedth e l u m p s u m w o u l d c o m e inIh e form of Indirect U.S. aid loP a n a m a t o a vo i d c o n g r e s s i o n a l

opposition t o a h ug e o n e - t i m eo ut l a y ." T h o u g h t h i s I s but one s t age

In th e comple tion ol ou r h is to r ic

B e r ko w i t z , a stocky m a i lsor te r w ho served in Koreaw i t h th e A r m y ' s 2 nd Di v i s i o n ,wa s a r re s t e d a s h e s a t a t t h ew he e l o f h i s c a r ou ts id e h isY o n k e r s .N .Y . , h o m e about 9:30p . m . W e d n e sd a y , o n e ye a r a nd1 3 d a y s a f t e r h is firs t lovers 'l a n e k i l l i n g J u l y 29,1976.

fn t he c a r we r e a f u l l y loaded.4 4 c a l i b e r r e vo l ve r , th e t r a f f i c

t i c k e t traced to h i m , a n d a

s u b m a c h i n e gu n h e reportedlyp l anne d t o us e t o m o w do wn

da n c e r s W e d n e s d a y n i g h t at aL ong l s l and d isc o the qu e .

Th e re v o l v e r , w h i c h g a v e"Son of S a m " h is o t h e rm o n i c k e r o ! " .44 - C a ! i b e r k i l l e r , "w as I d e n t i f i e d by b a l l i s t i c se xp e r t s as t he we a p o n us e d inal l o f ( h e a m b u s h a t t a c k s .

"Son of S a m " k i l l e d f i v e

w o m e n a n d o n e m a n , a ndw o u n d e d seven other persons ,m o s t of t h e m as c o up l e s p a r k e d

in lovers ' lanes in w i d e l yscat tered a r e a s of th e c i ty .

A task force of 75 o f f i ce r s -h u n d r e d s m o r e w o r k e d o n t h e i row n t i m e - s t a l k e d S a m . Onth e l a s t d a y o l t h e m a n h u n tthey received m ore t h a n 1,800c a l l s a n h o ur I rom personst r y ing to a id in t he s e a r c h .

A w id e l y c i rc u l a te d s k e t c h oft h e k i l l e r — d r a w n f r o m th erecol lec tions of s e ve n of Sam'st a r g e t s wh o s urv i ve d t h ek i l l e r ' s b u l l e t s - was c r e d i t e d

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task , it is a ma jor s tep towa rdou r m u t u a l goa l , " B u n k e r s a id .

"This has been a long an d

a r duo us p a t h , a s yo u k n o w. Fo rm o r e t h a n 13 y e a r s, u n d e r f o u r(U.S.) presidents , w e h a v es o ug h t a n e w a n d m u t u a l l yb e n e f i c i a l re l a t ionsh ip b e t w e e nour countries. N o w w e h a v et ak e n a s i g n i f i c a n t step towa rdt h a t l ong- sou gh t goa l . ' '

E a r l i e r W e d n e s d a y , B e t h a n -co ur t said t he tw o sides h adfai led lo r e a c h an u n d e r s t a n d -in g on d e f e nse p l a n s a nd C a n a lZone l abor problems , event h o ug h t h e y h a d wo r k e d p a s tm i d n i g h t T u es d ay .

H u t before going into W e d n e s -d a y ' s t a l k s , Escobar said, "Ihope t h i s w i l l be ou r l a s tm e e t i n g . "

O ne s n a g focused on a r r a n g e -me n ts f o r t he C a n a l ' s d e f e nseun t i l th e las t U.S. t roops leaveat th e tu rn o f t he c e n tu ry , T hep r o b le m a p p a r e n t l y h i n g e d onIh e w i t h d r a w a l rate a n d h o wsoon th e U.S. t roops w ou l d be

rep laced b y P a n a m a n i a n s .A nothe r issue was job securi -ty (o r a b o ut 1 5 ,0 00 P a n a m a n i -a ns .

Suspect Arrested

In Trooper DeathM I A M I ( A P ) - Felix Car-

denas , the f i s h e r m a n accusedof shooting*State H i g h w a y Pa -trol Tr oo p er B r a d l e y St e ve nGl asc oc k , w as c a p t u r e d l a t et h i s m o r n i n g , a c c o r d i n g to po-l ice.

"W e h a v e h i m i n c us t o dy , "said A n g e l o Bitsis , a p u b l i c in -fo r m a t i o n o f f i c e r w i t h M i a m ipolice. " The re are no other de-ta i ls at th is time."

T h e c a p t ur e c u l m i n a t e d aw e e k - l ong s e a r c h f o r t he m anaccu s ed of k il l ing Glascocka f t e r h e t h e trooper stoppedh im f o r r u n n i n g a 10 cent to l lbooth .

C a r de n a s a p p a r e n t l y c a l l e dpolice and told t h e m w h e r et he y c ou l d pick h i m u p , a c c o r d -in g to J u l i a n T a b o a d , a M i a m ipo l ice c omm u ni ty r e l a l i o n s o f l i -cer.

Glascock w as shot t wi c e a f t e rhe s topped a car that ran a t o l lbooth l as t Thu rsday. H e diedins t an t l y . At th e t i m e of theshooting, i t w as b e l i e ve d C a r -de n a s wa s w o un de d b y a c o l -lege s tu d e n t w h o w a s r i d i n gw ith th e t rooper .

It w as no t i m m e d i a t e l yk n o w n w h e t h e r h e w a s h ur l .

T he shoo t ing tou c he d o f f ama ssive m a n h u n t f o r C a r de n a st h a t e x t e n de d th r o ug h o ut South

F l o r id a . T e a m s ol o f f i ce r s a nda t t a c k dogs conducted a ya r d ' ,by yard search of a r e s id e n t i a l ;section of M i a m i ' s L i t t l e H a - ;v a n a .

Police a lso received l ips p l ac- .in g C a r de n a s in Naples , West ;P a l m B e a c h a n d R i v i e r a ;B e a c h . _ ,";

The shooting created a c on- -t roversy over the use of profec- ' .l i v e vests by troopers, Collec-;tions we r e t a k e n up by c itizen's •groups to buy the troopers -ves ts an d G o v . R e u b i n A sk e w . :m et with b udg e t officiate to.ar-,r a n g e for the p ur c h a s e of t hevests for the state's 1,200 h i g h -w a y p a t r o l m e n .

Wholesale Price DipLinked to Food Costs

FR A N K M A C K L E II I...nocontract y e t .

A l r e a d y leased ar e spaces for ar e s ta u r a n t a n d s u p p e r c l u b ,a n o t h e r p h a r m a c y , a g o u r m e tfood store and other es tabl ish-ments .

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W A S H I N G T O N ( U P I ) - A n o t h e r d r o p in food costspushed wholesa le prices down O.lper cent in July for thefirst back-to-back m o n t h l y d ec l i nes i n t wo a n d o n e - h a l fyears, the Labor D epar tm ent reported today .

Prices decl ined both for raw food a t t he f a r m an d inva r i o us s t a g e s o f p r e p a r a t i o n o n t h e wa y t o s up e r -m a r k e t s , t h e de p a r t m e n t s a i d . Th e d r o p s b eg a n s h o wi n gup in grocery stores in l a t e J u l y a n d e a r l y A ug us t .

Based o n a se a s on a l l y a d j us t e d c o m p o un d a n n u a l r a t e ,f a r m prices hav e dropped 20 per cent since A p r i l , th e

d e p a r t m e n t s a i d .Th e i m p o r t a n t s ect or of i n d u s t r i a l c o m m o d i t i e s—

m e t a l s , m a c h i n e r y , l u m b e r an d electr ic power — a l s oc ont r ibu te d to t h e g o o d e c o n o m i c , n e ws , a l t h o ug h t h emod erate 0.5 per cent increase w as fas ter t h a n J un e ' s .

Th e 0 .7 p e r c e n t de c l i n e i n wh o l e s a l e p r i c e s dur i n gJ un e b r o k e t h e b a c k o f a n i n e - m o n t h i n f l a t i o n spira l .Th a t d r o p a l o n g w i t h t h e J u l y d r o p m a r k e d t h e f i r s tconsecut ive decl ines s ince February and M a r c h , 1975.

Th e J u l y Whol e sa l e Price Ind ex s tood a t 194.8 in Julyfrom th e 1967 base of 1 00 . Th a t m e a n s w h o l e s a l e b uye r spaid $194.80 fo r goods las t m o n t h t h a t w o u l d h a ve c o s t$100 a d ecad e ear l ier .

T h e W P 1 me asure s average change s in pr ices of com-m odities sold in l a r g e q u a n t i t ie s by pr od u cer s . Th e sur-ve y covers 9 ,000 f i rm s dea l ing in 2 ,700 products.

Th e n e w d a t a on i n f l a t i o n s h o we d w h o l e sa l e prices rose5 .6 per cent In the past 1 2 m o n t h s .

T h i s i s a d i s t i n c t i m p r o v e m e n t f r o m th e rate o fincrease t h a t exceeded 7 per cent las t spr ing. A n d , t h u sf a r , it f a l l s in l i n e wi t h a dm i n i s t ra t i o n asse ssme n ts t h a tinflation would m o d e r a t e b e twe e n J u n e an d D e c e m b e r ofth is y ea r .

J u l y w a s t h e t h i r d c o n s e c u ti ve m o n t h in w h i c h priceso f f a r m p r o duc t s f e l l . Prices fo r processed foods such asb a k e d , c a n n e d a n d p a c k a g e d g o o d s d r o p p e d f o r t h esecond m onth in a row.

The report said low er pr ices for poultry , o i lseeds , rawc o t t o n , g r a i n s , t e a , r o a s t e d c o f f e e , f i s h a n d d a i r yproducts accounted for most of th e d r op .

Prices fo r m e t a l s , l u m b e r , t e x t i l e s , m a c h i n e r y a ndh i de s p u t up wa r d pressure on ind u s t r i a l c o m m o di t ie s .B ut th e de p a r t m e n t s a id t h i s w as p a r t i a l l y offset by as l ow e r rate of i ncr eas e fo r f ue l s , t r a n s p o r ta t i o n e q u i p -m e n t a n d m i n e r a l s a nd de c l i n e s f o r c h e m i c a l s , f u r n i t u r ean d h o us e h o l d du r a b l e s.

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6A NAPLES DAILY NEWS Thurs, Aug. 11. 1977

SON OF SAM

News Stuns NeighborsY O N K E R S , N.Y. (UP!) -

Neighbors ot David Ber ko w i t z

were stunned to learn Ihey ou n g pos t a l wor k e r whoshared the ir Y on k e r s , N . Y . ,bui lding w as arrested Wednes-

da y as the psychopathic kil ler ,"Sonot Sara."

"It's f r i g h ten i ng lo kno w t ha tyo u ma y have r idden d o w n inan elevator wi th Ihis nut ," sa idGai l Kei th an a u di t or fo r

Westchestercounty ."I f i n d i t hard lo believe,"

said Jerry Ko r an , 40, an office

m a n a ge r lor a h a r d w a r ewholesaler in Y o n k e r s , w h e n he

learned of the arres t , "Youdon ' t think ol yoursel f as ' l iving

on the same f loor wi th a manlike that."

Few residenls of the seven-

story bui lding located on aqu i e t , shady block i n Y on k e r s ,

north ol New Y or k City, hadany information to o f f e r a bou tBer ko w i t z , a 24-year-old A r m yveteran w ho lived in a lop floor

s lu d ioa pa r t m e n l .B ui those who met him in the

elevator cr hallw ay ol the L-shaped s t ruc t u re agreed on twoth i ng s — he was genera lly aquie t , re t ir ing young man who

looked no th i ng l i ke th e police

sketch of "Son of Sam."

"He seemed to be a niceguy," sa id a 23-year-old tenan tw ho would only give he r f i r s tname, Michelle . " He's too

dark, he doesn ' t look a n y t h i n g

l i ke the (police) picture."

Michel le sa td she , loo, hadtrouble be l i e v in gB e r k owl l zw asth e same m a n who ki l led sixpersons and wounded seven ina year-long shoot ing spree.

"He's j u s t toonice ," she said.

"I live on the fou r t h f loor an dhe lives on the seventh andthat's close enough for me,"

Killer's Capture LiftsPall of Terror off City

N E W Y O R K ( U PI ) - Son of

Sa m ki l led six persons w i th a

gu n and cast a pall 'of fear overthe l ives of 16 m i l l ion others.

For more than a year , themysterious kil ler w ho stalked

the shadows of lovers ' lanes a tirregular in tervals had f r u s t r a t -ed the best elforts of a policeforce t ha t ou t ra n k s i n n u m be r sthe armies of 95 per cent of themember na t ions of the UnitedNat ions .

An d whi le ki l l ing six y ou n gm e n a n d wom e n a n d w o und i ngseven others , Sonof Sam - the".44-caliber killer" — stirredf r ight in every corner of thenat ion 's mosl populous city an deven in its suburbs , an area ofmore than 16 mill ion people.

Today, police say, they havein custody a man they believe

is Son of Sam — a 24-year-oldposta l employe and Armyveteran named David Ber-kowitz .

Li fe in wha t on ce w as k n o w nas "Fun City" had changeddrastically f o r y ou n g people inthe year since Sa m f i r st s t r u ck ,ki l l ing Donna Laurie, IS, andw o und i ng Jody Valent i , 19, asthey sat in a parked car on a

lonely road in the bor ou gh ofth e Br o nx .

Frightened parents warnedtheir daughters to stay awayfrom the city's lovers' lanes —places they themselves had

vis ited as teen-agers on m oonlit

s u m m e r n i g h t s .

Finally , a f te r Sa m killed a 21-

year-old blonde named StacyMoskowitz on July 31 — a yearan d two days a f ter his f i r s t

at tack —pol ice sweeps of lonelyroads, chasing young loversaway , became a r o u t i n e beata s s ign m e n t .

At limes, the search for Samborderedonhysteria.

In New Yo r k , w h e r e residentshad long cla imed they were

unf lappable, there was hushedtalk of Sam in the subways ,whe r e a new cosmetics ad is

a ppe ar in g : "W a r n in gl " t he a dsays in a case ol poor t im in g ,"This city is not safe for apre t ty face."

Sam Caught( From Page One j

m a n hu n t .

Al t e r hi s a r r e s t , Ber ko w i t z

was rushed in a policemotorcade to New Yo r k w h e r ehe wa s i n te r r o g a ted lo r severa lhours and then booked oncha rges of murder , a t temptedm u r de r a n d a s s a u l t s t e m m in gf rom the latest k i l l i ng J u ly 31 .

N e ws pa pe r c o l um ni s t J i m m yBresl in, to whom "S on o f S a m "wr ot e a t aun t i ng n ot e in Maya f te r hi s f i f t h ki l l ing, w r o t etoday tha t B e rk owi t z told policehe . kil led a t the com mand of adog named "Sam" o w ned by aneighbor.. the la tes t c o m m a n d , a c c o rd -

ing to Breslin , was to en t e r adance hal l in the Hamptonssec tion of Long Is land w i t h a

STACEY MOSKOWITZ...la tes t vict im.

.45-calibcr s u bm a chin e gun and" k i l l every body."

"H e said he was 'going out ina blaze of glor y , ' " B r e s l i n

quoted a policem an who ques-t ioned Berkowitz as saying.

"Do you kno w w h a t he wou l d

have done? A m a c h i n e gun in adiscotheque?"

Berkowitz , who went toColumbus High School in theBronx and a t tended BronxC o m m uni ty C o l l eg e , was de-scribed as a quie t loner bymany of his neighbors . Bu t one ,Westchester C o un ty deputysher if f Craig Cla s s m a n , s a id he

had recent ly received fou r

threa tening notes from Berko-w i tz and accused the suspect ofse t t i ng a fi fe at his apa r tmen tdoor and throwing bul lets i n t o

the blaze .Classman sa id he contacted

police because the threa teningnotes appeared to be w r i t t e n inthe s ty le and hand of "Son of

S am. "A le t te r a lso wa s fou n d

a m on g Ber ko w i t z ' a r s e n a l inhis 1971 c r e a m - color e d Ford

Gal ax i e and seemed to have thes a m e h a n d w r i t i n g .

"BecauseCraig is Cra ig , " th ele t ter sa id, "so m u s t Ihe slreelsbe f i l led w i th Craig (Death)and h ug e drops of lead poureddown upon her-head u n t i l sh e

w as dead. Yet , th e cats st i l l

com e out a t n igh t to m a le an dth e sparrows st i l l sing in them o r n i ng . "

In the middle of the letter ,which w as addressed to Suffolk

Cou n t y police, was a crosss t r ad d l ed by male an d f em a l esex symbols and a large le t ter"S".

Del. Zigo holds alleged murder weapon

Cha r l e s Lom in o , fathe r of 18-year-old Joanne , who wast e m por a r i l y pa r a ly ze d by on eof th e g u n m a n ' s f i r st bu l l e t s ,was re lieved to hear ofB e r k owi t z ' a r r e s t .

"Thank God they 've caughthim," he sa id. "Now ho can't

h u r t anybody else."Son of Sam's la tes t vict ims,

whom he a m bu s he d on a q u ie tstreet in the B e n s o n h u r s t

section of Brooklyn, we r e 20-

year-old Stacy Mo sko w i t z an d

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he r com pa n ion , Robe r t Violan-

tee, also 20.

Miss Mo sko w i t z put up a 36-hour s t ruggle fo r s u r v iva l bu tdied A u g. 1 of a bu l l e t wound in

the he a d . A .44-caliber s lug a lsosmashed into the s ide ofViolante 's skul l , vi r tual ly bl ind-

ing h i m .

"She w o ul d have been avegetable if she had l ived an d

she loved life too much fortha t ," sa id Mi ss Mo sko w i t z '

m o th e r a f t e r he r d aug h te r die d ."A n a n im a l l ike Ihi s has to beca u ght — not to die, bu t to be

tor tured for the res t of hisl i fe."

N EW Y O R K ( U P I ) - F or ayear, police t racked the psy-

chopaUiic k i l l e r "Son of S a m ,"using the mo st sophis t ica ted ofinvestigative techniques —

h and w r i t i ng ana l yses , b a l l i s t i c s

tests, even hypnot ism .; Bu t in the end, a s i m p l e

t r a f f i c t icket, a q u a r r e l wi t h aneighbor and a police ske tchproduced the kil ler , police said.

; David Berkowitz, 24, ofYonkers , N.Y ., was traced In

part , police sa id, by a t r a f f i c

t icke t he received Ju ly 31 - Iheday a pretty 29-year-old blonde

w as gunned down and her datevir tua lly blinded as they sa t in

a' car on a q u i e t Br o o k l yn

street.

/Berkowiti ha d parked his1971 Ford Galaxy in (ronl of a

(Ire hydrant a long Shore Road

in Brooklyn around midnight —two hours before Ihe g u n m a n

f ired four bulle ts from his ,44-

caliber r e v o l v e r in to th e

coupte 'sopen car w i n d o w .

; It w as s im ple po l i ce wor k

from there .

Detectives traced all cars

issued summ onses in the area

that n i g h t an d came up w i thB e r k owi lz , w ho bore a n u n ca n -

ny resemblance to the pictureol "Son of Sam."

The new composite drawingof th e k i l l e r , issued Tuesday,showed a yo ung m a n , rather

s tocky, wi t h an a thle t ic build,dark almond-shaped eyes, da r k

wavy ha i r and a sensuous

m o uth .Berkowitz , a 24 - y e a r - old

posta l w orker , f i t lha t descrip-

t ion. Bu t e ve n m or e eerily, helooked s tar t l lngly l i ke a dr a w-ing m a de m or e th an a year agoalter th e Bronx k i l l i n g of

"Sam's" f i r sl vic tim, D on n aLaur ia, 18 .

Yonkers police a lready knew

Ber ko w i t z as a t r ou ble m a k e rw ho pick e d q u a r r e l s w i t h hi s

neighbors .One of th em — Cr a ig

Glassman, a de pu t y Wcslches-ler County s he r i l l — m ove dI n t o an a pa r t m e n t be lowBerkowitz 's in Ma r ch . He

began receiving threa te ningnotes soon afterw ard.

Glassman received four notes

— al l wr i tten in the same

swirly hand lha t wrote taunt ingle t ters to police and n e ws pa pe r

co lu m n i s t J im m y B r e s l i n .He noti fied his superiors .

They, in turn , ca lled the specia ltask force set up to t rack theki l ler .

Police grabbed Berkowitz

Wednesday night as he sat althe wheel of his car outs ide hisa p a r t m e n t bu i ld in g .

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parking ticket leads to arrest

said Walter Vance , Jr. "I jus thope lo hel l he 's the r ight

person."Mrs. Keith, who lives on Ihe

f i f t h floor of the building,described B e r k owi t z as "a

yo ung guy who seemed 10 havebeen very nice — just anordinary person w i th cu r lyhair."

E d n a Wi l l i am s who lives nex tdoor to Berkowitz sa id her onlycontact w i t h the young manwas a loud one. She showedreporters a la rge crack in her

living room wall and d escribedhow i t got there.

"1 was s leeping in the l ivingroom because it was d u r i n g theheat wave in July and the aircondi tioner was there . I wasawakened a t 4 or 5 a .m. by aloud bang. Th e next morning Isaw the crack in the wall ."

Asked I f she t h o u g h t i t was a

bul let, she said "1 t hou ght the

ma n wa s m a d a n d t hr e wsomething against th e wall . He

was very dormant , except forthe incident."

Asked wha t she t hou ght of itn o w , she said, "I wonder if hewas very depressed or dis-t u r be d a bou t wha t he wa sdoing."

James Salvador, w ho lived onthe second floor said he heardsome 60 cops had come lo Ihebui lding Wednesday night buthe didn't see any because hew as busy watching the policeseries "Baretta" on te levis ion.

"I felt very s a f e wa t ch in gBaretta clean up on the bad

guys w h i l e the rea l th i ng w asgoing on r ight here in mybuilding," Salvador said.

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