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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1974 Page 3 y airt. moldit. aetory t to Sole witnesses avoid stand in murders Y 9:30 TKERj ¥ HOUSTON — Defense at- irneys tried unsuccessfully Mon- lay to get onto the witness stand ,he only two known survivors of louston’s mass murder-torture •ing and continued to hammer way at the question of civil ■ights of the defendant, Elmer ayne Henley, 17. Henley is charged in connection with the death of Charles R. jCobble, 17. He also faces five ]other murder charges. Monday’s court activity was part of a pre-trial hearing for Henley, whose statements to po- jlice, along with those bf another Houston teenager, led officers to the discovery of 27 bodies re portedly killed during a three- year period. The murders came to light when Henley called police from a Pasadena, Tex., home to say he had killed Dean A. Corll, 33, the alleged ringleader. The two survivors of the tor- jture-homosexual ring are Rhonda Williams, 15, and Timothy Ker- ley, 20, who reportedly escaped death when Henley shot Corll. Defense Attorney Will Gray had announced early Monday that he would call Miss Williams to ||the stand, but later, after a 20- minute conference in the judge’s chambers, said that, “we are hav ing a little trouble getting Miss Williams.” Miss Williams was reported to : be in school Monday. She is on ^probation for “juvenile offenses,” i — the only official charge against youngsters in Texas. A juvenile court judge, Chris Cole, issued an order forbidding reporters to talk with Miss Wil liams. Kerley has avoided news men. Gray said he also tried to get Kerley on the stand, but was told he was not feeling well because of an attack of hepatitis he suf fered last November. Gray said he expected to have Miss Williams and Kerley on the stand Tuesday. Gray questioned two Houston detectives, T. E. Baker and K. D. Porter, Monday. 'They told the court how Henley led officers to the places where the victims were buried. Gray asked Baker if he had advised Henley that even if he were guilty, it might be in his best interest to have a lawyer. The detective said he had not. Dist. Atty. Carol Vance asked,’ “Did you ever hear the defendant request a lawyer at any time?” Baker said he did not. Defense lawyers in the pre trial hearing are trying to get all of Henley’s oral and written state ments — prosecutors call them confessions — thrown out. Henley’s lawyers want a six- month delay. Miss Williams and Kerley were in Corll’s home at a sex and paint-sniffing party the night Corll was killed, testimony has shown. Henley, who is accused of procuring youths for $200 each, said he shot Corll because Corll was mistreating the pair. Also during the Monday ses sion, defense attorneys brought to the stand Fred Edison of tele vision station KPRC-TV. Henley made a phone call using Edison’s news radio telephone on Aug. 8 from the boat shed where police found some of the victim’s bodies. The court also saw a film clip showing Henley making the phone call. In it a crying Henley was shown hiding his face from the cameras and talking to his mother. “I killed Dean,” Henley said over the phone. Then he said three times: “It’s allright, it’s allright, it’s allright.” His moth er’s answers were not audible. At one time he said: “You can’t come, I’m with the police, momma.” Henley and another defendant, David Owen Brooks, 18, led offi cers to 17 bodies buried under a Houston boat shed, four in the forests near San Augustine, Tex., and six on a beach near High Is land, Tex. XEROX COPIES 5< EACH OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Monday thru Friday 9 a. m. - 10 p. m. Saturday & Sunday 10 a. m..- 10 p. m. 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