state
Battalion/Page 7
October 21, 1982
itness discusses hitman’s plot
I United Press International
ANTONIO — Accused
sin Charles Harrelson went
las Vegas to bilk gambler
anmy Chagra the month be-
federal Judge John H.
d was slain, a witness has
til ict I.
tosecutor.s contend the Las
is gambler ended up hiring
lanelson to kill Wood so Chag-
Tmld avoid a drug trial in the
tie's cout t.
mood was shot to death out-
de ids apartment the morning
lljjlay 29, 1979, and the first
Hess scheduled to testify
Vilnesdav was Brad Spencer,
who sold an expensive Weath-
erby Mark V rifle to Harrelson’s
wife, Jo Ann, before Wood was
killed.
Prosecutors allege Harrel
son, on trial for murder, shot
Wood with the rifle.
Mrs. Harrelson, 41, already
has been convicted of using a
fake name — Fay King — to buy
the rifle at a Dallas gunshop. She
is now on trial for obstruction of
justice in Wood’s death.
Harrelson cohort George Ed
ward “Pete” Kay testified Tues
day Chagra called him a few
weeks before the Wood slaying
to inquire about Harrelson’s
character.
Kay, who grew up in Hunt
sville with Harrelson, testified
he had sent Harrelson, 44, to the
World Series of Poker in Las
Vegas to cheat Chagra in a rig
ged card game. He said he re
ceived a call from Chagra, out of
the blue, in early May 1979,
while Harrelson was still in Las
Vegas.
Kay said Chagra asked him to
return the call from a pay tele
phone. Then he said, “Say, what
is it with this guy Harrelson?”
Kay said he assured Chagra
that Harrelson was “OK” and
was never told by Chagra why he
was asking about Harrelson.
Also on trial is Chagra’s wnfe
Elizabeth, who faces charges of
obstruction of justice and con
spiracy. Chagra — now in prison
on the drug smuggling convic
tion — will be tried for murder
later.
In his testimony Tuesday,
Kay first denied he had sug
gested Harrelson “take off”
Chagra by proposing a drug
deal. However, on cross-
examination, he said any way
Harrelson found to get the
money would have been “all
right with him.”
Harrelson’s lawyer, Tom
ubbock police volunteer
help pregnant officer
photo by Octavio Gam
United Press International
BBOCK — The city per-
id department has turned
n a pregnant policewoman’s
est for light duty, despite
|ns by other officers that,
ire’s always something to do
Hhe desk.”
Since Andrea Dunn Crump’s
nancy is considered a disa-
r unrelated to her job, the
in two administrative hear-
, ruled she take vacation and
leave, then leave without
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Meanwhile, up to 40 ol
mp’s fellow police officers
orking without pay on
their days off to take her place
on patrol, allowing her to re
ceive a paycheck and protect her
unborn child.
“You might ask why a bunch
of male chauvinist cops would
work their days off without pay
for a woman officer,” a patrol
man who asked not to be identi
fied said Tuesday.
“She belongs to the brother
hood,” he said.
Crump’s husband, Darrell
Crump, a former city policeman
and currently a sheriffs depart
ment investigator, said the cou
ple’s tight money situation
would be worse if the lawmen
had not offered to work for his
wife.
Crump said his wife was
advised by a physician not to
wear a gunbelt or ride in a patrol
car in her physical condition.
She was placed on desk duty for
about one week before the city
ruled she must take vacation and
sick time.
When she used up the time
she had accrued and faced a
long leave without pay, a fellow
f iolice officer began gathering a
ist of volunteers.
“Oh, we though it was just
great, just super,” Crump said of
his wife’s fellow officers. “When
Sharpe of Brownsville, contends
Harrelson was involved in a
phony drug deal with Chagra
but denies Harrelson was hired
to kill Wood.
Kay said Harrelson tele
phoned him not long after the
judge’s death and said, “They
think you and I were part of the
assassination of Judge Wood.”
Kay testified he decided to
take advantage of the situation
and called Chagra in Las Vegas
“trying to pull something out of
him.”
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I saw some of those names on
the list, well, I just couldn’t be
lieve it.”
Although the city personnel
department claims that light
duty transfers depend on vacan
cies, other officers disagreed,
claiming the city’s policy is not
accomodating to women who
want families.
“If she’d hurt herself on the
job, she’d be working the desk
right now,” one officer said.
“And there’s always something
to do on the desk.”
Crump said his wife planned
to write an appeal of the city’s
decision to City Manager Larry
Cunningham this week.
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