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Judge jails trial’s
murder defendant
United Press International
BROWNSVILLE — A district
judge Monday ordered murder
defendant Paul Wolf jailed for
the remainder of his trial on
grounds that Wolf purposely
changed his speech patterns and
demeanor during cross-
examination.
Shortly before a late morning
break, presiding Judge Darrell
Hester sent the jurors from the
courtroom and told Wolf, who
had been free on bond, that he
would be locked up for the re
mainder of the trial, which was
expected to end this week.
Earlier, Hester had admo
nished Wolf for slurring his
speech and appearing to be in a
trance during questioning by
District Attorney Rey Cantu.
During cross-examination,
Cantu replayed bit by bit a 23-
minute “murder tape” that one
of the victims, Billy Staton, sec
retly recorded while he was
being bludgeoned.
The tape has been the key evi
dence against Wolf, who has
admitted striking Staton with an
iyon bar and then attacking Sta
ton’s fiancee, Leticia Castro,
with a hammer at Wolfs home
near La Feria on July 10, 1982.
Wolf reiterated his conten-
I can’t say for sure when
I lost control. I can’t say
exactly when I went
crazy. — (Paul) Wolf re
sponds to (prosecutor
Rey) Cantu’s continous
grilling.
tion that he “lost control” when
Staton came to pick up his
daughter, Melanie, 3, for a
weekend visit.
Wolf and his wife. Sherry,
had been engaged in a court visi
tation fight with Staton, Mrs.
Wolfs ex-husband.
Wolf appeared pale anti slur
red his speech as Cantu replayed
portions of the tape, which re
corded the sickening thuds of
Wolf striking Staton from be
hind and the victim’s groans and
gurglings.
“You tell us what part of the
tape made you go crazy to kill
two people,” Cantu told Wolf.
“Maybe you’re still crazy, huh?”
the prosecutor asked.
“Maybe,” Wolf replied.
Cantu contends that Wolf
carefully planned the sneak
attack on Staton and selected
seperate Rio Grande drainage
canals to dump the two bodies
several days before the killings.
La Feria mechanic Glenn
Henderson, already sentenced
to life in prison on his guilty plea
in Ms. Castro’s death, has been
the key state witness. Henderson
testified Wolf asked him to help
kill Staton and Ms. Castro.
Wolf said Monday he “lost
control,” when his step
daughter began crying and re
sisted leaving with her father.
“I can’t say for sure when 1
lost control,” Wolf replied to
Cantu’s continous grilling. “I
can’t say exactly when I went
cra^y.”
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Braniff workers: Bid OK
Hyatt offers new proposa
United Press International
DALLAS — Hyatt Corp. of
Chicago made what may be its
final proposal to invest in bank
rupt Braniff International. Offi
cials of four Braniff employee
groups said the new offer met all
requirements set by Braniffs
board to put jets back into the
sent telegrams to Braniff s
board of directors Sunday night
saying they fully supported the
Hyatt proposal. They said it was
sufficiently “sweetened” to meet
the terms recommended by Bra
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into operation.
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proposal from Hyatt on Sunday
was unchanged from the prop
osal vetoed by the company’s se
cured lenders last week.
Guthrie said Hyatt had prop
osed financing the new airline in
several installments. He would
not say how much Hyatt offered
to invest in the reorganization,
but said the proposal was insuf
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Hyatt Sunday, but as far as we
can tell, it is the same proposal
received last week,” said
Guthrie. “The secured creditors
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below what we think it would
take to get the airline started
again,” Guthrie said.
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they agreed with Braniff offi
cials not to reveal how much the
hotel chain had offered in its
latest offer.
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Lottery winner opts
for a modest lifestyle
United Press International
DALLAS — He’s gotten a
handful of marriage proposi
tions — two, jokingly from men
— and been urged to plunk his
money down for vintage French
wine instead of honky-tonk
beer.
“But I’m a beer man and al
ways will be,” said Bob Hebrank,
42, winner of the New York lot
tery a few weeks back. “Besides,
French wine gave me the worst
hangover I’ve ever had.
“I have to do things at my
own pace, my own way.”
The lottery windfall trans
lates to $897,000 before taxes
for a lifetime, which will be dis
tributed in a check for more
than $40,000 each year for the
Bronx-born, twice-divorced
father of four.
“For somebody who had
trouble keeping $20 in a savings
account,” tie said, “it’s been
mighty comforting.”
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modest so far.
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lars in a satellite company and
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bought a car for my girlfriend
and my son,” he said. “But I
have gotten some interesting
propositions.”
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