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Call with tips: BOB GUSTIN, 379-5665 The Republic, Columbus, Monday, May 1, 2000 A7 On the Record and by Sheppard family lawyer plans appeal By Thomas J. Sheeraan Associated Press CLEVELAND The jury verdiet rejecting the claim that Dr. Sam Sheppard was wrongfully imprisoned for killing his wife in Rob- 1954 will be challenged, the pard family's lead attorney said Her- Sunday night. On April 12, a jury unanimously rejected the wrongful-imprisonment claim filed in that helped inspire "The Fugitive" TV series. from all around the country have questioned this ver- Police, Fire EDITOR'S NOTE: The following information was summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire and hospital agencies.

Traffic Accidents Friday 4:30 p.m. Parked pickup truck struck by unknown vehicle in Holiday Inn parking lot. 8:28 p.m. 10400 block of North U.S. 31: Parked car struck by an unknown vehicle.

Saturday 5:46 a.m. Road 500N north of Road 1150E: Derek S. Stenneski, 19, Hope. 11:26 a.m. 3200 block of North National Road: Judith Fields, 40, West Road 625S.

12:47 p.m. 3520 Jonathan Moore Pike: Harry W. Wilkins 78, Jackson, struck parked car." 2:24 p.m. Morningside Drive north of McKinley Avenue: Raul Castadedes, 19, Hinman Street. 3:17 p.m.

25th Street and Taylor Road: Dale H. Wendall, 61, 13th Street; Nancy J. Vanantwerp, 62, Washington Street. Sunday 10:58 a.m. 18th and Maple streets: Stephanie M.

Christian, 18, 18th Street. 12:56 p.m. 25th and Union Drive; Anthony J. Sorrels, 26, Gilmore streets: Matthew G. Lake, a 27, Lockerbie Street.

Arrests Saturday James E. Noble, 57, Versailles, warrant, 5:51 p.m., Ripley County, Jail, Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department, released on authority of Bartholomew Superior Court II. William E. Lisby, 21, 2121 Tyler Drive, warrant charging two counts of theft, 7:02 p.m., Shelby County Jail, Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department, held in lieu of $10,000 bond. Anita M.

Morton, 35, Taylorgville, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, 8:30 p.m., U.S. 31 and Road 550N, Indiana State Police, held in lieu of $750 bond. Shermaine D. Moore, 27, Indianapolis, warrant charging failure to appear for check deception and driving while suspended, 8 p.m., Marion County Jail, Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department, held without bond. Albert Wayne James, 61, Louisville, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, Indiana 9, 10:21 p.m., Hope Region Police Jackson Jackson County Memorial Hospital Admissions Saturday Irvin R.

Rairdon, Seymour. Anna M. Adams, Seymour. April Hardman, Austin. Discharges Saturday Jacqueline N.

Lowhorn, Seymour, with daughter. Gladia Cisneros-Delacruz, Seymour, with daughter. Stacy J. McCammon, Seymour, with son. Arrests Sunday Jack Holt 28, Seymour, public Intoxication, 4:04 a.m., Seymour Police Department, held in lieu of $350 bond.

Christopher S. McClane, 25, Seymour, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, 4:17 a.m., Seymour Police Department, released on $700 borid. Shawn C. Leavy, 19, Seymour, minor consuming alcohol, 6:14 a.m., Seymour Police Department, held in lieu of $350 bond. Female juvenile, 15, Brownstown, 2 charges of curfew violation, illegal possession of alcohol, 6:29 a.m., Seymour Police Department, released to her parents.

Male Juvenile, 16, Seymour, curfew violation, illegal possession of alcohol, 6:44 a.m., Seymour Police Department, CASH ADVANCE THE ONLY DRIVE-UP WINDOW THE ONLY PAY-DOWN OPTION $300 CASH OR LESS IN FIVE MINUTES 812-372-7644 1645 N. National Columbus (Across from White Castle) L. Hours: M-F 10-6; Set. 1 10-4 Deaths Retired nurse Mary E. Hirtzel North Vernon NORTH VERNON Mary Hirtzel, 79, of North Vernon died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at St.

Vincent Jennings Hospital in North Vernon. Mrs. Hirtzel retired after years as a nurse and lived in North Vernon most of her life. She was member of Daughters of Isabella, Seaton Club, North Vernon Senior Citizens, AARP and St. Vincent Alumni Association.

Funeral will be conducted at a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in North Vernon with the Rev. Herman Lutz officirating. Calling will be from 4 to p.m.

Tuesday at VanceFisher-Sawyer Funeral, Home North Vernon. A rosary service will be at. 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at St.

Mary's Cemetery. Mrs. Hirtzel was born in Illinois Nov. 28, 1920, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Scheller Grunert. She married John D.

Hirtzel Dec. 23, 1944, in Seymour. He died April 13, 2000. Survivors include sons, David Hirtzel of North Vernon and John Hirtzel of Muncie; a daughter, Mary Beth Hirtzel of LaGrange; and granddaughters, Amanda, Amy and Jennifer Hirtzel, all of Muncie. She was preceded in death by brother and two sisters.

Retired licensed practical nurse Ann L. Johnson Madison WESTPORT Ann L. Johnson, 93, of Madison, formerly of Westport, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, April 30, 2000, at her home. Mrs.

Johnson worked as a licensed practical nurse at Bartholomew County Hospital for 13 years and Margaret Mary Community Hospital for 13 years. Mrs. Johnson also worked as a privateduty nurse. She was a co and operator with her husband of the Paul Ann Nursing Home in Greensburg from 1961 to 1969. Funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Bass Gasper Funeral Home in Westport with the Rev. David A. Scaggs officiating. Calling will be from noon until service time Wednesday. Burial will be at Westport Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society through the funeral home. Mrs. Johnson was born in Clark County Jan. 19, 1907, the daughter of Charles and Hettie Ann Smith Pierce. She married William Frank Shaw May 9, 1936.

He died Oct. 21, 1959. She married Paul Edward Johnson Oct. 14, in Westport. He died May 18, Survivors.

include a sister, Helen M. Hock of Madison. She was preceded, in death by brothers, Arnold L. and Chan Oliver Pierce, and sisters, Nellie Harris, Florence E. Bower and Maritta Robison.

Retired county building inspector Lawrence W. Meyer Sims Drive Joshua Meyer of Salem, four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death brothers, Kenneth and Wilbur Meyer, and a granddaughter, Pamela Meyer. Lawrence W. Meyer, 79, of Sims Drive died at 3:35 a.m.

Saturday, April 29, 2000; at Four Seasons Health Center. Mr. Meyer was formerly employed at Purity Dairy and had been co-owner of Meyer and Newkirk Construction Co. He retired in 1990 from the Bartholomew County building inspector's office where he was code enforcement officer. He was an Army veteran of World War IL.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Funeral Service, Reed Jewell Chapel, on 25th Street, with the Rev. Dale Trimberger officiating. Calling will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and 9 a.m.

until service time Tuesday. Burial will be at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in Jonesville. Memorials may be made to St. Peter's Find Us Faithful or Hospice of Bartholomew County.

Mr. Meyer was born in Jackson County Sept. 7, the son of Carl J. and Hulda Moorman Meyer. He married Lucille Kiel Oct.

22, 1939, in Jonesville. She survives. Other survivors include sons, David L. Meyer of Columbus anti Stephen C. Meyer of Salem, sisters, Lillian Kerkhof of Jackson County and Mary Jane Burbrink of Columbus; grandchildren, Debbie Mensendiek of Columbus, Daniel D.

Meyer of Southport and Arrangements incomplete Andrew J. Robbins Seymour bins, 93, of at SEYMOUR J. Andries p.m. Sunday, April-30, 2000, at itage House in Seymour. Arrangements are incomplete at Voss Sons Funeral Service.

She told him not to look Associated Press COVINGTON, La. A woman infuriated after her husband looked at another woman during church Sunday tried to run him down with her car three times and succeeded on the final attempt, authorities said. Sedonia Renee Martin, 22, was booked on an attempted-murder charge after sheriff's deputies interviewed churchgoers who saw Jamel Thompson get hit by the car, said St. Tammany sheriff's spokesman James Hartman. The dispute began when Martin apparently caught her husband looking at another woman during services at.

St. James Baptist Church. Philippine troops search tunnels ZAMBOANGA, Philippines Philippine forces sprayed tear gas Sunday into a tunnel complex where Muslim extremists were believed to have hidden at least some of the 27 hostages they have held for six weeks, officials said. Soldiers reported hearing a child's voice and were cautiously searching the extensive tunnel system; believed to have been built by Japanese soldiers during World War II, spokesman Col. Hilario Atendido said.

Inside the tunnel, troops found children's sandals, generators, and 100 sacks of rice, but weapons the rebels earlier seen fleeing into the tunnel apparently escaped through a side exit, military officials said. The hostage situation on Basie lan island is one of two ongoing in the southern Philippines. Both are blamed on the Abu Sayyaf, 8 loosely organized Muslim extremist group accused of numerous ransom kidnappings and. other attacks in southern Mindanao, one of the Philippines' poorest regions. They are believed to have several hundred armed men.

Police Department, released on $750 bond. Sunday Thomas M. Lashley, 32, Hartsville, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, 12:03 a.m.,' Jackson Street in Hope, Hope Police Department, released on $7,500 bond. William E. Barlow, 51, 201 Weid Court, warrant, 12:07 a.m., Indiana 46 and Carr Hill Road, Columbus Police Department, held without bond.

Roger Jewell Brown, 42, North Vernon, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, habitual traffic violator, 12:49 a.m., Fox Pointe and 25th Street, Columbus Police Department, held in lieu of $1,500 bond. Larry R. Mullins, 46, Seymour, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, 2:35 a.m., McKinley and Gladstone avenues, Columbus Police Department, held in lieu of $7,500 bond. Scott Dickmeyer, 24, Nashville, two counts of child neglect, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, at Columbus Police Department, by Columbus Police Department, held in lieu of $97,500 bond. Teresa A.

Sizemore, 23, 2877 Maple public intoxication, 3:48 a.m., alley between 11th and 12th streets, Columbus Police Department, released on authority of Bartholomew Superior Court II. City Fire Sunday 5 p.m.• Bartholomew County Jail: EMS assist. 5:21 p.m. 3300 block of Riverside. Drive: Grass fire.

Medic I Emergency ambulance service provided by Columbus Fire Department on a countywide basis. All runs to Columbus Regional Hospital unless indicated otherwise. Sunday 4:55 a.m. 200 block of Pence Street: Ethel Morgan, 69, injured at home, treated and released. 8:18 a.m.

100 block of North Washington Street in Hartsville: Beulah Jones, 90, ill at home, stable condition. 'Hartsville Volunteer Fire Department. and Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department assisted. 10:45 a.m. 3100 block of Alan Drive: Vera Findley, 52, Ill at home, serious condition.

Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department assisted. 12:36 p.m. Indiana 46 at White Oak Lake: Pamela J. Taylor, 48, Lookout Ridge Drive, injured in automobile dict," said Terry Gilbert, who represented Sheppard's son, Sam Reese Sheppard, in the unsuccessful civil lawsuit against the state. Gilbert said he would file a motion on Monday asking Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Ron Suster to set aside verdict or, as an alternative, grant another trial.

Suster presided at the civil trial. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor William Mason said the Sheppard side had gotten a fair chance to present its case and predicted the verdict would stand. "I think we've released to his parents. Female juvenile, 16, Valionia, curfew violation, 6:54 a.m., Seymour Police Department, released to her parents. Male juvenile, 17, Seymour, curfew violation, illegal possession of alcohol, 7 a.m., Seymour Police Department, released to his parents.

Incidents Sunday 12:04 a.m. Disturbance in the $100 block of North Chestnut St. 12:31 a.m. Theft in the 500 block of South O'Brien St. 12:37 a.m..

Harassment in the 600 block of East 14th Street. 3:02 a.m. Disorderly conduct in the 200 block of South Broadway Street. Jennings Accident Saturday 4:07 p.m. Road 600W: Rebecca F.

Waltermire, 29, North Vernon. Arrests Saturday Robin Lawdermilt, 37, North Vernon, public intoxication, 2:30 a.m., North Vernon Police Department, held in lieu of $550 bond. Gregg A. Folimer, 28, North Vernon, operating a motor vehicle with a BAC of more than 0.10 percent, Indiana 7 at Road 100S, Jennings County Sheriff's Department, released on $850 bond. Kimberly C.

Klakamp, 21 North Ver- Card of Thanks I want to thank the Flatrock and Shelby county paramedics, the doctor and staff at Major Hospital for everything they did for.my husband Melvin Jackson. A special thanks to Ron Tennel for all of his help. Thanks to all of out friends, neighbors and family for food. flowers and donations also for just being there. To all the pall bearers, Mark Whited, Toni Hancock.

James Falot, Roy and Jeff and Ronnie Wooten who stood in for David Burton. Rev. Lewis Burton for his beautiful service and joe Brown of the Edinburgh American Legion and VFW. Last but not least Eskew Eaton Funeral Home, especially Francis Stotts for all of the help and kindthat he showed so my family and myself. Elva Jackson accident, serious condition.

Columbus Rescue -Squad and Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department assisted. 4:14 p.m. 13000 block of South Indiana 58: Louis Ferguson, 62, ill at home, stable condition. Incidents Saturday 11:52 a.m. in the 4200 block of 31st Street.

12:10 p.m. Harassment in the 1000 block of Seventh Street. 12:35 p.m.: Theft at National Road and Herman Darlage Drive. 12:55 p.m. Theft in the first block, of North Hughes Street.

12:58 p.m. Harassment in the 1700 block of North National Road. 2:18 p.m. Theft in the 300 block of Sunset Drive, 2:20 p.m. Public intoxication in the 900 block of Fourth Street.

p.m. Domestic in the 900 block of California Street. 4:15 p.m. Vandalism in the 200 block of 1 North National Road. 5:13 p.m.

Trespassing in the 13900 block of West Old Nashville Road. 5:51 p.m. Theft in the 13300 block of North U.S. 31. 6:53 p.m.

Public intoxication the 1000 block of Seventh Street, 6:59 p.m. Vandalism on Pennsylvania Street. 7:03 p.m. Theft in the 2400 of South U.S. 31.

7:08 p.m. Harassment in the 12100 block of West. Baker Hollow Road. 7:18 p.m. Theft in the 10000 block of North U.S.

31. 7:23 p.m. Theft in the 400 block of North Cherry Street. 8:34 p.m. Juvenile problem in the 1200 block of Bernice Street.

9:24 p.m. Juvenile problem in the 900 block of Union Street. 10:03 p.m. Domestic in the 100 block of North Brooks Street. 10:24 p.m.

Violation of order in the 2500 block of Central Avenue 10:39 p.m. Domestic in the 10100 block of Jolene Drive. 11:13 p.m. Theft vehicle in the 5200 block of Miami Drive. 11:51 p.m.

Animal complaint in the 5600 block of West Road 700N. Sunday 12:34 a.m. Dispute in the 600 block of Eighth Street. 12:57 a.m. Domestic at Robert tried this case for the last time," Mason said.

Gilbert said the verdict would be challenged on several issues, including Gilbert's claims that the jury, which deliberated three hours, ruled too hastily, and that the complicated case should have been heard by a judge, not a jury. Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned in her bed early on July 4, 1954, at the family's suburban Bay Village home on Lake Erie. Her son, then just 7 years old, slept through the killing in his room nearby. non, indecent exposure, 1:30 p.m., Jennings County Sheriff's Department, held in lieu of $1,550 bond. Robert Dewitt, 25, North Vernon, driving while suspended, 3:30 p.m., North Vernon Police Department, held in lieu of $550 bond.

David M. Mings, 22, Scipio, driving while suspended, 7:50 p.m., Indiana north of Road 275W, Jennings County Sheriff's Department, held in lieu of $550 bond. Michael Beals, 32, Osgood, warrant charging failure to appear, 11 p.m., Ripley County, Jennings County Sheriff's Department, held without bond. Incidents Saturday 8:35 a.m. Vandalism on Jackson St.

12:33 p.m. Domestic on Road 25N. 5:15 p.m. Domestic on South Base Road. 5:50 p.m.

Breaking and entering at Muscatatuck State Park. 10:48 p.m. Vandalism on Road 75W. Sunday 4:46 a.m. Broomsage Ranch: Theft from vehicle.

In Loving Memory of Travis Scott Miller God gave us a son, His memory will never grow old. He fashioned his smile out of sunshine, He molded his heart of pure gold. He needed a new star in heaven, A beautiful light to shine, So out of this old world of sorrow He chose that dear son of mine. Our thanks to the employees at CM.EP The Miller Family Drive and McClure Road. 1:06 a.m.

Dispute in the 300 block of Wint Lane. 1:19 a.m. Dispute in the 300 block of Wint Lane. 2:42 a.m. Dispute in the 2500 block of Central Avenue.

2:57 a.m. Burglary in the 900 block of California Street. 3:51 a.m. Indecent exposure in the 13300 block of North U.S. 31.

5:16 a.m. in the 800 block of Union Street. 5:16 a.m. Public -intoxication-in the 10400 block of North U.S. 31: 9:29 a.m.

in the 100. block of North Cambridge Square. 9:46 a.m. -Theft in the 100 block of South Cambridge Square. 10:05 a.m.

in the 600 block of California Street. 10:17 a.m. in the 2100 block of Keller Avenue. 10:21 a.m. in the 900 block of Sixth Street.

10:23 a.m. Battery in the 100 block of South Cambridge Square. 10:49 a.m. in the 1100 block of California Street. 10:55 a.m.

in the 700 block of Werner Avenue. 10:57 a.m. Theft in the 3400 block of South U.S. 31. 11:21 a.m.

Theft in the 10000 block of North U.S. 31. 11:23 a.m. in the 1500 block of 28th Street. 11:53 a.m.

Vandalism in the 7800 block of East Deer Run. 12:06 p.m. Theft from vehicle in the 5100 block of North Lincoln Village Drive. 12:17 p.m. in the 2000 block of Beam Road.

12:19 p.m. in the 1700 block of State Street. 12:39 p.m. Battery in the 4900 block of North Road 150W. 12:40 p.m.

in the 3100 block of Flintwood Drive. 12:54 p.m. Vandalism in the 6900 block of Clark Boulevard. 1:01 p.m. Vandalism in the 2100 block of Tyler Drive.

1:38 p.m. Vandalism in the 6900 block of Clark Boulevard. 1:40 p.m. Theft from a vehicle in the 2600 block of Central Avenue. 1:56 p.m.

in the 1400 block of California Street. 2:32 p.m. Domestic in the 2300 block of Fremont Drive. Sheppard claimed he was sleeping downstairs at the time of the murder and awoke to his wife's cries. He ran to help her but was knocked unconscious by a bushyhaired intruder, he said.

Sheppard was convicted and spent 10 years in prison. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the verdict, ruling the trial judge failed to shield jurors and witnesses from the crush of negative media reports about the doctor. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966. He died four years later.

The couple fought when church services ended and while getting into a car. Witnesses told police Thompson left and walked down the street, where Martin tried to hit him twice with the car, Hartman said. Thompson jumped out of the way both times, but the third time, stood in the middle of the street with his arms crossed, Hartman said. Martin hit him head-on, and he went flying, Hartman said. Thompson, 24, was treated at a hospital and released.

Martin told police she accidentally hit her husband with the car while driving away after he called her a name and tried to punch her through the window. 3 twisters roar through Texas Associated Press ELBERT, Texas At least three tornadoes touched down Sunday in west Texas, including one that flattened a cotton gin, barns, several businesses and mobile homes here. No deaths were immediately reported in the town of 150 people, which is about 50 miles southwest of Wichita Falls, said Tina Kavecki, a dispatcher with the Throckmorton County Sheriff's Office. The tornado hit around 5:45 p.m. There were also reports of tornadoes in Young County, one south of Olney and another near South Bend.

Alcohol Problem. or Drug Help is Available Individual or Intensive Outpatient (10P) Day or Evening Appointments Confidential Certified Programs Brumbaugh Associates 378-4357 Brown Accident Sunday 11:45 a.m. Indiana 46 at Parkview Road in Nashville: Edna L. Satterthwaite, 89, Nashville; Benita Fox, 34, Nashville. May 1, 2000 In Loving Memory of Robert Talkington Sr.

Sept. 26, 1922 May 1, 1999 One year ago you left us With a smile upon your face Assuring me and the Children You were entering God's glorious place You told us of the Angels and the families once held dear Plus the Valley of the Children In a land that knows no fear You know how much we miss you Every day- every month of the year But we still have our Of you, we hold so dear. Our family chain And nothing is the same But as God calls us one by one The Chain will link again. So reserve a place for each of us Until our life here is done And again some day my Darling This family again will become one. Written by Tillie Tallington Sadly missed by Wife Tille-Children: Bob-Ron-PatKaren and Grandchildren.