Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 15, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba A web Magua flt Winnipeg press slain gunman wanted to die Tike a Soldier by Joe Rubin a Winnipeg Man who wanted to die like a Soldier was killed by two of 12 bullets fired at him by Winnipeg police in a shootout last month an inquest was told yesterday. Michael Stephen Henderson 42, was killed by two officers in a Back Lane off Garry Street after he wounded a cab Driver at the St. Charles hotel with a 20-gauge sawed off Shotgun at about 10 . On March 14. The inquest was held before Provin Cial court judge Winston Norton. Witnesses told the court Henderson was depressed and suicidal the Day of the incident. Thomas Maloney who lived in his Rooming House on Quappelle ave nue said Henderson came by his room about 8 . That night asking for the Shoelace from his Boot. When Maloney refused to give it to Henderson he returned with a sawed off Shotgun. Don t move or talk or i la blow your head Maloney quoted Henderson As saying. Henderson threw Maloney the Boot and he extracted the lace giving it. To the gunman. Henderson then left Tell heart fund Boss spends time in cardiac Ward when it comes to matters of the heart. Jack Mcdonald is becoming somewhat of an expert. The Winnipeg banker was credited yesterday with being a major Factor in the Manitoba heart foundation s an Nual fund raising Campaign Topping its target by More than ironically the foundation s fund Rais ing chairman was released from a Montreal Hospital yesterday after suf Fering a heart attack. That s not really the Way we like to publicize the heart Mcdonald 50, said in a Telephone interview after being released from the Hospital. He chuckled at the irony and said a heart attack is just one of those things that happens to you and you wonder Why. 1 guess that s Why we need More he said he expects to return to Winnipeg monday but does t know when he u be Able to return to work. He plans to serve As foundation fund raising chairman again during the coming year. Meanwhile foundation president Barney Martin announced yesterday that the fund raising drive raised 000, 21.7 per cent More than last year s Martin said Manitoban contributed an average 90 cents a person More per capita than any other province. About volunteers participated in the Effort he said. At least 70 per cent of the raised will go for research 15 per cent for Public education and the balance for administration Martin told a press conference. Martin said one major reason for the Success of the Campaign was the Effort put in by Mcdonald. Ing him he would see him later. What did you think of or. Hender Crown counsel Greg Lawlor asked Maloney. Not very the witness re plied. It s a Good tiling it happened the Way it did. Better they got him before he got somebody Jerry Klub another Rooming House resident told the court that Henderson had become depressed since he broke up with his girl Friend and his terminally ill father had gone into Hospital. He did an awful lot of another acquaintance testified that Henderson told him he wanted to die like a Soldier the same wish expressed by his ailing father. One Day Henderson told Klub he wanted to kill himself. He said he wanted to die before his father court was told Henderson hid the Shotgun in Klub s room and came to pick it up the afternoon of the incident. He said he was going to go blow somebody s head Klub said. Blasted Hole in floor another Rooming House resident test tied that Henderson had blasted a Hole in the floor of his suite before going to the hotel. At the St. Charles Henderson approached Robert Vann a cab Driver entering the hotel to Call Home. Vann who did not testify at the inquest because he is still in Hospital told police that Henderson pointed the Shotgun at him and told him to get Back into the car or i la waste the Driver pushed the gun away but Hen Derson pulled the trigger injuring him in the Chest. Vann told police he never met Hen Derson and did t know Why he wounded him. Constable Christopher Lundgren told the court he and his partner Constable Gerald Maryniuk pulled into the Back Lane and saw a figure behind a Fence in a vacant lot. The Man stood up and Lundgren could see he had a Shotgun. Lundgren got out of the car and yelled Stop Maryniuk said Henderson turned and fired Point Blank right at me. Something told me to get Down. I dropped directly to the he said. Had i not thrown myself on the ground 1 would be been twelve shots fired Maryniuk said the gun s pellets went right Over his head. One was later retrieved near of the window of the Garrick theatre. The two police officers testified they fired six rounds each from their guns before Henderson s body fell from be Hind the plywood Fence. He was pronounced dead shortly after 11 . That night. Although ramp found no traces of drugs in Henderson s blood the Man had a .31 blood alcohol level. A pathologist later recovered two bullets from Henderson s body one had entered the top of his head the other the neck below his left Cheek. Const. Joseph Paul examined Hen Derson at the scene and found two live and one spent 20-gauge shells near his body. He also found two live 20 gauge shells and a Box containing a live Shell in his pocket. Judge Norton said he would release his report on the inquest in due course. Think tank thousands of apprehensive students will be scouring their brains for the next several weeks at the University of Manitoba As i he dreaded final examinations have begun. Here a class of 330 calculus students struggles to come up with the Correct answers. Detained handcuffed by Eaton a youth awarded in damages by Steve Pona a Winnipeg youth who was apprehended and handcuffed by a Security guard after he tried to Cash his que at the Ealon s downtown store has been awarded in damages. A six Man civil court jury assessed the award yesterday following 90 minutes deliberation. The plaintiff Edward Marks 19, of Springwood drive claimed he had been fab Ely imprisoned during the August 1977, incident. The jury ordered the t. Eaton co. To pay 90 per cent of the award the City of Winnipeg named As a third party is to pay the balance. The jury also ordered the company to provide Marks who was 16 when the incident occurred with a formal written apology. Marks could not be reached last night but his Mother said he had been aiming for quite a bit Shirley Marks said the award is still a moral Victory. That is Basi Cally what he wanted that and the satisfaction of an court was told Marks was arrested after he tried to Cash a payroll Cheque from Keg n Cleaver restaurant. Police had earlier warned the store that a Large number of the restaurant s cheques had gone missing in a break in and Eaton s believed the youth s could have been one of them. Marks was apprehended handcuffed and he was held in a room until police arrived. Marks said his pleas of inno Cence were ignored. Humiliation in his statement of claim Marks complained he was arrested in Plain View of other customers and was subjected to humiliation and disgrace and brought into court was told the Handcuffs were removed As soon As the police arrived. Police phoned to confirm the authentic Ity of the Cheque then apologized on behalf of the store. An Eaton s Security official testified that handcuffing suspects is a routine procedure. Winnipeg free press wednesday. April 15, 1981 3 Tow bylaw changes proposed City Hall notebook the licensing of Tow truck operators who Tow vehicles illegally parked on private property is one of four Amend ments to a City bylaw recommended by civic finance committee yesterday. Another amendment would Institute a penalty for violation of the bylaw maximum fines of for an individual or up to six months in jail or both and a maximum Fine of for a corporation. A third amendment would make Tiu owner of the private property from which a vehicle is towed liable to prosecution under the bylaw if the vehicle was rightfully on the property the fourth amendment would Amend the maximum charges that could be levied by the Tow truck and compound operators. They now May charge s15 for removal an additional if a Dolly is used and maximum for each hours of storage at the compound. Finance committee recommends in maximum be changed to a charge reflecting an Over All average including cases in which dollies Are used. The City Law department was directed to prepare an amending bylaw including the proposed amendments which now must receive City Council approval before taking effect. Travel pay raises urged an increase in travel allowances Lor City councillors and administrators was recommended yesterday by civic finance committee despite objections from committee member coun. Joe Zuken who called it if approved by Council the daily living allowance for travel outside Manitoba will be raised to from it would be raised to per diem from for travel inside the province. The automobile allowance would go up to 20 cents a mile or 12.4 cents a Kilometre from the present 17 cents a mile or 10.6 cents a Kilometre. Buildings get Facelift two of Winnipeg s oldest commercial buildings Are receiving a lift from the City. The Drake hotel and the Bawlf Block both built in 1882 on Princess Street and located across from the Public safety building Are receiving a coat of paint As part of a Mot Balling process said Charles Brook civic historical projects coordinator. However Brook said renovating the two buildings to make them suitable for a commercial tenant would Cost an Esti mated policy obstacles remain Only two or three details stand be tween an agreement Between the City and province in a policy which would allow the release of the names of Winnipeg restaurants which fail 10 comply with health department regulations coun. Jim Ernst said yesterday. Ernst and other members of the City s official delegation met with pro. Vinci Al officials yesterday. Ernst said he did t think the Civ would begin releasing restaurant names until everything is in City Council has already approved the release of names of restaurants in the inner City which fail to comply when cited for violating health regulations. But it was made conditional to i Standard policy being worked out with the province which has jurisdiction Over restaurants in the suburbs. Al Ducharme chairman of the civic recreation and social services commit tee who was also at the meeting said yesterday the province s main concern is the possibility it could run into Legal problems if the names of erring restaurants Are made Public. The City expects to hear from the province within 30 Days. If the province refuses to release the names of restau rants within its jurisdiction the City would require approval from executive policy committee and Council before releasing those in its jurisdiction. The jury was told the store believed it had reasonable and probable grounds to detain the youth. He was not accused of anything and no Force was used. Lawyer David Hill representing the company said ii was because police had provided Eaton s with incomplete information that this unfortunate Inci Dent the police circulated a corrected description the following Day. Jurors noted Eaton s had made no attempt to verify the authenticity of Marks s the store detective could have asked him to come without resorting to the use of Handcuffs the jury said. The jurors ruled the police were not responsible for the imprisonment but by providing incomplete information police aggravated the Situa the City had denied any responsibility for the incident. Justice James Wilson of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench presided at the Case. Filipinos ask school Board to help ease racial tensions Winnipeg s filipino Community is be coming increasingly frustrated and hostile to racial discrimination and alienation its children face at school the Winnipeg school Board was told last night. Conrad Santos in a presentation to trustees on behalf of a 30-member Dele gation said much of the tension affecting 800 Young filipinos is the result of the cultural Gap Between them and the rest of the Community. Following the presentation trustees unanimously passed a Resolution to have the administration study the situation and make recommendations As soon As possible. Board chairman Mira Spivak blamed the cultural clash on poor communication Between parents and school officials and Between students of differ ent cultures. Spivak said solutions May be found in More seminars More teacher Parent meetings and in general More info one Case a Young filipino was stabbed. Although not seriously. There have been incidents of outright discrimination against filipino students he charged. In one Case there was a group of children who wanted to borrow some the frustration the filipino students feel can develop into aggressiveness which in turn can cause greater racial tension defaced school property Vio Lent behaviour property damage and eventually gang fights he warned. For example someone could trans science books in the Library and were late print Ancl disseminate information told there were no such books Avail about the Canadian Public the school Able. When they walked out of the system and various ethnic Library they noticed that another group be suggested of students had been issued the very As principals teachers guid books just denied the philippine Stu Ance counsellors and school adminis dents. They Felt very bad about that travors could organize conversation groups with students to make sure filipinos and the rest of the Community get to know each other better the lawyer said. He offered the services of the and thought this was not racist remarks costly false alarm a police Cruiser racing to Maryland Bridge where a woman was reported threatening to jump mation being exchanged Between eth with her two children collided with a car at Portage Avenue and Edmonton Street yesterday two police officers were shaken up. Driver of the car was uninjured. The suicide Call proved false. Have teen reported and in filipinos Are also often the target of racist remarks he told the Board. Member filipino Community in win this Type of treatment leads to Nipes for the production of information frustration repressed anger Disi Llu material Toh explain our culture Cus and finally alienation or a to and value system and Gress Veness on the part of those sub distribute his he 0, ejected to it. The population in the he said the alienation can easily multicultural education Santos said Manifest itself in increased dropout is the key to tolerance and under rates drunkenness drug abuse and standing to be different is Noi la glue sniffing. By i i ;