Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free frees monday june accused Atlanta Slayer familiar with police work Williams termed ambulance Chaser Atlanta a Wayne Williams 23, charged yesterday with murder in the death of the most recent victim i a string of 28 slayings of Young Blacks is described by associates As a radio electronics Whiz who also Learned the ways of police through occasional work As a free Lance television cameraman. Friends remember the Atlanta native As Bright and aggressive although they said his attempts to gain full time employment As a television news photographer never bore fruit. He gained some measure of acclaim As a teenager when he helped form a Low Power radio station with a group of friends. A local newspaper and television station carried stories on Wil Liams s station whose limited signal was transmitted through Telephone lines. While working for the station Wil Liams had occasion to interview several prominent local Black leaders in live broadcasts. Some of those Black leaders such As state rep. Tyrone Brocks earns to Williams s defence in recent weeks when he was the focus of Media after being interrogated and released by police june 3. World once the Friend said Williams made a Model Volcano in Grade 6, using something similar to a roman Candle for authenticity. He Wasa t very said the Friend. He seemed to enjoy anything connected with science or Electron the Friend said Williams always had a Short wave radio and a and remembered that when Williams was younger he used to have things on his car such As Long antennas and a cd that made you think he was five years ago he was arrested on charges of impersonating a police offi cer while speeding to a crime scene with red emergency lights flashing under the Grill of his car. Authorities said the charges were later reduced and disposed of routinely in court. A Friend Lawrence Williams who is not related said he appears a Short Pudgy Little Guy that looks like a Young but the Friend added for his level of knowledge and expertise he appears As a Well seasoned Middle aged ambulance Chaser Cater oldest victim Wayne Bertram Williams was born in Atlanta on May an Only child he lived with his parents in a modest Brick House in a Black Middle class neighbourhood. He was an excellent said Archie Wilson former Grade 7 teacher at Anderson Park elementary school. Probably one of the better students i taught if not the a boyhood Friend of Williams who requested anonymity described him As a Genius in science and mathematics who was smart in All his subjects in school. Other friends described him As a loner. Professional television cameramen in Atlanta remembered Williams As something of an ambulance Chaser frequently seeking to sell film of homicides or wrecks to the commercial broadcast stations in Atlanta. He had All kinds of police radios in his said one cameraman who asked that his name not be used. Be d get stuff that nobody else did because he was up at Odd hours. He really hustled. He covered so Many homicides and was around cops so much i m sure he picked up on How they Richard Mallary news director of web to said Williams did some free Lance work for the station on a per piece basis in 1979. Mallary said he interviewed Williams a few months ago for an overnight Job but nothing came of it. Mallary described Williams As being Well spoken rather quiet quite Intel and he said Williams talked like a news person asked the right questions seemed to know what was news and what was Williams s Mother Fay Williams describes her Only child As a very aggressive Young Man who puts his whole soul and mind behind whatever he undertakes to make it Celestine Friend of the Williams family said Williams was always full of nervous Energy. Tried a lot of different ventures always wanted to run a radio but the Only station he headed was the neighbourhood station he set up with his friends and it folded in less than three years because of Tough Competition from established licensed radio stations said Lawrence Williams. Williams spent a year working for another radio station. Then he notes on his resume he worked As an arson in this june 6 photo Wayne b. Williams wearing glasses is escorted by Atlanta police during a walk in his neighbourhood. . Financiers May face trial for coup plan new Orleans a a Federal grand jury will consider whether to indict businessmen who allegedly backed a scheme to overthrow the government of Dominica now that two men have been convicted planning to invade the Island state prosecutors say. The grand jury will focus on evidence that financiers put up More than for the band of mercenaries assistant . Attorney Lindsay Larson said. Larson left yesterday for the Caribbean Island state to give evidence on alleged co plotters being held by authorities there and to collect More information for the grand jury. Well keep investigating until we find out who was involved in it where All the Money came from and Are satisfied that everyone has been brought to he said. A . District court jury found Stephen Donald Black National grand wizard of the Alabama based knights of the Kun flux klan and longtime Klansman Joe Daniel Hawkins guilty of two counts in their seven count indictment. A third defendant former Klansman Michael Norris 21, of Tuscaloosa ala., was acquitted on All counts. Hawkins 37, of Jackson miss., was released on Bond and Black 27, of Birmingham ala., on Bond pending sentencing july 22, when they could get up to eight years imprisonment and fined handed subpoenas before leaving the courthouse they were handed subpoenas to appear before the grand jury july 2. The seven other members including Wolfgang Droege 31, of Toronto and Larry Jacklin 22, of Listowel ont. Of the 10-Man mercenary band pleaded guilty in plea bargain arrangements. Admitted ringleader Michael Perdue 32, of Houston was the government s Star witness. The names of several financiers arose during trial Testi Mony about the plot to overthrow the Island s elected government and reinstate former prime minister Patrick John. Perdue said John promised him tax free concessions for gambling tourism lumbering and other businesses. He said backers in the United states were in turn promised a percentage of profits from those enterprises. Alleged financiers named by Perdue at the trial included o a Memphis tenn., lawyer j. W. Kirkpatrick who allegedly provided d Jame White of Houston who Perdue said gave him More than in cheques and Cash. D l. E. Matthews of Jackson miss., who allegedly gave Cash and a Cheque. D an Ottawa Man identified As Martin Winch Perdue said. Was the source of allegedly Given to him by Don Andrews the Leader of a right Wing group in Toronto. Perdue also testified that a Toronto radio station reporter Gordon Sivell knew of the coup plans months in Advance and was planning to cover the invasion to get an exclusive Story. Photographer for the Atlanta Public safety department for six months in 1977. A. D. Bell chief of Field operations for the department said he was As signed to the arson Bureau at the same time but he said he did not remember Williams working there. Bell is listed As a professional reference on Wil Liams s employment resume. Police spokesman Beverly Harvard would neither confirm nor deny that Williams was a former employee of the department. In 1977, Williams formed a Media consulting and production company. He worked with Young Black youths who were seeking regular entertainment work or were interested in recording said Lawrence Williams. 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