CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, October 20, 1983
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Fourhorn wanted help to rob an old man, testimony says
By MICHAEL PAUL Staff Reporter
James Chadwick Fourhon in late June asked two young men to help him rob "an old guy," one of them the murderer in Douglas County District Court
Mark Evilisor, 20, 1908 E. 19th St., said that Fourhorn proposed the plan late June 24 in South Park. Fourhorn is charged with the first-degree murder year-old Harry Puckett, whose body was found in his home June 25.
But earlier in the day, analysts of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation testified that none of the tests on the case linked Fourthhorn to any crime.
EVILISIZOR TOLD JURORS that he went to South Park the evening of June 24 and met several people, one of them being Danny Jennings. Later that evening, Evilisizor met Fourhorn, Jennings' brother-in-law. Evilisizor did not know Fourhorn by name at the time, but in court he identified Fourhorn as the person he met that night.
Evilisor said that Fourhorn told Jennings that he needed to talk to him and another person that Jennings could trust.
Jennings and Evelisor then walked with Fourhore in another spot in the BIRD.
"He said he had a job to be done and that he needed us to help him," Evilisor said of the conversation with
Fourhour. "He said that there was an old guy he wanted to rob and he wanted us to help him hold him down."
Fourhorn did not say who the old guy was, Evilsizer testified, and he did not name the address.
he pointed to the east," Evilsizor said. "He said that the house seemed to have no utilities."
PUCKETT'S RESIDENCE is 1109 Delaware St., which is east of South Park. Testimony on Tuesday for someone here had no gas or water supplied to it.
"He said that we would walk to the door and knock on it," Evlisoriz testified. "He said that he would throw something on Puckett's head and that we would then hold him down. He said he would then go through the house and look for money."
Evilizsor said that when he heard of Fourhorn's plan to enter the home, he thought that "the old guy" would suffer a heart attack.
"I said that I didn't want that on my conscience," Evilzist testified. "He said that it wouldn't bother him. I then left."
Said he was threatened
Evilisizor said that Fourhorn told him that he told anybody about anything, "it would be the last thing I ever said."
However, three analysts from the KBI testified that evidence collected during an investigation did not place Fourhorn at the scene of the crime.
THE ANALYSTS TESTIFIED about the results of hair tests, fingerprint tests, footwear tests and blood tests on items collected from the Puckett and Fourhorn residences.
Ken Knight of the KBII testified that he examined hair found on two items of clothing found on Puckett's overalls were Fourhorn's, he said.
Robert Olsen of the KBI said that of the 19 items he examined for fingerprints, only a red flashlight found in the Puckett residence had any clear evidence and those fingerprints did not match Fourhorn's fingerprints. Olsen said.
Tests didn't show blood
Eileen Burnau of the KBI testified that tests did not reveal any of Fourhour's blood on items seized from Puckett's residence or any of her blood on any of the items taken into evidence from the Fourhour residence.
Carol Moddrell, deputy Douglas County coroner, testified earlier Wednesday that Puckett suffered multiple injuries to his body, but that multiple facial fractures and rib fractures near the right front chest caused bleeding and swelling that led to suffocation.
MODDRELL SAID THAT both bones below Puckett's eyes were broken, his nasal bone was broken, and the top of his nouth had been smashed. She said that four of his ribs had been broken, two of them having been broken in two places.
By the Kansan Staff
The United States Marshal's office yesterday began serving summons to 12 Kansans, including a Lawrence man, indicted on cocaine charges by the Justice Department and heard evidence of cocaine use among members of the Kansas City Royals.
Carter, 33, was the supervisor of medical audits in the Topeka SRS office. He was unavailable yesterday for comment.
Greg Carter, 806 W. 29th St., was suspended from his work at the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services because he was indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine. The SRS Department is in charge of alcohol and drug abuse programs for the state.
Robert Harder, SRS Secretary, said Carter's indictment came as a "complete surprise."
CHUCK STEVENSON, commissioner of administrative services, said that Carter was suspended with pay, effective 5 p.m. Tuesday. He also said that the SRS office would conduct an investigation concerning Carter's conduct and behavior in relation to the agency.
"He was a very good employee as far as his production." Stevenson said.
City man served drug summons
Carter and 11 other men were charged with the use, possession and theft of a drug
The federal grand jury investigation resulted in guilty pleas from Royals players Wille Aikens, Willie Wilson, Jerry Martin and former Royals players Carson Rasmus and Johnson players, a Johnson County attorney pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.
charge of attempting to possess coaine.
THE INVESTIGATION started in Dodge City, where detectives compiled information on southwest Kansas drug dealers and their networks across the state.
"Routinely, when allegations are made about the staff, there is an investigation to make certain if he has in any way violated our regulations." Stevenson said.
The SRS office has a fraud and recovery unit that will investigate the matter, he said. The unit will determine
whether Carter used his SRS position in the cocaine conspiracy.
Court proceedings against the indicted men will begin Nov. 10.
If the men are found guilty of the conspiracy count, they could serve up to 15 years in prison and pay $25,000 fines.
Cocaine charges were also filed against Mark Liebi, Marty Fultighil, Mark Ruston and Kelley Feikert of Overland Park; John Liebi of Dallas; Randall Ermey of Topeka; and Mark Gall, Dennis Young, Paul Torrez Jr., John Lkenke and Harry Droste of Dodge City.
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