/ Murder suspect in custody awaiting trial By KEVIN ROSEBOROUGH S John Maddox, accused in the shooting leath of University custodial super- 'isor William Van Johnson, was bound wer for trial yesterday on an open ~iiarge of murder. ~ Van Johnson, 48, was gunned down shortly after midnight on September ~2th at the School of Music on North rampus. He died less than an hour later University Hospital of multiple ~vounds to the chest. ACCORDING to testimony given at he preliminary examinatioui yester- ?~y, Maddox's ex-wife Glendia said she livorced Maddox in 1970 but continued ~olive with him until last April. Glendia ad ox worked for Van Johnson as a ~stodian. After he moved out of her Ann Arbor ~iome, Ms. Maddox admitted to starting Va relationship" with her supervisor Van Johnson. This displeased Maddox ~ reatly and he often called her when he as drinking and discussed it with her, 'he testified. On September 10, Maddox wld her "If he couldn't have his family then no one could," referring to their ~our children. He also said he had hired ~. hit man to shoot Van Johnson, she 'aid. According to Ms. Maddox's ~estimony, Maddox drove up next to her In Baits Drive behind the Music School ~t approximately 12:20 a.m. on Sep.. tember 12. He blocked her car in with his own and told her that "this would be the night" he would do something she would never forget for the rest of hei life, a threat that he'd made the pasi summer. He then drove north, away from the School of Music. "He was ac~ ting very strange," she said, "like h~ always has been when he drinks." Ms. Maddox drove into the parking lot at the rear of the School of Music and waited for Van Johnson to arrive. HE pulled ifl approximately five minutes later in a University van with thre other University employees. Maddoii was pulled in directly behind the van, she told the court. From her vantage point, Ms. Maddox said, she could see her ex-husband, bul Van Johnson stood out of her vie~ behind the van. She said they spokE "for three or four minutes," then shE saw Maddox pull a handgun. She heard gunfire and saw the flashes from thE barrel of the weapon, but did not se who was hit. At that point she saw Vain Johnson run into the building clutching at himself. MS. MADDOX said she went up to her ex-husband and told him he was now in deep trouble. She said he mumbled something about turning himself in to police and drove off. Maddox was at large for two days, but turned himself in to police early Thursday morning, September 14. He is being held without bond in Washtenaw County Jail. He will be arraigned in Circuit Court on October 5 before JudgE William Ager. The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 28, 1978-Page 9 a &u;&i QMAIIIiJIUQE I £ .1 k k WI . m ported Spa n Ih~................................................................ ?~~~Ij(~QA N D SQIA R ~ S bulletin board panels REG $425 NQW$~53 ~LTA OF VENUS EROTICA by NIN UST $2 00..................... .~.................. Ik*~sil* national spec~a1tyuLdmc four inch .........................................................................................................................................3 ::~:Iega~ S~ebJ~.l.d.h.d~. blaokor bi'own I french german spanish ALVJD~Q/ VISUAL KIT ..~........... I.-.. .. , w ttn * .. ......................~ ..... ............ . ,~y. . .. . ~< N .~.'. CUFFS NOTES and MONARGH NOTES .PACK REGULARLY LISTSAT $i25to$1.~S .NOW 20 % OFF~ the MAR$~ COLLEGE DRAFTING SET the perfect basic set LISTS ~I27~9~ NOW $2200 You will have an opportunity to order from your Josten's College Ring Specialist: Monday-Friday September 25-29 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. MORE ThAN A BOOKSTORE 543 East University 662-3201 I Julie Tauber