The Michigan Daily Vol LXXXVI No. 53-S Ann Arbor, Michigan--Saturday, July 24, 1976 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Kidnap suspect turns himself in vanv Protwo c->_U 1I tUN THE BODY of an unidentified man killed yesterday morning in a fire on the 26th floor of Tower Plaza is placed in an ambulance. 26th floor Tower Plaza re s unidentieman By JIrFFREY SELBST An unidentified man died yesterday in a fire on the 26th floor of the city's tallest structure, Tower Plaza apartment building, at the corner of William and Maynard Sts. The fire was reported at 8:37 a.m. The fire, which authorities believe to have been started by smoking in bed, did extensive damage to the bedroom and heat damage was sustained by the rest of the top floor apartment. Ap- parently the fire began from the mattress and spread to the rest of the room. THE MAN'S NAME, given to police by residents of the build- ing who knew the deceased, has not yet been released pending final identification and next-of-kin notification. The body was taken to the U-M Hospital morgue. The deceased was subleasing the apartment, 26G, from a Da- vid Hortin, believed to be trav- eling in Europe. Hi Residents were evacuated at the first alarm, but by 9:15 a.m. were allowed to return to their apartments. "You should SALT LAKE CITY (4)--Rep. have seen the commotion," Allan Howe was found guilty said one resident. "All this heat yesterday of the misdemeanor and smoke from the elevator, charge of soliciting sex from two and that damned alarm scream: police decoy prostitutes. in." Howe (D-Utah) showed no ALTHOUGH there had been emotion when the City Court some controversy when the clerk read the verdict from the Tower Plaza was under con- three-woman, one-man j u r y struction, concerning a lack of which deliberated one hour, 43 compliance with city building minutes. codes regarding the building's height and fire safety, Capt. HOWE'S attorney immediately Thomas Minick of the Ann Ar- filed notice of appeal to District bor Police Dept., in charge of Court, and Howe said he would the police operations, said that continue his campaign for re- the building "contained the fire election to a second term. He very well." One Fire Dept. had been under pressure from source said that the problems some Utah Democrats not to had been ironed out before the seek re-election. building was completed. Judge Raymond Uno sentenc- Officials at the police Dept. ed Howe to a fine of $150 and 30 say the victim's name will be days in jail but suspended the released after the detective as- jail term on payment of the fine. signed to the case returns on Outside the courtroom Howe, Monday. with his wife Marlene and four MADERA, Calif. U2) - One of three men wanted for questioning in the kid- naping of 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver surrendered to au- thorities in Oakland yesterday, Madera County Sheriff Ed Bates announced. Richard Allen Schoenfeld, son of a prominent San Francisco area doctor, turned himself in to the Alameda Coun- ty district attorney, Bates said. SCHOENFELD was accompanied by his attorneys. At 22, he was the youngest of the three men named in an all-points bulletin is- sued Thursday. The others are his brother, James L. Schoenfeld, 24, and Frederick N. Woods IV, 24, son of the owner of the Alameda County rock quarry where the children and their bus driver were imprisoned for 18 hours last week. THE BULLETIN said they were "arm- ed and dangerous" and should be ar- rested on probable cause. ' In Oakland, Dist. Atty. Lowell Jensen said after Richard Schoenfeld was booked, he would be taken to Madera County where formal charges will be filed. Jensen said the- charges would include 27 counts of kidnaping and 16 of armed robbery. The school children and their driver were abducted near Chowchilla in Madera County. Clothes and other personal items were taken from some of the kidnap victims when they were forced to descend into their underground prison at the quarry near Livermore, about 100 miles north of chowchilla. The s"rrender came as authorities contineed to hint for clues linking the three to the kidnap. A ROUGH draft of a ransom note de- manding $5 million from the govern-, meat was found by authorities investi- gating the abduction, published reports said yesterday. The Oakland Tribune said the note, mapping- out plans for exchanging the young victims, was discovered in a house on the estate occupied by Frederick Woods IV, who is wanted for questioning in the mass abduction. THE NEWSPAPER quoted law enforce- ment sources as saying they believed Woods wrote the draft of toe note. His millionaire landowner father owns the Livermore quarry where the hostages were entombed in a moving van buried four feet underground after they were abducted from a school bus July 15. They tunneled their way out after 18 hours. A 10-day gag order prohibits authori- ties from commenting on the searches, and there was no official confirmation of the note. However, investigators said they had recovered three vans believed to have been used to transport the children and their bus driver from Chowchilla 100 miles north to the quarry. The quarry is about 45 miles east of the Woods estate. "THE VEHICLES previously listed by this agency as wanted in connection with the kidnap were recovered and are currently in the possession of this depart- ment and are being processed for physi- cal evidence," Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy James Baugh said in a statement. He refused to elaborate. Ed Ray, the Chowchilla bus driver who led his charges to safety, was flown to San- Jose to help officers identify two vans found in a warehouse there. In- vestigators did not say where the third van was located. guilty of sex charge r 3 r 3 T t 2 3 r of their five children at his side, said he was "very, very dis- appointed." He declined to say whether he thought the trial was fair. "WE'VE TRIED to maintain our composure, and we will move ahead in that manner," he said. Howe was arrested the night of June 12 in a red-light district on a charge of soliciting sex for hire-trying to buy two specific sex acts from decoys Kathleen Taylor and Margaret Hamblin for $20. The trial lasted almost five days, three of which were spent picking the jury of two house- wives, an office worker and a retired mechanic. City court misdemeanor casesr are heard by four-member juries in Utah. THE DEFENSE presented no witnesses to answer the testi- mony of the decoys that Howe approached them on his own. Asked yesterday why Howe was not put on the witness stand, defense attorney Dean Mitchell replied: "It is con- sistent with my attitude that my client's constitutional r i g h t s were violated." Mitchell was referring to his previous allega- tions that publicity and the pros- ecutor's discussion of the case with reporters had made a fair trial impossible. Mitchell also had contended potential jurors were influenced by a statement by the leader of the Mormon Church, of which Howe is a member, that Howe should consider resigning. HOWE, who represents Utah's 2nd District, which includes Salt Lake City, was asked whether he thought the trial damaged his political future. He replied, "I have great con- fidence and faith with the people. See JURY. Page 2