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...diagnosis, says Schoenfeld, also explains the most devilish part of the Paganini puzzle: how he could perform so dazzlingly without ever being known to practice...
...like playing a pizzicato accompaniment with his left hand while bowing with his right, prompted audiences to whisper that Paganini was in league with the devil. But alas, he was merely mortal, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The violinist, writes Dr. Myron Schoenfeld of Scarsdale, N.Y., probably suffered from a disease called Marfan's syndrome. The signs: elastic joints and long fingers with "an extraordinary range of motion...
...tried to escape. Twice he attempted to enter Canada, but was turned away by border officials, who were suspicious of the arsenal of guns and ammunition he was carrying in the back of his white 1963 Chrysler. Schoenfeld began selling his guns, using his own driver's license for identification, and the FBI got on his trail. At dawn last Thursday he was captured as he turned off Highway 101 near Menlo Park, Calif., about one mile from his home in Atherton...
Woods' passion for cars was shared by Jim Schoenfeld, whose father is a well-to-do podiatrist. Schoenfeld and Woods owned a fleet of ancient cars, trucks and motorcycles. Occasionally, Rick Schoenfeld would help fix up the derelicts...
Affluent Families. But just why Woods and the Schoenfeld brothers -members of affluent families-would become involved in kidnaping remained a mystery. The only time that the three got into trouble before was one joyriding night in 1974, they were fined $125 each and put on probation. "We had no reason to expect to see them again," says District Attorney Warren Haas. "They were good kids." Now, charged with 27 counts of kidnaping, they could get life in prison-without parole...