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...case is going to be to you like a puzzle," District Attorney Lewis R. Slaton, 59, told jurors during opening arguments in the long-awaited case of Georgia vs. Wayne B. Williams. The 23-year-old black freelance photographer has been accused of killing two of the 28 young blacks who were slain during Atlanta's notorious 22-month series of murders. "At the conclusion there will be enough pieces in the puzzle that you will see the truth." Meanwhile, he suggested folksily, "Sit back and enjoy yourselves as much as possible." Slaton even urged the jurors to show...
Indeed, weaving an indictment, and ultimately a conviction, out of such slender threads may prove difficult for Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton. Just a few days before he authorized Williams' arrest, Slaton had told reporters that the case was too weak to warrant the move. Why the D.A. changed his mind was the source of much speculation. According to some reports, Slaton's hand had been forced at a meeting he attended at the mansion of Georgia Governor George Busbee two days before Williams' arrest. Sources in both Atlanta and Washington confirmed that such a gathering...
...Williams awaits the grand jury hearing ("within a month, but not within a week," says Slaton), investigators continue to seek evidence linking him to Cater's murder and some of the other 27 deaths. Officials are particularly intrigued by his possible links to Atlanta's gay underworld: some of the victims are believed to have been homosexual prostitutes. They are also looking into the suspect's mysterious talent-recruiting and recording business, which after three years of operation and considerable investment had yet to produce a record. Williams auditioned and courted hundreds of young black singers, mostly...
...wrangling among investigators "makes us look like Keystone Kops," says a senior FBI agent, "the problem is not with the Atlanta police; the problem is we've got a local prosecutor who is balking at prosecution." The feds are so fed up with Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton's reluctance to charge Williams, TIME Correspondent Evan Thomas has learned, that the U.S. Attorney's office may seek a special prosecutor in the case. "Someone with more courage," as one G-man puts it. Slaton might be more courageous if he felt the evidence were stronger...
...walk Montgomery, who so far this spring is giving every indication that he can do the job for Boston until Carlton fisk returns, delivered the key blow, a double into the left field corner scoring Yaz and Evans. Rick Burleson subsequently singled Monty home sending Brewer starter Jim Slaton to the shewers...