Five of Ryan's killers identified as Ukiahans

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Five of Ryan's killers identified as Ukiahans
Kathy Hunter (owner and editor)
Ukiah Daily Journal

Five of the ____ men who gunned down Cong. Leo Ryan and ___ others as they were leaving Jonestown by chartered plane with some People's Temple members who "wanted out" of their jungle "prison" were reportedly from Ukiah.

The information was called in late this evening by a Guyanese government official.

In a guarded telephone call from Georgetown, where the government monitors nearly all of incoming and outgoing calls, the informant said that ____ Bob Nice and Al _____ were dead, but no information was available on Tom K____, Joe W____ and S___ Kelly, who were reportedly with the group who murdered the Congressman, two NBC ___ and a San Francisco Examiner photographer, along with Patricia Parks of Ukiah, a temple member who begged Ryan to "get her out."

The information has yet to be ?confirmed? and when the U.S. embassy in Georgetown was called a spokesperson by the name of _____ said he could give out no information "at this time."

Many doors are locked and barricaded in Ukiah and other parts of California, where ____, led by Jim Jones, was active. Ukiah___ were seeking - and receiving - police protection from the possibility that Jones pre-____? ?statement? that no matter who died in Guyana -___ "hit squad" would return to the United States to "take care of"" temple critics and detractors. Several ex-members of the cult here have gone into hiding.

Temple sold most of Co. holdings
by Mitchell Land___ng
Journal Staff Writer

Little is left of the massive property holdings acquired by the People's temple during its heyday in Mendocino County.
Only two pieces of People's temple property remain in the county - the church itself on East Road in Redwood Valley and the "Happy Acres ___-?ranch? on Road? K>?

Nearly a million dollars worth of property was sold by the temple here in 1976 and 1977. Records in the County Recorder's Office show that ?much? of the property had been given to the church by its members.

The church building is reported to be in escrow at present.Informed sources say it is being sold to the Redwood valley Community Church.

The Temple building, including the adjacent house formerly occupied by Rev. Jim Jones has been assessed at close to $200,000. This is at Prop. 13 - or 1975 - values.

Happy Acres, also known as the Road? K ranch, is assessed at $100,000? $186,000? It takes up some 37 acres including 11 acres of vineyard and has been used as care home for the mentally retarded.

____ Wells confirmed that People's Temple property could be listed under some other name, making it difficult to locate in county records.

There was no property listed under the name of James Jones.

Jones' signature is found? on numerous transactions made by the temple over the past few years, however records indicate that the church underwent a campaign of getting rid of its Mendocino County property during 1987 and 1977.

During those years some ___ pieces of property owned by the People's Temple were sold. There are few sales listed before 1976 and more after Dec? 1977?

And County deed records show an interesting pattern in a number of ?cases?, the church was given property by its members for immediate resale.

In those cases, property was given to the temple and sold the same day. It is also likely that many properties were given to the temple after a period of ______ ___ years, but this is more difficult to establish.

During 1976, the Temple sold 11 properties worth $217,000? There were atually 14? parcels involved in the 11 sales, and sic of these were given to the ___ the day of hte sale.

In 1977, 14 sales were made, Four of these involved property given to the church the same day.

Total sales in 1977 ___________ $700,000? records show. The ?total? ____ over two years is some _____.

Wells said the actual sales were probably more than the assessed cash value, which is the figure indicated on the deeds.

One former member of the People's Temple has told the San Francisco Chronicle ___ members were routinely ordered to sign their deeds, often without knowing what they ____.

During 1976 and 1977, all deeds were notarized by the three notary publics - Grace ?Stoen?, James Randoph, and Harold _____.

All were members of the temple at the time.

Among the people who gave the temple their property were Linda Amos and Gerald ____, Patricia Parks. Amos is reported to have killed herself at Temple headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana on Saturday. Patricia Parks was one of those killed at the Port Kaiiuma airstrip that night.

Others who handed over property include ________, Raymond? ____ and Violet Go_____, Tim and Grace ____, K___ and Eugene? Chaikjns. (Eugene Chaikins was the temple's attorney), James and Betty P____. T___(tom) and Wanda Kice? Charles and Carol T____ and Delores? Evans?.



At least 17 area residents died in Temple mass suicide

Names of the 12 former residents of Ukiah and Redwood Valley were on a partial list of ___ victims of the Jonestown mass suicide and massacre which occurred Saturday in Jonestown, the Guyana religious agricultural community founded by Jim Jones, pastor of the People's Temple Church.

Included, all from Ukiah are Velma? Barnes, Jack Beam, Dorothy Bockley? Patricia? Patrick? Cartmell, Patty Cartmell, Candace Cordell, Chris Cordell, Amanda Fair?, a Mr. Fa__ Ma___ Harris, Paulette Jackson and Karen Layton.

From Redwood Valley, Jim Jones, Marceline Jones, D___ Kahalas?, Tim Swaney??? and Billy Jones, reportedly the pastor's grandson.

According to latest reports, ___ Temple Members committed suicide or were shot shortly after an execution squad killed Cong. Leo Ryan, three newsmen and Patricia Parks of Ukiah, who was leaving the commune with the delegation, as they prepared to take off from a small airport near the Temple _______.