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The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 21

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The Tennesseani
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Nashville, Tennessee
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TESNESSEAH, lrwitduy, I w. IP, .13 Underwear Found at Rape Site Linked to Parolee During Trial Nashville Area Deaths Elliott's shirts and a pair of his blue jeans to the victim a few hours after the attack for her to identify by touch and smell, testimony showed yesterday. The woman, 35, testified yesterday that she identified, by both the body odor and the texture, one of the shirts as that of her assailant. She said she had tried to note as many characteristics of her attacker as she could, despite her blindfold. The victim, who spent three hours on the witness stand yesterday, testified that her attacker struck her on the mouth when she started to pray aloud.

She said the man, who pried through her back door and had been armed with a sharp instrument, would slap her "whenever I didn't do what he seemed to want." tive Mike Jordan, have on the elastic waistband both Elliott's-last name and the prison number "87463." The garment, which had been examined by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory, was in a sealed package yesterday when Jordan presented it. Defense attorneys Ernie Williams and David King questioned Jordan extensively on the order of events during his investigation to determine if there was any "misconduct by police." THE DEFENSE lawyers expressed suspicion that the clothing item had been "planted" in the victim's bed since Detective Larry Barnes confiscated several items of clothing from Elliott on the morning of his arrest. Barnes, who is expected to testify this morning, brought two of By BILL MITCirUM Tennesson State Correspondent FRANKLIN, Tenn. A pair of men's underwear found in a rape victim's bed had the name and former prison identification number of a Franklin man on trial here for the crime, testimony showed yesterday. Thomas Edward Elliott, 31, of Franklin, is on trial for aggravated rape and first-degree burglary, accused of breaking into the home of a neighbor Jan.

22, blindfolding, binding and raping her, then, robbing her of $6 cash. ELLIOTT WHO was on parole from state prison at the time of his arrest sat passively as prosecutors showed slides of the undergarment as it was found in the victim's bed. The briefs, introduced during the testimony of Franklin Detec College Legislators To Hear Noted Speakers meets four days each November to. consider a variety of issues deemed important to college students. "SINCE ITS founding in 1966, TISL has been the predominate voice of Tennessee college stu-t dents on state issues," said Mark Ross, a Middle Tennessee State Dorothy Appleby, 52, of Donelson, died yesterday at her residence.

Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Hibbett Ilailey Funeral Home. Carrie Well Bess, 71, of Nashville, died Tuesday in Edgefield Hospital. Services 1U30 a.m. tomorrow at Roesch-Patton Dorris Charlton Funeral Home, Broadway Chapel.

uay Carpenter, 70, of Lebanon, died Tuesday in Lebanon. Services 2 p.m today at Nave Funeral Home. James A. Chapman 62, of Spar tanburg, S.C., died Wednesday in Spartanburg. Services 2:30 p.m.

tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg. Marvin E. Deck Sr 80, of Lafay ette, and formerly of Nashville, died yesterday in Macon County General Hospital, Lafayette. Services 10 a.m. tomorrow at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Ira Fisher Grissom, 59, of Madi son, died yesterday in Memorial I los-pital. Services 10 am tomorrow at Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home. John Hobdy, 66, of Nashville, died yesterday in Vanderbilt Hospital. Services 2 p.m tomorrow at Buena Vista Funeral Home. Riley Lee Hughes, of Fairview, died yesterday in Williamson County Hospital.

Services 2 p.m tomorrow at Pettus Owen Wood Funeral Home. Mary Holland Johnson, 76, of Nashville, died Tuesday in Baptist Hospital. Services 10:30 am today at Pettus Owen Wood Funeral Home. Glenn Edward Kaylor 80, of Nashville, died yesterday in Tus caloosa, Ala. Services 10 am tomorrow at Buena Vista Funeral Home.

Robbie Patton Lafferty, 89, of Nashville, died Tuesday in General Hospital. Services 11 am today at Hibbett Hailey Funeral Home. Josephine Gabell Morgan, 75, of Franklin, died yesterday in William son County Hospital. Services 10 a.m. tomorrow at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home.

John L. Neely 84, of Knoxville, died Tuesday in Fort Sanders Hospi tal, Knoxville. Graveside services at noon today at Mount I lope Cemetery in Franklin, Term. Louvenia Rucker, 65, of Nashville, died Monday in Baptist Hospital. Services 1 1 am today at New Hope Baptist Church.

Sadie Stein, 88, of Costa Mesa, and formerly of Nashville, died Tuesday in Costa Mesa Convalescent Home; Graveside services 10 am. tomorrow at KKAI Cemetery. BE PREPARED! BRING THAT HEAT DOWN BY USING THIS REVERSIBLE University senior who has been governor of TISL this year. "We're expecting another year of healthy, vigorous debate on as many as 100 bills and resolutions." Tomorrow, Gov. Lamar Alexander will speak at 11 a.m.

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