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BAf the examiner Friday Sept 14 1979 He murdered his mate livery country has its celebrated murder case that one murder which becomes indelibly identified with the country In which it was perpetrated The United States has con Iihuted the Lindbergh kidnapping Canada produced Albert iuay while among its galaxy of infamous cases Englands lack the Ripper stands out above the rest South Africa had given us more than her fair share of unusual cases but for sheer intrigue and speculation the one case which rises above all the others is the notorious Cohen case Isidore Cohen like thousands of other refugees fled from lithuania to escape the oppressive yoke of zarist Russia At the age of 16 Isidore landed in South Africa Soon he mastered the language and opened small furniture shop in Cape Town The store flourished Isidore correctly deduced that the bulging city would expand along the Atlantic Seaboard He invested heavily in land gradually gaining ownership of virtually all of Camps Bay then almost desert situated about five miles from Cape Town When Isidores property was turned into an entire suburb and resort area land values soared Cohen became multi millionaire Isidore married and sired one son Ronald Because he as self made man he insisted that his son make his own mark in life best schools in Cape Town He lived with his mother and father in large luxurious home in Kenilworth After atten ding the University of Cape Town Ronald then 25 took trip to visit relative in Paris While in Paris he met Marlit Brand an attractive Hungarian refugee Ronald and Marlit were married in Sept 1954 Four years later the cou ple were divorced In 1961 Ronald Cohen met beautiful Susan Jonson He was 32 and Susan was 17 The pair fell madly in love and wanted to marry immediately Susans parents urged Ronald to wait year until Susan was 18 Then if the lovers felt the same way about each other they would receive the Jonsons blessing While Ronald was creative in affairs of the heart so too was he busy in the world of commerce Starting out as clerk in hardware store he soon rose to become an ex ecutive of the firm He branched out until he owned Fletcher and Cartwrights one of Cape Towns leading department stores Soon Ronald Cohens business empire included over dozen different profitable enterprises Ronald and Susan wre married and in 1966 Susan gave birth to son Unfortunately this child was to be the victim of an accident strangling himself in his crib less than year ater The Cohens took the death of their son extremely hard but little by little the great pain of their loss subsided Ronald threw himself into his various business enterprises becom ing bona fide workaholic Eventually the Cohens had two more children who were adored by their parents The Cohens with their lovely home lovely children and lovely millions were devoted happy couple until the night of April 1970 Miss Merry had retired early The other ser vants were asleep in their quarters Suddenly Miss Merry who was lying in bed reading book heard Mr Cohen shouting Yvonne Yvonne come quickly Ronald Cohen appeared in the doorway of her unlocked bedroom His shirt was covered with blood Come quickly he urged the startled governess Someone has broken in Once in the library Cohen kneeled beside his fallen wife Miss Merry noticed with horror that Susan Cohens head had been crushed Her nose was pulpy mass and her jaw had been fractured Susan had taken blow behind the right ear with such force that it had nearly severed the ear Miss Merry made mental note that the door leading from the library to the terrace was open Rain was falling outside Cohen instructed the governess to call the police and then gather up the two children Jonathan and Jacqueline Under Cohens direction Miss Merry ushered the children into powder room the only room in the house without windows The police arrived and after examining the murder scene questioned the grief stricken husband Ronald told the investigating officers that he and his wife were relaxing in the library earlier that evening He excused himself and left to use the bathroom When he returned his wife was struggling in the middle of the room with blond stranger Ronald described the intruder as being between 27 and 30 Id eeks blo hair dre Hope sars in ina special Big Bird BaSketball is big ballet superstar Mikhail charter plane for Big Bird AX HAINE 1979 Toronto Sun Syndicate Ronald attended Rondebosch Boys High School one of the wednesday tv EVENING 900 Boo MOVIE OF THE WEEK Mrs Rs Iniugnter 1979 Stars ms Leachman Sen 909m® NEWS Swim HOLLYWOOD SQUARES CHARLIES ANGELS The Angels CAROL BURNETT AND lindthemselvesmtnerouphtoughworldothign Nt Isk Ih It rdrcovoras FRIENDS itrtijerlshto heart IBISQIIJIluiMril Company POLKA DOT DOOR mm powwow was 50 mins 630 MOVIE TTLE NBC NEWS UNANNOUNCED MIND YOUR LANGUAGE It REAL PEOPLE Jenn Barbour mm CBS NEWS the nation Iallfat Nielsen tarmly Byron lv In Itrol II dleOik1IiIg and Slur ABC NEWS 11ophzngonijsltstIjIICity 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of fear and 5331innTTasgfagahxiizohflgterz ESVE anger Ronald grabbed bronze sculpted rams head and hargedwiththemurderolIormercalIglrlDawn SSUSPENSECOMEDY 15 raced towards the struggling pair Cohen surprisingly °imm mm 131 Aramm roo enough could not say whether or not he had struck his wifes as based on Robert Louis Stevensons Touonnow assailant with the bronze statue In fact he could only tell Bics 130 the police that the next thing he remembered was regaining WHAT wLL THEY THNK NEWS consciousness and finding his wifes body behind couch 13 NEXT GONG SHOW It was rather unsatisfactory explanation of life and as RICH MAN POOR MAN BOOK PTL CLUBTALK AND death struggle When questioned as to the condition of the VARIETY strangers hands Cohen quickly added that he was wearing it 830 220 gloves Other than blood splattered rug and one overturn THE REAL STORY MOVIE COMDV ed chair the library showed little evidence of struggle QUIZ KIDS SHOW LOW 50 Back Evilrig tziikenepiahe thfre Cohens arms were badly scratch aim at is wife had inflicted the scratches mistake during the hectic struggle r0 The fact was police didnt belieiée thgre hadeléeen in truder Ronald Cohen was arrest an char wit murder of his wife While out on bail Cohen had an unnerving experience or WINNIPEG CF Two Uhi 31 34 41 or 46 tones have been at least he claimed he did After VISltlng his tailor In varsity of Manitoba professors investigated by scientists Since downtown Cape Town he said he spottedhis Wife killer on predict that music composers early this century he profes the street The killer saw Cohen at preCIsely the same mo and interpreters win one day he sors say merit and took off Cohen gavechase but lost the man in the using Hone harmonic scale In recent years compositions crowd Hav1ng lost track of his quarry he asked an elderly instead of the traditional 12 in 17 or 34 tones have been writ lady if she had seen blond man dash past The lady one scale on in California answered in the affirmative and directed Cohen up Aderley Dr Glehh Swim and Dr Maw St Later despite advertising for the lady to come forward rice Yunik 53V they piah to Cohen was unable to locate her and thus lost his one op prove Hone music is more Portunity to Prove 15 WW was We logical than either the tradi Cohen later commissmned an artist to paint picture of anal scale or qcams Which the killer from his description He had the painting widely have as mahym 4h tones distributed and offered substantial reward but the man in In the hands dnd minds of gih the painting was never located On Aug 24 1970 Ronald Cohens murder trial opened in Eggncxmpgfggsagfu913231 Cape Town It was one of the most publicized trials ever to beautiful music than we have take place in South Africa In essence the entire case boiled ever known says qwm down to one question Was Cohens story of an intruder to be Gregoriah chant and much believed or did he kill his wife and invent the story to avoid of the music of the middle ages punishment The presiding judge stated that taking all the circumstan 23 bffige onahiieifivegfiggfi tial evidence in its totality he could come to no other conclu tunes were haqed on only five sion but to find Cohen guilty He added that in his judgment pitches per octave 39 PF ed Musical systems using 19 22 FIVE POINTS BARBIE CONVALESCENT AIDS in China They wanted me to play basketball for the national team but turned them down Bob Hope Did they offer you anything Big Bird Chicken feed How do you fly an 82 bird around China That was only one of the problems confronting the producers of NBCTVS The Road to China three hour spectacular starring Bob Hope pictured with Big Bird in the first variety special to originate from mainland China airing Sunday Sept 16 Sesame Streets Big Bird is one of the guest stars on the show along with international Baryshnikov country music headliner Crystal Gayle mime duo Shields and Yarnell and disco singers Peaches and Herb Now working out the details of flying human stars around China is one thingflying Big Bird is something else Pro ducerdirector Bob Wynn had to obtain passport and an ex tra seat on an airplane for Big Bird as well as his alterego Carroll Spinney It was most difficult to get the Chinese of ficials to understand that we needed an extra seat from Pek ing to Shanghai for Big Bird Wynns solution was laLIl EugtaBs and other members of the 43 person contingent from Peking BUSINESSMENS lUNCHE to Shanghai Chinas largest ci BUFFET STYLE ty population over 11 million Peking police couldnt Roast Beef 225 understand why Wynn wanted spareribs 225 to have Big Bird walk down the main boulevard of the city 10 lane street with Hope especially when Wynn tried to explain that there was man inside the bird think they considered throwing net over me and taking me to the local looney bin Wynn smiles Hope and Big Bird sing Together at the Temple of Heaven in Peking iltux can Special of the Day L95 All dinners include mashed potatoes veg roll REMEMBER AMATLlR 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