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0V CIATH3 TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1997 THE COURIER-JOURNAL B4 IB Suspect in triple slaying believes she's Satan's daughter, lawyer says By ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press PIKEVILLE, Ky. The alleged leader of a group accused in a triple slaying in Tennessee thinks she is a daughter of Satan sent to fight the Christian establishment, her lawyer said yesterday. Eric Conn talked to Natasha Wallen Cornett, 18, of Betsy Layne, on Saturday and Sunday at an Arizona jail. He said she and the other five accused in the April 6 killings of three family members near a highway rest area were on a mission to do Satan's work.

"She believes that Armageddon has already begun, that in the year 2000, all mankind will no longer exist, and that she and other antichrists will re-form the world into this new being, new shape until the year 2012," Conn said. "And then life will begin anew under a new control. Evil will become greater than it already is and will rule everything." He said Cornett believes her particular "dominion as an antichrist" is to "have the children of America and the world rise up against their parents and cast off their bondage." When the group left Kentucky April 6, he said, the only direction they had was the voices in Cornett's head. "They were going on a mission to cause the youth of America to rebel," he said. "Wherever they needed to go to espouse that mission, to put forth that message, they intended to do it." Cornett and the others are charged with tnree counts of murder in the deaths of Vidar and Delfina Lillelid, 20 cuts on her right arm and about 50 on her left." Friends and authorities have talked about a gathering the six had at a Pikeville motel two days before the killings.

Police found blood and razor blades in the room. Conn said Cornett told him about the gathering. "There was a bloodletting," he said. "By her words, blood was just splattering everywhere. They were dancing.

It was a weird erotic frenzy. There was some sex involved, but the sex, as she described it, is more of the sensual coming together of everyone." Conn said they also mixed their blood and drank it. But he said Ms. Cornett denied the ritual was the start of anything. When the Tennessee family was killed in a ditch near the rest area, they were returning to their home in Powell, Tenn.

from a Jehovah's Witness convention. Conn said his client feels adults have tried to force "oppressive" Christian values down her throat. Cornett's mother has acknowledged preaching to the suspects, several of whom have lived at her house. Bryant's father is a preacher, and one friend said Howell talked of her mother standing on stacks of Bibles and sprinkling holy water around the house. "But she (Cornett) believes there is no good," Conn said.

"There are different shades of evil that the Bible is nothing more than the handiwork of a mischievous demon as a joke," and their 6-year-old daughter, Ta-bitha. They were arrested near the Mexican border on April 8, driving the victims' van. Also charged are Edward Dean Mullins, 19, of Toler; Crystal Renea Sturgill, 18, of Betsy Layne; Joseph Lance Risner, 20, of Paintsville; Karen Renea Howell, 17, of Toler; and Jason Bryant, 14, of Marrowbone. The four adults were scheduled to be returned to Tennessee yesterday. Conn said he discussed all aspects of the case with Cornett, but he declined to say whether she acknowledged any crimes or even meeting the victims.

He did say he would have his client, who he said has been diagnosed as manic-depressive, undergo a psychiatric evaluation. "After being to the brink with her and looking into the abyss, I think there's no question she needs to be evaluated mentally," he said. Conn hinted that he would pursue an insanity defense. He said Cornett told him her involvement with the occult began innocently with the purchase of a Ouija board. He said she progressed to "Dungeons and Dragons" and vam- Eire role-playing games, then to ooks about witchcraft.

"It just kept feeding on itself until finally she got to the point where she was able not to just seek information from books anymore, but that Lucifer himself the Devil himself would come and talk to her and tell her how this was to work," he said. "But she could only conjure him up when she would cut her arm and make herself bleed That's why she had almost Plant fire evacuates Slugger Museum a large blue silo behind the building, Corso said. The silo collects the wood chips and sawdust that are continuously vacuumed from lathes and other machines. The fire is still under investigation, but Corso said it could have begun in the silo or could have been started by a smoldering piece of wood sucked into the silo by the vacuum. The evacuation of about 100 tourists and 200 employees went smoothly, witnesses said.

The evacuation "was a little bit boring," said Joop Sepers, a Dutch tourist who bounced a miniature wooden bat on his shoulder as he watched the firefighters work. Streets around the company were blocked off for several hours. "My eyes started burning," said company employee David Carney, who had been working on a new composite bat with a nylon-fiberglass, sleeve. "The whole building filled up LOUISVILLE Louise Agnes Bailey, 91, died Sunday at Mount Holly Nursing Center. She was the former Louise Torsch jand a member of Highland Park Christian Church.

Survivors: a daughter, Shirley Boyd; 10 grandchildren; 21 greatgrandchildren; and 12 great-greatgrandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Arch Heady Hikes Point, 4109 Taylorsville Road. Burial: St. Stephens Cemetery.

Visitation: after 10 a.m. Tuesday. Ruth Baugh, 98, died Saturday at Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Law-renceburg. She was the former Ruth Adams. Survivors: her husband, William I.

Baugh; a son, Stanley T. Baugh; a sister, Nellie Ellis; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation: Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road, after 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday. Memorial gifts: University of Kentucky Hospital's children's unit. Herschel K. Bell, 75, died Sunday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a retired clerk for the U.

S. Postal Service, where he worked 30 years, and a pari-mutuel clerk for Churchill Downs, where he worked 43 years. He was an Army veteran of World War and a member of Moose Lodge 5 and Franseer Club. Survivors: his wife, the former Kathleen Highbaugh; sons Dennis M. and Theodore S.

Bell; a daughter, Lou Anne Barriger; brothers Edwin A. and Albert P. Bell; sisters Gertrude Brow-nell and Georgia Christopher; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, St.

Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1960 Bardstown Road. Entombment: Evergreen Mausoleum. Visitation: Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road, 6-. 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

Wednesday. Memorial gifts: Hospice of Louisville or Mass of the Air. George W. Blair, 86, died Sunday at his home. He was a native of Edmonson County, a retired woodworker for Kroehler Furniture a member of River City Church of God and a former member of the Fairdale Fire District board.

Survivors: a son, Larry Blair; sisters Martha Cranfill, Tanda Thacker and Billie Heyser; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Evergreen, 4623 Preston Highway. Burial: Evergreen. Visitation: 3-8 p.m.

Tuesday and after 10 a.m, Wednesday. Julia Brookshire, 78, died Sunday at Britthaven of South Louisville, i She was the former Julia Howie and a native of Lynchburg, Va. Survivors: a son, William Brookshire; a daughter, Karajean Catlett; a sister, Betty Carr; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, W.G.

Hardy Valley, 10907 Dixie Highway. Burial: Winchester Cemetery. Visitation: after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. James Arthur Bruederle, 68, died Sunday at Norton Hospital.

He was a retired upholsterer for Best of Kentucky, where he worked 36 years; an Army National Guard veteran; and a member of Friday Night Three-by-Two Bowling League. Survivors: his wife, the former Lo-retta Kiernan; sons Anthony C. and Timothy K. Bruederle; brothers David Sr. and Vernie Bruederle; a sister, Frances Bolton; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, Ratter-man's-Portland, 2114 W. Market St. Entombment: Evergreen Mausoleum. Visitation: 5-9 p.m.

Tuesday and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday. Helen L. Clark, 74, died Sunday at Pavilion Health Care Center. She was the former Helen Baity; a native of Winston-Salem, N.

a retired manager of the cafeteria at Butler High School, where she worked 25 fears; and a member of St. Stephen Inited Church of Christ. Survivors: her husband, John Clark; daughters Nancy A. Daniel and Rebecca C. Lanham; a son, John M.

Clark; a brother, I. H. Baity sisters Hazel Kapp and Mary L. Jones; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Graveside service: 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Louisville Memorial Gardens West. No visitation. Arrangements: Owen. James T. Collier, 68, formerly of Louisville, died Sunday in Daytona Beach, Fla.

He was a retired construction worker and a member of New Zion Baptist Church. Survivors: daughters Etta Perry and Jane Sloan; a son, Thomas Williams; sisters Clara Brown, Betty and Mary Woolridge, and Ruth Bachman; brothers Fred, Joe and David Collier; and nine grandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Friday, Perryman's, 3237 W. Broadway.

Burial: Green Meadows Memorial. Visitation: 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Frances D. Cox, 94, died Monday at Parkway Medical Center.

She was the former Frances Davis, a native of Woodford County and a member of Heavenly Heights Christian Church. Survivors: a sister, Susie Hillard, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Arch L. Heady Southern, 3601 Taylor Blvd.

Burial: Versailles Cemetery. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday. John Allen Cublne 72, died Saturday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a retired millwright for the old International Harvester Co.

and an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: his wife, the former Evelyn Marie Ellerman; a son, John A. Cubine brothers Paul, Charles and William Cubine; and two grandchildren. Funeral and visitation will be private. Burial: Resthaven.

Arrangements: Resthaven. Memorial gifts: Concordia Lutheran Church or charity. LOUISVILLE Louise Agnes Bailey, 91 Ruth Baugh, 98 Herschel K. Bell, 75 George W. Blair, 86 Julia Brookshire, 78 James Arthur Bruederle, 68 Helen Clark, 74 James T.

Collier, 68 Frances D. Cox, 94 Robyn Crowder-Schwieman, 33 (Story, Page B5) John Allen Cubine 72 Joe W. Dawes, 72 Michael Anthony Dorris, 52 (Story, Page B5) Lesley Thomas Duke, 50 Delia Mae Friedberg, 75 Evelyn Lillian Hagan, 84 Catherine Clay Johnson, 76 Catherine E. Kappie, 80 Charles W. Lawson, 43 Buford Graham Noe, 71 Helen Fry Hinds Rawls, 89 Charles Richard Rondi, 81 Dora Ann Taylor, 80 Ernest H.

Tinnell, 82 David Nelson Ray Wilburn, 21 (Story, Page B6) Mrs. Eugene Worth, 86 Mary Lou Young, 84 Indiana deaths, Page B5 Survivors: his wife. Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave.

Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: the church, after 10 a.m. Thursday. Arrangements: Pearson's. Memorial gifts: the church or Kentucky Humane SocietyAnimal Rescue League.

Dora Ann Taylor, 80, died Thursday at Christopher East Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Sumpter County, and a retired employee of Blue Boar Cafeteria. Survivors: a friend, Lena Fisher, and a sister-in-law, Novella Amison, both of whom cared for her. Funeral: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Galilee Baptist Church, 3918 W.

Broadway. Burial: Green Meadows Memorial. Visitation: the church, after 10 a.m. Tuesday. Arrangements: G.

C. Williams. Ernest H. Tinnell, 82, formerly of Louisville, died Saturday at his home in Campbellsburg. He was a native of Bardstown, a retired maintenance employee of General Electric Co.

and a Navy veteran of World War II. Survivors: his wife, Etta Tinnell; sons David K. and Harold R. Tinnell; brothers George, James and Louis Tinnell; and six grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Embry-Bosse, 2723 Preston Highway. Burial: Evergreen. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. Tuesday and after 10 a.m. Wednes day.

Mrs. Eugene Worth, 86, formerly of Louisville, died Thursday in Janes-ville, Wis. She was the former Lila Petrie, a native of Milwaukee, former president of Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council, and a member of Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church and Louisville Photographic Society. Survivors: sons Roger and Robert Worth; a daughter, Katherine Magowan; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. The body was cremated.

Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Cedar Crest Chapel, janesville. Arrangements: Whitcomb Funeral Home, Janesville. Memorial gifts: her church. Mary Lou Young, 84, died Sunday at Regency Health Care Center.

She was the former Mary Lou Hay, a native of Green County, and a member of East Audubon Baptist Church and Eastern Star Victory Chapter 447. Survivors: her husband, Maxie B. Young; a daughter, Debbie Young; and brothers Coleman and Garnetl Hay. Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Embry-Bosse, 2723 Preston Highway.

Burial: Resthaven Memorial. Visitation: 2-9 p.m. Tuesday and after 11 a.m. Wednesday. KENTUCKY DEATHS ALBANY Silas Craig, 85 BARDSTOWN Georgia L.

Cecil, 94 BEDFORD Eula Shaw Tingle, 86 BENTON Joseph Dagon, 69 BEREA Muriel Congrove, 88; Robert Stan-iter 54 BOWLING GREEN Charles J. Wilson, 69 BRANDENBURG Mabel Franklin Barger, 78 BURKESVILLE Elmer Holland "Holly" Anderson, 74 CARROLLTON Ben L. Stewart, 87 CECILIA William Carl Wright 69 DRY RIDGE James Arley LaPradd, 60 EDMONTON Tina Mabel Jessie, 76 ELIZABETHTOWN Eugene Burton, 65; Joy E. Miller, 66 EVARTS The Rev. David M.

Hensley, 56 FRANKLIN Ollie Perry, 89 GLASGOW Herman Crow, 76 GREENVILLE Mikel A. Agee, 51; Linda Anne Moms, 61; Florence Ann Sumner, 86 HAZARD Elmira Combs Napier, 86; The Rev. Lewis Daniel Pugh, 74 HODGENVILLE Elizabeth A. Woolett, 79 LEBANON Walter A. "Bear" Adams, 44 LEXINGTON Mary Davis, 80; Cecil Harper, 77; Dortha Haynes, 50; Mildred Jacobs, 76 LIBERTY Kermit Morgan, 83 LONDON Myrtle Cox Delph, 83 MAGNOLIA Bertha Warren Skaggs, 94 MAYFIELD Dorothy West, 74 MIDDLE8URQ Christine Hixson, 84 MORELANO Ralph W.

Carman, 86 MORGANTOWN George Ertest Shain, 67 MUNFORDVILLE Tyler Quinn Oldham, infant son of Allen and Angela Oldham. MURRAY John Wesley Fulton, 95; Harry Hawkins, 90; Patricia L. Kordes, 62 PADUCAH Esther Moore, 96; Earl Osborne, 76 PIKEVILLE Sadie Newsom Charles, 88 PRINCETON Jimella Dorroh, 87; Clyde Gray, 83 RICHMOND Lucille Adams, 89; Sybil Kelley Gardner, 82 SCIENCE HILL George W. Wells, 75 SHELBYVILLE Charles William Marlow, 66 SOMERSET Vilda S. Evans, 82; James Allen Herrm 61 STANFORD Charles W.

Markham, 86 TOMPKINSVILLE Hubert Hagan, 86 VIRGIE Thomas Wayne Burke, 47 WHITLEY CITY Logan Flynn 59 WILLIAMSBURG Sheila Moses. 36 Joe W. Dawes, 72, died Sunday at Caritas Medical Center. He was a native of Brownsville, a retired employee of the old International Harvester a Navy veteran of World War II and a Baptist. Survivors: his wife, the former N.

Christine Sutherland; sons Joe Jr. and Michael Dawes; sisters Mildred Blan-ton, Elaine Becca, Nadine McDaniel and Ann Calderone; and two grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Owen, 5317 Dixie Highway. Burial: Lebanon National Cemetery, Marion County.

Visitation: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday. Lesley Thomas Duke, 50, of 2318 Griffith died there Monday. He was a native of Grayson County, an employee of Sullivan Cozart Inc. and a member of Carpenters Union Local 64.

Survivors: his wife, the former Elizabeth Orkies; daughters Melissa Ken-nell and Chrissy Duke; a son, William Duke; sisters Zelda Embry, Clara Jones, Reva Webb, Kathy Newton and Mary Martin; and five grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Schoppenhorst Underwood's, 19th and Market streets. Burial: Bates Cemetery, Caneyville. Visitation: p.m.

Tuesday. Delia Mae Friedberg, 75, died Saturday at Columbia Audubon Hospital. She was the former Delia Mae Swain and a native of Muhlenberg County. Survivors: her husband, William Friedberg; a son, William Friedberg; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Schoppenhorst-Neurath Brooks, Preston Highway and Hebron Lane. Entombment: Hebron Mausoleum. Visitation: 1-8 p.m. Tuesday. Evelyn Lillian Hagan, 84, died Monday at Summerfield Manor.

She was the former Evelyn Wing-feld and a member of St. Stephen United Church of Christ. Survivors: a son, Walter L. Hagan; a daughter, Peggy Ann Schmidt; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Owen, 5317 Dixie Highway. Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: 1-9 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial gifts: his church.

Catherine Clay Johnson, 76, of 726 S. 36th died Friday at Jewish Hospital. She was a native of Oldham County-Survivors: daughters JoAnn Kins-low, Elonda Johnson-Wilson and Jamesetta Johnson-Mitchell; sisters Eva Mae Gilbert, Margaret Love and Elizabeth Clay; brothers Leslie Jr. and Foster Clay; and seven grandchildren. Funeral: 11 a.m.

Thursday, St. Stephen Baptist Church, 1008 S. 15th St. Burial: New Albany National. Visitation: G.

C. Williams, 1935 W. Broadway, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Catherine E.

Kappie, 80, died Sunday at Willow Brook Manor in Clarksville, Ind. She was the former Catherine E. Nally, a native of Springfield, a retired employee of Brown Williamson Tobacco Corp. and a member of Barkley Democratic Club. Survivors: daughters Barbara Pfeiffer and Betty Joann Hall; sons Mike, David and Noah Kappie; sisters Margaret Ziegler, Cordy Spencer and Mary Schick; brothers John and Jay Nally; 13 grandchildren; and 18 greatgrandchildren.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Holy Name Catholic Church, 2914 S. Third St. Burial: St. Michael Cemetery.

Visitation: O. D. White Sons, 2727 S. Third 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday.

Memorial gifts: Mass of the Air. Charles W. Lawson, 43, formerly of Jefferson County, died Sunday at Tri-County Baptist Hospital in La Grange. He was a native of Eminence and a self-employed construction worker. Survivors: his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Earl Lawson brothers Earl Richard and Gregory Lawson; and sisters Mildred Lawson, Zelma Bowen and Earline Green. Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Eminence. Burial: Eminence Cemetery.

Visitation: the church, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday. Arrangements: Hathaway Clark. Buford Graham Noe, 71, died Sunday at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Green County, a retired forklift operator at Thoroughbred Containers an Army and Marine veteran of the Korean War, and a member of Okolona Masonic Lodge 853, Veterans of Foreign Wars Shepherdsville Post and Bullitt County Rod and Gun Club.

Survivors: his wife, the former Esther Pike; daughters Jane Simpson and Linda Sue Nalley; a son, Sam Moss; 15 grandchildren; and 29 greatgrandchildren. Funeral: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Arch L. Heady Okolona, 8519 Preston Highway. Burial: Highland Memory Gardens, Mount Washington.

Visitation: 2-9 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial gifts: American Cancer Society. Helen Fry Hinds Rawls, 89, of Salisbury Square, died Monday at Roberts' Family Care in Providence. She was a native of Canton, a former secretary at John Hancock Life Insurance and a member of St.

Matthews United Methodist Church. Survivor: her husband, Robert Rawls. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday, Highlands, 3331 Taylorsville Road. Bunal: Crown Hill Cemetery, Salem, Ind.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Arrangements: Morgan's Funeral Home, Princeton. Charles Richard Rondi, 81, died Monday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a retired purchasing agent for Joseph E.

Seagram Sons an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II, and a member of Purchasing Agents Association of Louisville and American Legion Zachary Taylor Post 180. By MARK SCHAVER The Courier-Journal More than 300 people had to leave the Louisville Slugger Museum and Hillerich Bradsby Co. bat factory yesterday when fire broke out in a vacuum system that collects wood chips and sawdust from the bat-making. Thick smoke filled both the museum and the factory at 800 W. Main St.

"in a matter of minutes," Louisville Fire Chief John Corso said. No one was injured. The museum will be open today, but tours of the factory may not be available, said Chuck Schupp, Hillerich Bradsby's manager of professional sales. An American Civil Liberties Union tribute to Jackie Robinson at the museum went on as scheduled last night. A sprinkler system quickly put out the fire, which began before 3 p.m.

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