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To: bmart who wrote (46714)	5/5/1998 12:28:00 AM
From: Riley G	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 55532

Two Swiss Guards, woman shot dead in Vatican dailynews.yahoo.com By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY - In the first violent killings in the Vatican in living memory, the newly appointed commandant of the papal Swiss Guard, his wife and a younger Swiss Guard were found shot dead, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told Reuters there was preliminary evidence to suggest the younger Swiss Guard had killed the new commandant and his wife in a "moment of madness" before turning a gun on himself. The dead were Captain Commandant Alois Estermann, 43, his wife Gladys Meza, a Venezuelan, and vice-corporal Cedric Tornay, 23. Both Estermann and Tornay were Swiss nationals. Estermann had been appointed the new commandant of the 100-member Swiss Guard, the world's smallest and perhaps most colorful army, less than 10 hours earlier by Pope John Paul. He was the Swiss Guard who tried to shield the pope from further attack during the 1981 assassination attempt on the pontiff in St Peter's Square. Navarro-Valls said Tornay's gun was found under his body in the Estermanns' apartment in the Vatican. The bodies were found after 9 p.m. Monday after a neighbor in the Vatican heard noises coming from the apartment, he said. They were believed to be the first violent deaths in the Vatican in living memory, Navarro-Valls said. The pope had been informed of the killings. Navarro-Valls said the Vatican's sole magistrate, Luigi Marone, had begun an investigation and that medical officials of the tiny city state had ordered autopsies for later on Tuesday morning. "From a first, summary inspection, it is possible to affirm that all three were killed by gunfire," Navarro-Valls said. "The vice-corporal's ordnance gun was found under his body...the information available until now allow us to hypothesize (that the killings were caused by) a moment of madness by the vice-corporal," the spokesman added. Estermann, well known by Vatican reporters because he often accompanied the pope on overseas travels, was named "Captain Commandant" of the guards by the pope on Monday. Estermann, who had been deputy commandant since 1989, joined the guard force in 1980. He distinguished himself a year later when he jumped on the moving "popemobile" in St Peter's Square seconds after Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca shot and nearly killed the Pope on May 13, 1981. Estermann, who was wearing plain clothes at the time, shielded the pope from any further attack and helped hold the Pontiff up while the popemobile raced to an ambulance. The Swiss Guards were founded in 1506. On May 6, 1527, 147 Swiss Guards died in St Peter's Square protecting Pope Clement VII during the sacking of Rome by the forces of Emperor Charles V. Guards on sentry and ceremonial duty still dress in tunics of blue, red and yellow and are armed with medieval halberds. Legend has it that the uniforms were designed by Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo. For routine work, the guards wear blue uniforms with puffy sleeves, trousers and berets. They are all that is left of the pontifical military corps the popes once fielded to protect their temporal power, which is now reduced to the 108 acres of Vatican City. The work of the guards, who must be of Swiss nationality and Roman Catholic, is mainly ceremonial. They also carry out sentry duty outside Papal apartments and at the four main entrances to the Vatican. Guards in plain clothes accompany the pope on his travels abroad, where they work together with other Vatican security forces and local police to protect the pope.

To: bmart who wrote (46714)	5/5/1998 12:57:00 AM
From: Yacht Trash	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 55532

Mr bmart, While this appears very juicy info, you post no plausible sources to verify your DD, hence IMO, it is suspect to say the least!! If you have something to add to this board that is substantive, then do so, otherwise quit playing your petty head games with RMIL shareholders!! BOTTOM LINE......Put up or shut up!!! This is a discussion board not a playground for undocumented (one sided) conjecture goons!!! What is you point, and what are your sources?? <edit> Pugs, if you are on to something here that I am not, my apologies......Garry