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Baltimore City Councilwoman Joan Carter Conway was unanimously elected last night by the 43rd District Democratic Central Committee to replace state Sen. John A. Pica Jr., who resigned last week.The five-member committee picked Conway over state Del. Ann Marie Doory, who has represented the district in the House of Delegates since 1986. A third candidate, Dr. Charles E. Wiles III, a surgeon who lives in Homeland, withdrew before the vote and threw his support to Doory."I am humbled and honored to be chosen to serve the constituents of the 43rd legislative district," an emotional Conway said after the vote.

Stephen M. Alston Jr. remembers the moment more than eight years ago. Twelve jurors in a room, each with the life of Flint Gregory Hunt in his hands, each saying Hunt's life deserved to end."It was a very somber mood," Alston said recently, sitting pensively at his dining room table. "No one was rejoicing. It's something we took very seriously."The Bible says, 'Thou shalt not kill.' But we had a responsibility to uphold the law."As Hunt's execution for the murder of Baltimore police Officer Vincent J. Adolfo draws near, the people who played a role in his fate must confront the finality of what was set in motion so long ago.They are related neither to Hunt nor to Adolfo.

Robert L. Doory Sr., 76, Martin Marietta analystRobert L. Doory Sr., a retired financial analyst for Martin Marietta Corp. who was active in his church, died of cancer Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 76.Mr. Doory went to work in 1938 in Middle River for what was then the Glenn L. Martin Co. and retired in 1985. He was a member of the Martin Marietta retirees' association.Mr. Doory, a longtime Northwood resident, was an usher and former president of the Holy Name Society at St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church.

A 28-year-old Baltimore man was committed to a mental institution yesterday after admitting he used a saw to decapitate the matriarch of a local Gypsy family last fall because he thought her to be "a demon."Douglas Thomas Clark's voice was barely audible as he pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible to first-degree murder in the slaying of Deborah Stevens, an East Baltimore fortune-teller known as Sister Myra, and to carrying a deadly weapon with the intent of harming her.Baltimore City Circuit Judge Clifton J. Gordy Jr. accepted the pleas and committed Clark indefinitely to the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which will determine if he can ever be released.

Baltimore prosecutors dropped murder charges yesterday dating back 26 years against a Reservoir Hill man because they can't find any witnesses.Herman M. Henderson, formerly known as Mack D. Thomas, was charged in the 1969 fatal shooting of a reputed city drug lord in the 1000 block of Pennsylvania Ave. His original case had been placed on the inactive docket in 1970 because no witnesses were available, according to a docket sheet.In the meantime, the defendant changed his name from Thomas to Henderson and believed the charges against him in the fatal shooting of Clarence "Egypt" Jones, 45, had been dropped.

The 1992 redrawing of legislative lines introduced a number of districts which Baltimore City, because of its declining population, shares with Baltimore County. Among them is the 42nd district, which has added parts of Pikesville as well as Colonial Village, Millbrook, Summit Park, Ruxton, Riderwood and old Lutherville to its base in upper Park Heights, Mount Washington, Roland Park and Guilford.The incumbent senator, Barbara Hoffman, is unopposed in the Democratic primary. In November, however, she will face J. Gary Lee, a nationwide developer and a former state official responsible for construction of Maryland's wholesale produce market in Jessup.

When the judge and the lawyers in Baltimore police Officer Edward T. Gorwell II's manslaughter trial met behind closed doors last Friday with the juror who had been AWOL all day, the discussion turned to the case's racial overtones.More specifically, prosecutor Timothy J. Doory argued that the public would not accept the outcome of the case if it was affected by a black juror's claiming he was mugged by white teen-agers, according to a transcript of the closed hearing obtained by The Sun.The transcript provides a glimpse of the back-room brainstorming that accompanied Baltimore Circuit Judge Ellen M. Heller's ultimately unsuccessful efforts to salvage a case that was on the brink of mistrial.

While authorities wonder whether 8-year-old Timothy A. Washington Jr. is still alive, the man accused of abducting the East Baltimore boy five months ago was freed yesterday.Keith Garrett pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor extortion and received a suspended 18-month sentence in Baltimore Circuit Court. He had been charged with kidnapping the boy and demanding that his ex-girlfriend, who is Timothy's mother, swap their 4-year-old daughter for the boy.Mr. Garrett, 22, was arrested in October and had been held in lieu of bail at the Baltimore City Detention Center.

Sister MaryAnn Glinka's brother testified in Baltimore Circuit Court yesterday that a wristwatch recovered from suspect Melvin Jones had belonged to the slain Franciscan nun.Ernest J. Glinka's testimony came on the second day of Mr. Jones' trial as prosecutors continued to try to link the defendant to Sister MaryAnn and the Franciscan order's North Baltimore convent."

One of Baltimore's top violent-crimes prosecutors will handle the cases against the two teen-agers accused of killing a Westminster couple last month, a defense attorney in the case said yesterday.Although not yet officially entered into the cases against Jason Aaron DeLong, 19, of Westminster and Sara E. Citroni, 17, of Reisterstown, Baltimore Assistant State's Attorney Timothy J. Doory is expected to be appointed prosecutor within a week or so, said Baltimore defense attorney Luther C. West.

Vernice Harris, the Baltimore woman convicted of manslaughter after her 2-year-old daughter died of methadone poisoning, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for failing the drug treatment program that was required for probation. The sentence was the maximum possible. During a contentious hearing before Baltimore Circuit Judge Timothy Doory, Harris' attorney, Maureen Rowland, argued that her client deserved a second chance and that her infractions - writing love notes to a male patient - hardly warranted dismissing her from Second Genesis, a residential treatment program in Crownsville.

A woman convicted of manslaughter in the methadone poisoning death of her toddler was sentenced yesterday to a mental health facility after waiting four months for an available bed. Vernice Harris, 31, is expected to be transferred from the Baltimore Women's Detention Center to Second Genesis, a drug and alcohol treatment center, on Sept. 8, according to prosecutors. Harris has been in jail since January, when she was charged in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Bryanna, who overdosed on methadone.

Defense attorney Leslie Stein gripped both sides of the witness stand on Thursday as he forcefully rebutted allegations that he had tried to coerce a witness in a murder trial to change his testimony. "Of course not!" he exclaimed when Assistant State's Attorney Kevin Wiggins asked Stein whether he'd called witness Christopher Meadows a snitch and threatened him and his family. "Did you tell the witness to lie?" Wiggins asked Stein. Stein threw his hands in the air. "For this case? Why?"

Frank Proctor "Hunk" Doory Jr., a liquor salesman and sports fan, died of liver cancer Saturday at his home in the Ridgely Condominiums in Towson. He was 82. Mr. Doory was born in Baltimore and raised on North Port Street. He was a 1938 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, where he competed in varsity football, basketball, and track and field. He also was active in sports at the University of Maryland, College Park, earning his bachelor's degree in business in 1942. "At the University of Maryland, he was a four-letter man. He played varsity football, basketball, baseball and boxed.

A Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years yesterday for shooting five people, including three children, as he tried to settle a drug score last year. Mark Canty, 31, was convicted in May of five counts of attempted murder and several firearms charges. None of the children was seriously injured, but Judge Timothy J. Doory said it was irrelevant that they were merely grazed by bullets. "You get no credit for lack of aim," Doory said in city Circuit Court. The incident happened July 19 last year when Canty ran into a crowd of people in the 1500 block of Baker St. and fired his .357 handgun several times.

Evoking memories of the loss of the Baltimore Colts, Mayor Martin O'Malley and Comptroller William Donald Schaefer urged lawmakers yesterday to pass legislation to ensure the Preakness remains in Baltimore. O'Malley and Schaefer appeared together to back a bill that would require the owner of Pimlico Race Course to transfer ownership rights to the Preakness trademark to the state as a condition of receiving a license to operate slot machines at the track. Under the legislation, sponsored by Del. Ann Marie Doory, the track owners would continue to have the right to use and profit from the Preakness name.

Stephen M. Alston Jr. remembers the moment more than eight years ago. Twelve jurors in a room, each with the life of Flint Gregory Hunt in his hands, each saying Hunt's life deserved to end."It was a very somber mood," Alston said recently, sitting pensively at his dining room table. "No one was rejoicing. It's something we took very seriously."The Bible says, 'Thou shalt not kill.' But we had a responsibility to uphold the law."As Hunt's execution for the murder of Baltimore police Officer Vincent J. Adolfo draws near, the people who played a role in his fate must confront the finality of what was set in motion so long ago.They are related neither to Hunt nor to Adolfo.

Baltimore City Councilwoman Joan Carter Conway was unanimously elected last night by the 43rd District Democratic Central Committee to replace state Sen. John A. Pica Jr., who resigned last week.The five-member committee picked Conway over state Del. Ann Marie Doory, who has represented the district in the House of Delegates since 1986. A third candidate, Dr. Charles E. Wiles III, a surgeon who lives in Homeland, withdrew before the vote and threw his support to Doory."I am humbled and honored to be chosen to serve the constituents of the 43rd legislative district," an emotional Conway said after the vote.

Robert L. Doory Sr., 76, Martin Marietta analystRobert L. Doory Sr., a retired financial analyst for Martin Marietta Corp. who was active in his church, died of cancer Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 76.Mr. Doory went to work in 1938 in Middle River for what was then the Glenn L. Martin Co. and retired in 1985. He was a member of the Martin Marietta retirees' association.Mr. Doory, a longtime Northwood resident, was an usher and former president of the Holy Name Society at St. Matthew Roman Catholic Church.

Baltimore prosecutors dropped murder charges yesterday dating back 26 years against a Reservoir Hill man because they can't find any witnesses.Herman M. Henderson, formerly known as Mack D. Thomas, was charged in the 1969 fatal shooting of a reputed city drug lord in the 1000 block of Pennsylvania Ave. His original case had been placed on the inactive docket in 1970 because no witnesses were available, according to a docket sheet.In the meantime, the defendant changed his name from Thomas to Henderson and believed the charges against him in the fatal shooting of Clarence "Egypt" Jones, 45, had been dropped.