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Judge Holds Greenfield
Without Bond For Trial

By SANDY DIVINE

The result of a detention
hearing held in connection
with the Mary F. Jordan murder
case was announced by City
Commonwealth's Attorney
John . Camblos, Friday.

The suspect, a juvenile, who
was held in custody in the city
jail, will be held without bond
for a January 17, 1973, trial.

Dr. Edward Harlow, the
pathologist who performed the
autopsy on Miss Jordan, said
test results do not indicate
sexual assault. He said he is still
awaiting results from other
tests, but does not anticipate
evidence to the contrary.

He said Miss Jordan was
"stabbed over 15 times" and
that death apparently resulted
from loss of blood.

Miss Jordan was found
bleeding from the wounds in
the parking lot of the
Westminster Presbyterian
Church on Rugby Road at
12.45 a.m. last Wednesday.
She died at University Hospital
approximately two hours later
after an unsuccessful operation
to save her life.

Greenfield was apprehended
by Richmond police at the
Medical College of Virginia
Hospital in Richmond
Wednesday afternoon. He had
last been seen bleeding heavily
from serious cuts on two
fingers of his right hand.

Originally from Brewster,
New York, Greenfield had no
apparent prior police record.
He reportedly came to
Charlottesville three weeks ago
and worked at Poe's on the
Corner where Miss Jordan was
also employed. Employees at
Poe's said Greeneld had asked
Miss Jordan for a ride home
after work. They described him
as "just a drifter."

Poe's was closed all day
Saturday and relatively empty
that night as many employees
had gone to Arlington, Virginia
to attend funeral services for
their co-worker, Miss Jordan.

Monsignor Richard J.
Burke, one of three Catholic
priests who conducted the
hour long service for Miss
Jordan at the St. Thomas
Moore Church in Arlington,
said he could not remember what
he said during the service,
saying, "I spoke as the moment
took me."

Around 40 cars were in the
procession from the church to
the National Memorial
Cemetery 15 minutes away in
Falls Church.

Delivering his statement
personally to Daily Progress
editor, George Biggers, Mr.
Camblos warned the Progress
to say nothing more about the
case, or face possible court
action. Mr. Camblos said he
had been instructed by Judge
Ralph P. Zehler "that nothing
more than this (the statement)
is to be printed."

"The juvenile's name is not
to be used, nor is what has
been previously printed to be
rehashed," he said.

If the newspaper disobeys
the request of the court, Mr.
Camblos said, injunctive
proceedings may be instituted
under the laws limiting the
printing of news in matters
relating to juveniles.

Wednesday morning, before
the suspect had been
apprehended, Mr. Camblos
identified him as Ronald W.
Greenfield, but at that time his
age was believed to be 22.
After his arrest it was
determined that he was only
17.

Answering Mr. Camblos,
Mr. Biggers said, "Since the
name of the juvenile defendant
this case was originally
released by the
Commonwealth's Attorney,
and not the Progress, we see no
way of pretending not to know
it."

Mr. Biggers also said that
since the judge's order was not
formal, the Progress could not
comply with it and cease
"publication of the facts as
they are learned in the Mary
Jordan murder case."

Thursday afternoon a
Progress staff reporter and a
photographer were taken by
police into an office in the
police headquarters where Mr.
Camblos warned against taking
pictures of the accused at the
closed in-take hearing that they
were covering.