NBC news correspondent Don Harris was part of our delegation, and was well versed on the accusations against Jones. After Larry and Carolyn Layton joined the cult, Larry stopped writing to his parents and would not accept phone calls from them. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. His following grew, and Jones became the leader of one of the first mixed-race churches in Indiana. After that, she never stopped going back, Dr. Layton said. In the months leading up to the trip, my boss, Congressman Leo Ryan, had been contacted by worried constituents whose loved ones were members of a San Francisco-based religious group called the Peoples Temple, which had fled to South America for the promise of a utopian commune led by their preacher, Jim Jones. ( 2007-01-15) [1] Jonestown: Paradise Lost is a 2007 documentary television film on the History Channel about the final days of Jonestown, the Peoples Temple, and Jim Jones. [37], Lawton is an advocate for prisoners and their rights, and comments on the justice system. the attorney said. [26] Lawton does not hold a degree in child psychology or criminology. To go back to the gunshots. They were married in 1966 and a year later Larry, who as a Quaker had obtained a draft deferment as a consciencious objector, moved with his new wife to Ukiah in northern California to serve in lieu of military duty as a medical technician at the Mendocino State Hospital. But I was one of very few women who held senior staff positions in Congress at the time, and I was concerned that if I gave in to my reluctance and let a male colleague go in my place, Id be setting back women in politics. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. "[27] Another time he said: "I had my arms pinned down, and I was beaten and peed on by the guards. Mr. Layton was also convicted of conspiracy in the attempted murder of Richard C. Dwyer, the deputy chief of the United States mission to Guyana, who was among those wounded at the airstrip. The parole examiner said he was deeply troubled that Larry had remained in prison for so long well in excess of the five years recommended by the sentencing judge and noted Larrys exemplary behavior while in federal custody. I just needed to hang on. Under the Federal parole system, a person sentenced to life in prison is not normally considered for parole until 10 years have been served. It looked staged. [7] Lawton attended Intermediate IS 192 and Lehman High School, but did not graduate. [25], Law enforcement officials and judges have supported the program. [3][4] He has acted as a spokesperson for prisoners and prisoner issues,[5] been a vocal advocate for prison reform, and made appearances in the media as an expert on robberies. While trying to keep the peace, he had been attacked with a knife. [16] Then in October 1994, four individuals robbed a jewelry store in Palm Bay, Florida. In 1965, after riots shook Watts, an African-American neighborhood in Los Angeles, Ryan briefly took a job there as a substitute teacher while serving in the state Assembly, and used the experience to shape education policy. Monica confirmed that she wanted to leave. Lawrence Robert Lawton (born October 3, 1961) is an American ex-convict, author, paralegal, motivational speaker, and YouTuber. Of the more than 900 members of Joness congregation who had moved there, nearly a third were children. 1978 CULT FIGURE GETS LIFE TERM IN CONGRESSMAN'S JUNGLE SLAYING, https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/04/us/1978-cult-figure-gets-life-term-in-congressman-s-jungle-slaying.html. Initially she was allowed to recuperate in a cabin of her own, but later she was moved into a crowded dormitorystyle cabin with other elderly women. Her childhood playmates included cousins and friends from some of the bestknown families of Germany's Jewish aristocracy, such as the Berensons and Rothschilds. ref: Sparkle Lee Larry Layton 40-36 Tony Lundy 40-36 Lindsey Page 40-35 2020-01-10: Alicia Napoleon Espinosa: L-UD. Members of the press and the Concerned Relatives waited behind on the airstrip until the truck could come back for a second load. Besides, when had a congressman ever been assassinated on foreign soil while on a congressional delegation trip? '', See the article in its original context from. Layton was attracted to the Utopian principles of the temple and its multi-racial flock, living and working together under the guidance of Jones, a combination professed faith-healer and leftist political prophet. In May 1978, she was sent by Jones to Georgetown to chaperone some Temple children on a cultural exchange. Larry shot and wounded two people at the Port Kaituma airstrip on 18 November 1978, and he attempted to shoot a third. On the plane to Guyana, Nov. 18, 1978. In addition, Mr. Layton was convicted of aiding and abetting the murder of Mr. Ryan and the attempted murder of Mr. Dwyer. We worked quickly to locate and speak to the individuals whose families had contacted our office and had been campaigning for their return. Mr. Jones repeatedly sent word to her that he could cure her from Guyana, and she waited for his efforts to work. Increasing numbers of people approached us. He is serving a life sentence in the federal prison at Lompoc. Deborah and Larry Layton were still with Mr. Jones at that point, having remained as key lieutenants even after his doctrine of good works and selflessness had begun to become an increasingly paranoid selfadulation. In San Francisco, his church was lauded for its social programs, and Jones efforts to feed the poor and fight segregation found receptive ears with progressive politicians. Jim Jones would order more than 900 of his followers to commit suicide. Layton, Deborah 1953- PERSONAL: Born in 1953, in Tooele, UT; daughter of Laurence Laird and Lisa Layton; married; children: Lauren. From her childhood, friends said, Mrs. Layton had carried a deep fear of cancer. A former high school teacher, he was swept into politics by the idealism of the Kennedy era and elected mayor of South San Francisco before running for state Assembly. In 1970, as chairman of a committee overseeing prison reform, he assumed a pseudonym and had himself booked, strip-searched and incarcerated for 10 days at Folsom State Prison, revealing his identity only when it was time to be released. To access these PDF files you must have the free Adobe Reader installed. [28], After release he went to Palm Bay, Florida and started LL Research and Consulting and met a business partner. In August 1979, he joined the Coast Guard[9] and took part in the Mariel boatlift. How could I not like the good things they were doing?. The defense attorney urged jurors to consider conditions at Jonestown and their impact on Mr. Layton. Layton did so. Onboard, every bump we hit shot an arrow of pain through my body. Her father, a talented violinist hated his father for making him go into banking rather than music. [21] Lawton was arrested by the FBI on December 2, 1996, in Florida and charged with the Fairless Hills armed robbery. When people refer to the Jonestown massacre as a mass suicide, I am enraged. Her brother, Larry, later became the only person ever charged in connection with the airstrip massacre and, after two trials, was convicted in 1986 of conspiring to murder Ryan. Last May, while serving Mr. Jones as a trusted aide, she escaped from Jonestown and tried in vain to alert the world that he was preparing for a mass suicide in order to establish a place for himself in history. Friends of Larry Layton recall that Mr. Jones took both Carolyn and Karen from him after having the women watch him force Larry to submit to a homosexual act. In the summer of 1978, Lisa Philips Layton died of cancer in Jonestown, Guyana, three months before the Rev. After Jones moved to Jonestown, and with Layton still in California, Layton's sister, a power in the hierarchy of the temple, defected and began to tell of atrocities at the jungle agricultural project. "When I joined Peoples Temple, I was 17 and it was like joining the Peace Corps," she says. Twenty years ago this month, Jones and 912 of his followers committed mass suicide at the jungle compound. Mr. Jones also apparently widened the rift between Larry Layton and his father. If there is such a thing as a spirit or essence of people . John Ford. At the airport, Temple members who found out she was fleeing implored her not to leave. [7] In grades one through six, Lawton served as an altar boy at St. Francis de Chantal in The Bronx,[8] where he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest. I have no idea how much time passed until I turned my head and opened my eyes. Meanwhile, ex-devotees of the Peoples Temple began sharing stories about Jones darker side. "[10], While in prison in 2003, Lawton was sent to solitary confinement for 27 days as punishment. At 16, Im not sure I understood what a state assemblyman did, but when my parents received a solicitation from Leo Ryans reelection campaign in 1966, I mailed back a note: Im in high school. The other, Carolyn, became one of Mr. Jones's mistresses and also his principal fnancial adviser; it is not known whether she is alive. In the weeks leading up to the White House decision on the petition, a number of former congressmen and religious leaders including Rev. An uncle, Dr. James Franck, won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1935. [30] In 2009, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office spent $4500 on 500 DVDs from the Reality Check program. But Layton, saying he wishes he could ease the pain. After graduating from the University of California campus at Davis in 1968 with a degree in social science, Layton and his wife moved to the Ukiah area and soon met up with the temple. Behind the wheel of an airplane, I waited for the shooting to stop and said my Act of Contrition, praying for forgiveness and waiting for the lights to go out. Over the next decade, Jones moved his congregation and changed its name several times before settling on Peoples Temple around 1964. 'I was a fool to leave California, but then I was a fool long before that,' he said. ''This is a criminal case against Larry Layton,'' he said. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 Her name was Lisa Philips and she was so beautiful that friends said she looked like Hedy Lamarr. Earlier, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello asked Judge Peckham to sentence the 40-year-old defendant to life in prison, serving a minimum of 20 years before being considered for parole. Five bullets hit me from point-blank range, piercing my right arm, leg, and back. All of those children. The store owner managed to break free and grabbed a .38 caliber pistol and fired five shots at the robbers as they fled. After a while, Mrs. Layton began sleeping on the floor of their home in Berkeley and made her husband sell a Cadillac they owned. [42][13], Lawton has made many media appearances. Deborah Layton is now 45, lives in an elegant house in Piedmont and takes her 12-year-old daughter to play in soccer games. ''Why not pin this on Larry Layton, then close the book and not look at the hard questions of why Leo Ryan and all those Americans died?'' [27] Lawton says he regrets his time spent in prison, because he missed out on seeing his children grow up; his grandmother died, and his father became afflicted with Alzheimer's disease while he was inside. March 5, 1999. Larry Layton had gotten onto the truck with us, which struck me as a glaring red flaghe was an entrenched member of the hierarchy, one of the true believers. [10] In 2012, Lawton self-published Gangster Redemption, an autobiography co-written with Peter Golenbock. [30] The Lake St. Louis police chief praised Larry's message about the consequences of going to prison and said it is not a scared straight program, noting that Lawton said "fear doesn't have a lasting impact. "If I hadn't been sent to Georgetown that day (in May)," Deborah Layton says now, "I would have died in Jonestown. Be the first to contribute! ", She blithely ignored the warning signs -- the fake "cancer healings" and the increasingly hostile confrontations, when Jones would scream at members of his flock for faintly perceived faults or have them paddled harshly with the "board of education.". Don hung back for a moment before approaching Congressman Ryan and me at the picnic table and surreptitiously passing along the note. A self-anointed minister, as a young man he started proselytizing outside a storefront church in Indianapolis, and by 1955, had formed the Wings of Deliverance church. Tony Tamburello, the defense attorney, told jurors in his closing arguments that the prosecutors had sensationalized the case against Mr. Layton in the three-week trial in Federal District Court. Education: Attended college in the area of San Francisco, CA. The retrial was delayed for years because of complex appeals over the admissability of certain evidence excluded by Judge Peckham's rulings in the first trial. Is the Stanley Quencher tumbler worth its TikTok hype? Until she was 20 years old, when she was denied admission to a university in Hamburg, Lisa Philips didn't know what it meant to be Jewish in Germany in 1935. Besides, when had a congressman ever been assassinated on foreign soil while on a congressional delegation trip? And it wasn't an isolated incident. Mini Biography. With Joness wild gaze on us, I tape-recorded affidavits of their wishes to return to the United States. As I was transferred onto a gurney, I was conscious enough to look up and see a big, gleaming white plane with The United States of America written on the side. After a few weeks, Layton grew "accustomed to the unusual smells in the food and drink. He spent 12 years in prison, and once released, began a career as a motivational speaker, life coach, and author. [35][36] It also hosts an annual bowling tournament. [25] He received an additional sentence in 2002 for giving false witness. Layton grew up in an affluent Berkeley family. They were issued four T-shirts, four pairs of socks, a toothbrush and toothpaste, four pairs of underwear and a bar of soap. See the article in its original context from. Jones wove his way through the camp, repeating that he wasnt upset that they wanted to leave; it was just that they were doing it in the wrong way. Dr. Layton was from a world substantially different from the aristocratic one of his bride. Mr. Jones's cult included, at ohe time or another, six members of the Layton family. Perhaps death is better than this.". By all accounts, Layton was on a small plane about to leave Jonestown when the plot to kill Ryan was set in motion. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [41], In 2017, he appeared in a middle school in Havelock, North Carolina to explain his prison experiences. [22] Fingerprint evidence connected Lawton to the October 1994 Palm Bay heist, and he was charged with that crime as well. Debbie said the couple had gone to court to try to compel the Guyanese government to intervene; Rev. There was no movement, but I thought the others might also be playing dead. And then I realized that confirming one tiny detail could mean that the worst of the testimonies were true. Layton's mother, who came from a wealthy family, divorced her husband and donated $300,000 to Jones' cause. As he grew older, Dr. Layton gravitated from Methodism to Quakerism, a faith with roots in the Reformation whose tenets included nonviolence, racial and religious toleration, rigorous selfdiscipline, and love and good works for the needy. Jonestown: 13 Things You Should Know About Cult Mas. I was almost one of them. Layton became a senior insider in Jones' entourage. Jim Jones, and 912 of his followers died by poison and gunfire in mass killings and suicides. But the moment I looked down at my own body is locked in my mind. What an evil thing that Jim Jones did. When Deborah came home from school in England in 1971, she brought a boyfriend, George Philip Blakey, a fellow Quaker and the son of a welltodo farming family in Northumberland. Clearing away those cobwebs meant writing a book -- it's called "Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple." Layton was brought to trial in Guyana on charges of attempted murder and was acquitted. After spending 18 years in Guyana jails and U.S. federal prisons, Larry Layton, the only man convicted on criminal charges arising from the events of November 18, 1978, was released in April 2002. He went, and pursued the destiny that brought him to trial in San Francisco. She is known by many of her relationships - longtime lover of Jim Jones, mother of Jones' child Jim Jon (Kimo) Prokes, sister of Annie Moore, former wife of Larry Layton, former sister-in-law of Debby Layton - as well as the sometimes-mysterious roles she played within the Peoples Temple hierarchy. The "Greeting Committee" promptly confiscated all their clothes and belongings and, most important, their passports. Jonestown was the agricultural compound Jones' followers carved out of the Guyanese jungle, 150 miles northwest of the nation's capital, Georgetown. But listening to one after the other after the other say the same choreographed thing made me uneasy. This was not a mass suicide. I wanted to be part of something that was doing things for other people, and besides, Peoples Temple offered a community of friends. Politics: Liberal. Ryan was gunned down by a band of temple members intent on stopping the visitors from leaving and reporting the doings of the cult to the outside world. [3], Lawton was offered a three-year sentence in exchange for disclosing his accomplices but did not take the deal. I was later told that he had been shot 45 times. Answer (1 of 2): Above: Jonestown Before The Massacre Larry Layton was the only "armed guard" at Jonestown at the time of the massacre to outlive November 18, 1978, when all but a few dozen of the roughly 1,000 residents of Jonestown perished. In the mid and late 1960's, when Berkeley became the scene of frequently tumultuous antiwar demonstrations and other protests, Larry and Deborah Layton joined many of the demonstrations and began experimenting with drugs. Breathing heavily, I pulled myself to my feet, stumbled to the planes baggage compartment and took shelter. '', He said that Mr. Layton ''did not kill anybody'' at the airstrip, nor did he ''aid and abet or conspire to kill Leo Ryan.'' | AP. Children had their own special punishment, Layton writes. | AP. Dr. Layton was perplexed by his wife's behavior but began sleeping beside her on the floor. Congressman ever been assassinated on foreign soil while on a cultural exchange moment I looked down at my own is... 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