Their daughter, after working briefly as a physical therapist in New York, went for graduate study as a therapist to Pennsylvania State University, where her uncle, Dr. Franck, was teaching. "They would be taken to the Jonestown well in the dark of night, hung upside down by a rope around their ankles, and dunked into the water again and again while someone hidden inside the well grabbed at them to scare them. Lawton was critical of the move, saying that "[c]hain gangs send a bad message about [the US]." Within minutes, Ryan and four others were shot dead. But listening to one after the other after the other say the same choreographed thing made me uneasy. [7] He became known as one of America's biggest jewel thieves and made the FBI's most wanted list in 1996. See the article in its original context from. Nearly 300 children were administered the poison with no comprehension of what it meant, including a number of infants in the arms of their parents. Children had their own special punishment, Layton writes. Larry Layton was the only person prosecuted for any of the events in and around Jonestown. He said the accusation probably been inspired by Mr. Jones as part of a systematic effort to break up families in the church. 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. I barely got a wink of sleep. "The reason I did well," Layton says now, "is that I'm a little soldier and I follow orders so well.". Layton's mother, who came from a wealthy family, divorced her husband and donated $300,000 to Jones' cause. The morning after our arrival, Congressman Ryan, Jim Schollaert and I attended a closed-door briefing by Ambassador John Burke and his staff at the U.S. Embassy. NBC news correspondent Don Harris was part of our delegation, and was well versed on the accusations against Jones. Jim Jones, and 912 of his followers died by poison and gunfire in mass killings and suicides. [16] Then in October 1994, four individuals robbed a jewelry store in Palm Bay, Florida. [26] Lawton does not hold a degree in child psychology or criminology. Larry Layton, a former member of the People's Temple, broke into tears today at his trial on charges of conspiring to commit murder as his attorney told jurors not to make him a scapegoat ''for . In 1978, I went to Guyana on a fact-finding mission. An eyewitness who escaped described how people who did not cooperate were injected with poison where they sat, or were held down and injected with poison.. They reported the car's license plate, which linked the car to Lawton. [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. ", Crimes for which children went to the well included "stealing food from the kitchen, expressing homesickness, failing a socialism exam, or even natural childish rebelliousness.". I asked to speak to Monica Bagby, one of the names on Dons note. Life in Jonestown became a drab and exhausting routine of dawn-to-dusk labor in the fields, replete with swarms of voracious mosquitoes that even went after the toughened soles of people's feet. [37], Lawton is an advocate for prisoners and their rights, and comments on the justice system. Education: Attended college in the area of San Francisco, CA. Members of the press and the Concerned Relatives waited behind on the airstrip until the truck could come back for a second load. But Layton, saying he wishes he could ease the pain. Syringes surround one of the vats used to mix up the position drink used in the mass murder at Jonestown. The cover of a Jonestown promotional booklet from 1978. His family, too, had had great wealth. 'I was a fool to leave California, but then I was a fool long before that,' he said. [10] Afterwards, another jewelry store in Lower Bucks County became suspicious of a person they believed was casing the place for a future robbery. the attorney said. Then-State Assemblyman Leo J. Ryan behind the bars in a Folsom prison cell in Feb. 1970, where he spent a week living as an inmate to learn needs for reform. An uncle, Dr. James Franck, won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1935. One of the defectors wed interviewed claimed that Jones dyed them black. My recovery continuedthough that very word is not an accurate description of the aftermath of being shot. Lisa Layton was the next member of the family to join the cult. There were piles of used syringes at the scene. In some way, I think he was a substitute husband and father figure who filled all the needs that I failed to give.. When people refer to the Jonestown massacre as a mass suicide, I am enraged. [10], Lawton executed his first robbery when he was 28, an inside job to collect insurance money. He is also charged with conspiring to harm Richard Dwyer, a United States diplomat who was wounded in the ambush. This time, it was not a drill. ( 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. 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. Oh my God: Its true. Among them were Sams teenaged granddaughters. Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). His appearance was part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. At the end of the evening, Rep. Ryan walked onstage and thanked the group. ''I feel a tremendous amount of guilt and remorse for the events that happened,'' he said. Congressman Ryans body was probably 15 feet away. [25] He received an additional sentence in 2002 for giving false witness. Five bullets hit me from point-blank range, piercing my right arm, leg, and back. Mrs. Layton's daughter, Deborah, joined the cult five years ago. They called it Jonestown. While asserting that Mr. Jones was ''primarily responsible'' for the killings at the airstrip, Federal District Judge Robert F. Peckham said Mr. Layton would be eligible for parole after five years. Others, who presumably refused to drink the Kool-Aida flippant, misguided phrase I very much wish could be scrubbed from our lexiconwere injected with cyanide and other poisons. While the tathiiy was unique in its deep involvment with Mr. Jones, the story of the Laytons tells a great deal about why and how hundreds of other families became tangled in his persuasive web of religion mixed with social activism. In 1972, Mr. Jones married Deborah Layton and Philip Blakey. They were cal culated to make you feel someone has to pay. He genuinely believed that he had some sort of protective shield around him, despite the fact that we werent traveling with any military escort or protection. I dont have any money to donate, but Id like to volunteer. Her father, a wealthy banker in Hamburg, and her mother would be marched off at gunpoint to a train bound for a concentration camp. Larry Layton, a former member of the People's Temple, broke into tears today at his trial on charges of conspiring to commit murder as his attorney told jurors not to make him a scapegoat ''for the horror of Jonestown.''. Other Peoples Temple. (CHRONICLE PHOTO BY SUSANNA FROHMAN), Restaurant chain slated to close site at Bay Area mall, One of the largest movie theaters in SF to close permanently, Grapevine closed indefinitely due to heavy snow and ice, Plan to bring bullet train from LA to Vegas is underway, 'Zero visibility' conditions: All roads to Tahoe are closed, What it looks like inside Coit Towers former apartment, Graupel falls on Disneyland, shocks guests, Avalanche slams into Tahoe apartment building amid blizzard, Hundreds of thousands of workers have abandoned downtown SF, Tahoe's snowfall totals are on track to break records, Report: Matthew McConaughey has a massive Salesforce paycheck, Popular yet divisive fast food chain coming to this Bay Area town. Ryan invited members of the press and a few of the Concerned Relatives to join him. I spoke with a woman named Edith Parks, the matriarch of three generations of Temple members who wanted out. | California Historical Society. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. During my freshman year at UC Davis, when I told him about my major, he offered encouragement: If you really want to learn about political science, you should come and intern in my office. I did, and over the years, worked my way up from volunteer to intern to staffer to senior aide, just as he climbed from the state Assembly to the U.S. Congress. Larry Howard Layton, 80, of Green Valley, AZ passed away December 10, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. Deborah nursed her mother and tried to conceal that a physician had told her the cancer was fatal. ''They were trying to deny the horror of Jonestown and the deception that they underwent,'' Mr. Tamburello said. 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. Like all of the tracks in the United States, it closed during the World War II years (1941-1945) and re-opened in 1946. Somehow, through the encroaching darkness of my final thoughts, I saw my 87-year-old Grandma Emma. Jim Jones had taken my place. ''The story of Jonestown is really the story of a world gone mad. Hours later at the Jonestown emcampment, Jones led the death rite of himself and his followers. It wasnt unusual for Temple members to be awakened at dawn over the loudspeaker and summoned to the pavilion for one of his increasingly unhinged sermons. Dr. Layton recalls that his wife began to resist his sexual advances and, when he protested, offered to move out. From what Ive seen, he said, there are a lot of people here who think this is the best thing that happened in their whole life. He was interrupted by manically enthusiastic cheering. [22] Fingerprint evidence connected Lawton to the October 1994 Palm Bay heist, and he was charged with that crime as well. To go back to the gunshots. 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. I never played; I never learned how. 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. Id come to Guyana as a congressional aide on a fact-finding mission. Instead he proposed a better use of law enforcement resources would be to "help inmates with drug addiction. Ryan did not look or behave like your typical politician. In fact, I would have been on that truck, with a rifle. Jim Jones with a group of children living at Jonestown, circa 1978. Mr. Layton was also sentenced to three concurrent terms of 15 years each in related charges of conspiring to kill Mr. Ryan and in the attempted murder of a United States diplomat in the same incident. [26] He was incarcerated in many prisons during his sentence, which included Jesup in Georgia, Riker's Island in New York, Edgefield in South Carolina, and Yazoo City in Mississippi. It looked staged. Five bullets had ripped through me, devastating the right side of my body. In June, she filed an affidavit with the State Department detailing the horrors in Jonestown, but got no response. In 1968, Carolyn Layton became the first member of the family to be enticed by Mr. Jones's diatribes against the rich, the Vietnam War, social injustice and racism. After over twenty years in prison, Larry Layton was released on parole in 2002, largely due to the testimony of Vernon Gosney, one of the few survivors of the massacre, and the Federal Chief Judge, Robert F. Peckham. Before going to print, the editor of the magazine, who held some esteem for Jones, felt compelled to call him and read aloud the article before it went to press. That date was later moved back to April 2004, after the board credited him for his time in the Georgetown jail. [6], Lawton was born in North Hempstead, New York on October 3, 1961. Infants cannot commit suicide. [8][12] At one point, he purchased an Italian pizza restaurant in North Lauderdale, Florida, which he later burned down as part of an insurance fraud. Larry, sister Debbie and their mother, Lisa, all joined the temple while it was located in California. Hours after the incident, the Rev. Layton and her mother arrived in Jonestown in December 1977. "I felt we were doing something that had meaning. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Charismatic and tall with salt-and-pepper hair, he commanded a room. Deep inside me, I still have the demons of shame and guilt.". A bone shot out of my right arm, and a huge hunk of flesh had been blown off my thigh. Mr. Jones repeatedly sent word to her that he could cure her from Guyana, and she waited for his efforts to work. [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. She was entrusted with flights to Europe and Panama to open Temple bank accounts, where Jones stashed the millions he was taking from Temple members who freely gave him their life savings, their homes and just about everything else. '', See the article in its original context from. There is abundant evidence that Mr. Jones used such tactics to divide families and break up marriages. If there is such a thing as a spirit or essence of people . I admired Ryans worthy missions, but questioned if I shared his bottomless capacity to bear witness. Its hard to know when it became obvious that he was dead, or when I realized that others werent pretending. Mr. Layton, who was arrested at the airstrip, was initially tried in Guyana, a small country on the northern coast of South America, on charges of attempted murder against two cult defectors in the airport ambush. | AP/San Francisco Examiner. Layton was brought to trial in Guyana on charges of attempted murder and was acquitted. She died of cancer in Guyana three weeks before the death ritual. To the tarmac. Her book "Seductive Poison" will be in bookstores in November. Larry Layton: Survivor of the Peoples Temple Larry Layton, Quaker and pacifist, entered the Peoples Temple in 1968 to join the march to social justice as charted by the temple's mesmerizing. [1][2], In 2007, he started the Reality Check Program to help educate at-risk youths on the consequences of breaking the law. A few Temple members stood in front of a rusty dump truck waiting to shuttle us to the compound. 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. But finally her cancer became so advanced that It was necessary for surgeons to remove a lung. [15] The robbers had dropped off jewelry for repairs, and later returned to rob the store. The article dissected Joness rise, revealing his practices of manipulation, public humiliation and fake faith healings, called out the Temples corrupt financial structure, and included ex-members testimonies of sexual assault and brutal beatings by Jones or at his command. Jones became enamoured with Carolyn Layton and told Larry he wanted her for his own. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. All of those people I had been standing beside, speaking to, sharing a cabin with. Also there was a strong feeling of community -- people of all races who really cared about each other.'. The daughter of Hugo and Anita Philips, Lisa Philips Layton was born in Germany in 1915 into a family that had engaged in banking for at least 200 years. But he ordered them separated before they had consummated the marriage, and Mr. Blakey eventually left California to join the party establishing the cult's Guyana settlement. Larry Layton was convicted in 1986 by a federal jury in San Francisco of conspiring in the 1978 murder of California congressman Leo Ryan and aiding and abetting in the attempted murder of. Mr. Jones's cult included, at ohe time or another, six members of the Layton family. Leo Ryan assured me that there was nothing to worry about. Jones responded by telling them that if any actions were taken to remove John, the entire Jonestown population would commit suicide. Reassured that they were on their way, we parked ourselves at a few picnic tables in the far corner of the pavilion area. Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones (left) shakes hands with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (right) after being sworn in to serve on the San Francisco Housing Authority, Nov. 24, 1977. By that time, darker elements had seeped into Jones sermons. At Penn State, still barely able to speak English, she met Laurence Layton, who was studying for a doctorate in biochemistry and needed a tutor in German. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro [43] He also hosted a local talk radio show. Larry's parole came two years earlier than his previously-scheduled release date of April 2004. Infants cannot commit suicide. Jim Jones led 912 followers in a ritual of murders and suicides. A man followed him and slipped a folded piece of paper into his hand, then disappeared back into the crowd. Nearly 300 children were administered the poison, including a number of infants in the arms of their parents. In Jonestown Only one man, Temple member Larry Layton, was tried in the United States for his involvement in the November 18 events. 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. The land later became the site of a large Union Carbide plant. Larry shot and wounded two people at the Port Kaituma airstrip on 18 November 1978, and he attempted to shoot a third. 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. Layton, Deborah 1953- PERSONAL: Born in 1953, in Tooele, UT; daughter of Laurence Laird and Lisa Layton; married; children: Lauren. 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. He has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Christian Broadcasting Network, and Fox News. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Jones had become increasingly paranoid, convinced that the CIA, the FBI and the media were out to destroy him. Its leader, the Rev. And, I thought of them like Mormons. As I was lying seven miles away waiting for medical help, Sam Houstons granddaughters, Patricia and Judy, 14 and 15, were murdered, along with their mother, dozens of other would-be defectors and the rest of the Peoples Temple. 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. 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. Mini Biography. Family Tragedy: Hitler's Germany to Jones's Cult, https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/04/archives/family-tragedy-hitlers-germany-to-joness-cult-the-layton-familys.html. I was kicked. The docket for Laytons trial through its various appeals through 1990 is here. | Amazon. Among them were George Moscone, who the Peoples Temple played a significant role in electing mayor in 1975, and Harvey Milk, the pioneering openly gay city supervisor, who went so far as to write a letter to President Jimmy Carter extolling Joness work and rebutting charges that he was abusive. But her childhood, she said later, was not a happy one. [28], After release he went to Palm Bay, Florida and started LL Research and Consulting and met a business partner. Her father, a talented violinist hated his father for making him go into banking rather than music. To access these PDF files you must have the free Adobe Reader installed. I had read the articles and listened to hours of testimony. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. She looks away for a moment, then brightens and starts to talk about a visit she made to Jonestown only a few months ago, accompanied by a crew from the Arts & Entertainment network, which is making a documentary on Peoples Temple. The child talked her out of it. The U.S. trial was confined to the question of whether he plotted to kill Ryan and U.S. diplomat Richard Dwyer. Mr. Layton cried as his attorney described conditions at Jonestown and said that many prosecution witnesses must feel guilty for leaving loved ones behind to die. Lawrence Robert Lawton (born October 3, 1961) is an American ex-convict, author, paralegal, motivational speaker, and YouTuber. He attended Berkeley High School and was the editor of a campus newspaper called The Liberal. ref: Benjy Esteves Jr Mark Consentino 94-95 Larry Layton 94-95 John McKaie 94-95 When we touched down in Georgetown, a U.S. Air Force medevac plane was waiting. She said that she knew that to do so would endanger her mother and brother because Mr. Jones kept dissident members in line by holding relatives hostage. Should they have any doubt of his intentions, they could look to the vibrant community of believers who echoed his sentiments and treated his words as gospel. 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. Perhaps death is better than this.". 1998-11-02 04:00:00 PDT CALIFORNIA -- For a young woman of 17, flinging herself on the world after the cloistered atmosphere of an English boarding school, Peoples Temple seemed daring and exciting. I hope tonight is the last one. [42][13], Lawton has made many media appearances. She mentioned a Bay Area couple, the Stoens, who had defected and were fighting for the return of their young son, John. Then, as a group of men dug the truck out of the mud, we heard a loud commotion from the pavilion. In Congress, he joined a March 1978 Greenpeace mission to investigate the slaughter of baby seals in Newfoundland, Canada. My mother had cared a lot for my father, but Jim broke it up.. "When I joined Peoples Temple, I was 17 and it was like joining the Peace Corps," she says. She used a telephone in the radio shack to call her sister in California, who arranged to have an airline ticket waiting for her at the airport in Georgetown, Guyana. [29][13] The program is four hours long. Elin Cederroos: Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. "I was ready to be overwhelmed by emotion," she says, "but when we got into the area, it just wasn't there. Broadcasting Network, and back join him States diplomat who was wounded in the church would be ``! 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