`virginia Woolf' More Than Just Misery

Agnes Gorski 
January 27, 1998 
Agnes Gorski, Formerly Of Espy Street, Hanover Section Of Nanticoke, Died 
Tuesday At The Birchwood Nursing Home, Middle Road, Nanticoke.

By JERRY LYNOTT; Times Leader Staff Writer
 Thursday, January 29, 1998 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 3A 





WILKES-BARRE- If the first letter did not make clear his intentions, the
two latest ones from David Chipps did. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Wilkes-Barre man, awaiting trial on charges he threatened to kill
Senior U.S. Judge William Nealon and employees at the federal courthouse in
Scranton, warned of impending danger to others who come in contact with him. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chipps, 44, sent the letters, dated Thursday and Friday, to The Times
Leader from the Pike County Prison after a U.S. magistrate ordered him to
undergo a psychiatric evaluation at a federal prison in Butner, N.C. The
letters appear to be in the same handwriting as previous letters Chipps has
admitted sending to The Times Leader. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "If any of these human pigs or any person acting on their behalf or at
their orders even attempts to forcibly administer drugs to me I will kill that
(expletive deleted) outright, take public `credit' for it, and will thereafter
be instantly, absolutely committed to a deliberate, formal policy of executing
any person who even remotely participated in such an act," he wrote in the
Jan. 22 letter. "This would include any court or government personnel, any
medical personnel or any other person to whom I can even remotely attribute
involvement to." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In his letter from Jan. 23, Chipps issued another warning. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I have chosen to resist, forcefully, my movement to a federal psychiatric
facility. Let there be no doubt that this may result in my death or serious
injury, or, the death or injury of these human pigs." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 As of Wednesday night Chipps was still at the Pike County Prison. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 When informed of the letters Wednesday, an FBI agent said he was interested
but refused further comment. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Chipps' mother, Frances, said Chipps means what he says. She added that a
psychiatric evaluation done last year determined he could represent himself at
trial. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "He's not crazy or anything. He's more competent than all of them put
together," she said. "If anything happens to him physically or emotionally,
then they're going to deal with me." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The letters are two of a series Chipps has sent the newspaper since he fled
to Canada last August seeking political asylum from what he said was
persecution by the U.S. government. Canadian authorities detained him for more
than five months and deported him in December to face prosecution in U.S.
District Court, Scranton. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The self-employed home remodeler and painter was to stand trial last August
for sending a letter containing an alleged threat to Nealon. Chipps has long
criticized Nealon for decisions the judge made against him in civil cases. The
letter dated Feb. 23, 1997, ended: "I am almost certain that you neo-Mafia
scum heard

Chipps Threatens Death If Tested 
Man Awaiting Trial On Charges 
He Threatened A Judge Vows In 
New Letters He Will Not Allow 
Authorities To Give Him A 
Psychiatric Evaluation

Chipps Threatens Death If Tested Man Awaiting Trial On Charges He Threatened A Judge Vows In New Letters He Will Not Allow Authorities To Give Him A Psychiatric Evaluation