Police Winding Up Residency Inquiry

The results aia pólice investigation on the legal resjdence of the Human Rights Party candidate for Ann Arbor mayor were expected to be turned overto the county prosecutor today. Pólice Chief Walter E. Krasny said the probe of Carol Ernst, who finished third in the April 7 election, is in its final ' stages. "I expect everything will be down on paper today," Chief Krasny said. "All of it will then be r'eleased to the county prosecutor. After that it's up to him." Prosecutor William F. Delhey has said he will make a decisión on the Ernst case only after a complete report of the pólice investigation has been submitted to nis office. Ernst has contended she has been living at 533 N. Main St. but a former city councilman has charged 1110 S. Maple Rd. in Scio Township has been her actual address. John D. McCormick, whose councu tm-m just expired, ge pólice an vit in which ÍÁ. Maple Road resident says Ernst resided continually at the S. Maple Road address. Persons voting in a city election are required by law to live in the city. Because of some ambiguity in the city charter, city officials originally were not sure if a mayoral candidate had to live in ! the city run for office, or just to take office. But City Attorney Edwin L. Pear said today candidates must live in the city while running. Chief Krasny said he assigned two veteran investigators, Detective Staff Sgt. Wilfred Lyons and Policewoman Mary Smith, to the case when it became a pólice matter last week. He said Sgt. Lyons and Policewoman Smith. had conducted two interviews with Ernst and made numerous other contacts. The chief declined to reveal preliminary findings of the investigators. "It'll be up to Prosecutor Delhey to release &e facts in the case," Krasny said.