I had a clear shot at him…

'I had a clear shot at him...' JOHN FERRY, a retired Camden policeman, still lives about a block from the scene of the massacre. He was the first policeman on the spot and was the only policeman who knew Unruh before the slayings. He had an opportunity to kill Unruh and Unruh had ample opportunity to kill him. But neither took advantage of that opportunity. "I had worked the midnight to 8 shift and had just gotten to sleep when a neighbor came knocking on the door and said there was a man on 32nd Street killing a lot of people. I called in and told them I was going down there. "I went down and the first thing I saw was my insurance man lying across the steps, dead. There was a car stopped in traffic with two women in it. One was dead. The other was moaning and her head was going from side to side. I went into the barber shop and there was a guy with the back of his head blown off. Engel was across the street pointing to the alley. Six people were lying dead in the street, altogether. The smell of death was in the air. "When the other cops started arriving I went home and came back with my shotgun. "When I got back I found out it was Unruh up there. I knew him. His uncle, Bob Wonsettler (he was a deputy fire chief), had asked me if I could try and find him a job. He hadn't worked all summer. So I said I would try. "I went and spoke to him once, or maybe twice. My impression of him was that he was very quiet, sedate and very intelligent. I never did find him a job. "Anyway, I was in the backyard with my shotgun. I was crouched down with Jim Mulligan, the head of the county detectives, and for a minute Unruh appeared in the window. "I had a clear shot at him. I said, 'Jim should I take his head off?' Jim said, 'No, there has been enough killing.' "I found out later that Unruh told Mitch Cohen (prosecutor) 'I could have killed Johnny Ferry or Pop Lawyer (a crossing guard) any time I wanted. But I liked Pop, and John Ferry tried to find me a job." John Ferry