L.A. Man Sends Loaded Revolver to Jackie Onassis
An unidentified man in Los Angeles mailed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis a loaded revolver and 40 extra bullets, along with a letter asking her to support him for President, police said today.
Police said the loaded .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver arrived Monday afternoon at Onassis’ Park Avenue address in Manhattan, where she works as an editor at the Doubleday publishing company.
Police spokesman Anthony Vallelong said the package also contained 40 extra rounds of ammunition. Police said Onassis did not see it because her secretary opened the box.
The parcel came from an unidentified man and contained a note asking Onassis to “support (him) in the presidential election in 1988,” Vallelong said, adding that the package had a Los Angeles postmark.
Police said the letter to Onassis was not threatening.
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