Article: 2D VICTIM REFUSES TO TESTIFY IN GOETZ CASE

NEW YORK - Barry Allen, one of four young men shot on a Manhattan subway by Bernhard H. Goetz, yesterday became the second of the youths to refuse to testify about the shootings.

Allen, 21, who is in prison for a parole violation, was questioned out of the presence of the jury during Goetz's trial in the state Supreme Court.

With his attorney at his side, Allen refused to answer nearly all questions put to him, including whether he knew any of the other youths, whether he was wounded by Goetz and whether he attempted to rob Goetz that Saturday afternoon, Dec. 22, 1984, on the No. 2 subway train in Manhattan.

On Tuesday, another of the youths, James Ramseur, 21, angrily refused to ...

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