Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 22:51:21 -0600 (CST)
From: "William W. Hughes" <[w--g--s] at [lonestar.utsa.edu]>
Subject: Branch Davidian Trial Update - Thursday, 17 Feb 94

Branch Davidian Trial Update - Thursday, 17 Feb 94
 
[summary]
 
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Headline - BRANCH DAVIDIAN JURORS HEAR RECORDING OF FRANTIC 911
           CALL
Subhead  - Sect member reported attack as gunfire sounded in
           background
 
[The first part of the article is a recounting of the 911 call made 
by  Wayne Martin during the raid. We have all seen  transcripts  of 
this  call, or heard the tape on news shows like  "Nightline".  I'm 
going to save some bandwidth and leave this as read.]
 
Most  of  the rest of Wednesday's testimony concerned  the  missing 
front  door of the compound. The steel-core, metal door has  disap-
peared, and state and federal officials have testified that they do 
not know what happened to it. However, an attorney who visited  the 
compound  during the siege testified that he saw many holes  caused 
by shots from outside, but no holes caused by shots from inside the 
compound.
 
Jack  Zimmerman, who was the attorney for Steve Schneider, said  he 
saw  the  door  on both of his visits to the  compound  during  the 
siege.  Zimmerman also said that he saw bullet holes in  the  walls 
and ceiling of what ATF agents thought was Koresh's bedroom.
 
A Waco cemetery groundskeeper and a machine shop owner from  Axtell 
both  testified  that they saw Koresh outside of  the  compound  on 
three  occasions in the seven weeks prior to the raid. The  ground-
skeeper  said he saw Koresh as late as the Wednesday preceding  the 
Sunday, 28 Feb. raid.
 
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COMMENTS
 
Officials do not know what happened to a critical piece of physical 
evidence?  Yeah, right. And the attention paid to Koresh's  bedroom 
would seen to indicate a deliberate attempt to kill the leader of a 
non-standard religious group. In my opinion, this give credence  to 
claims  that  this was an officially-sanctioned  assassination  at-
tempt.
 
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FIDONET: LEGAL (non-backbone) - Lester Garrett (1:125/101)
FIDONET: SMOKER (non-backbone) - Bill Bauer (1:147/32)
Prodigy: Politics-Other, Subject; A.T.F. Waco - Jim Bell
SmartNet: POLIPHIL - Lester Garrett (FIDO 1:125/101)
The Patrick Henry League - a gun rights BBS network: - Paul L.
                                                       Schauble
 
KNOWN ARCHIVES
 
The Powder Keg BBS, 707-427-1310, 14.4, 24H7D, directory WACO
(SurvNet/PRNet 176:100/24, sysop Peter Nesbitt)
 
The Soapbox BBS. 919-387-1152, 14.4, 24H7D, file area BATF
(FIDO 1:151/142, sysop Stacy Powers [[p--we--s] at [rock.concert.net]])
Full access on first call, supports FREQ, FREQ FILES to get a  list 
of all available files
 
Anonymous ftp
 
teetot.acusd.edu in directory 
/pub/Beelzebub/Politics/The_Tax_Cops/Waco/Trial
service provided by Jerry Stratton ([j--r--y] at [teetot.acusd.edu])
 
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INDEX
 
These Updates have been posted in two forms: summaries of  Express-
News articles and direct transcripts of Express-News articles. This 
is  a  short  index to all Updates posted to  date,  including  the 
current issue.
 
Summaries - 09 Jan 94, 10 Jan 94, 11 Jan 94, 12 Jan 94, 13 Jan  94, 
14 Jan 94, 15 Jan 94, 17 Jan 94, 19 Jan 94, 20 Jan 94, 25 Jan 94,
26 Jan 94, 27 Jan 94, 28 Jan 94, 31 Jan 94, 06 Feb 94, 08 Feb 94, 
09 Feb 94, 10 Feb 94, 11 Feb 94, 12 Feb 94, 13 Feb 94, 15 Feb 94,
16 Feb 94, 17 Feb 94
 
Transcripts - 21 Jan 94, 22 Jan 94, 23 Jan 94, 29 Jan 94, 
01 Feb 94, 02 Feb 94, 03 Feb 94, 04 Feb 94, 05 Feb 94
 
Copies are available. Send requests by email only to the author.
 
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This Update of the Branch Davidian trial is based on or transcribed 
from articles published in the San Antonio Express-News. The origi-
nal articles, and any sections quoted herein are copyrighted by the 
Express-News.  The  remainder of the summary is copyright  1994  by 
William  W. Hughes. Copying of these summaries, either by  hardcopy 
or electronic means, is authorized and encouraged, as long as  this 
notice remains attached and intact.
"I do not work for or represent the San Antonio Express-News"
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[w--g--s] at [lonestar.utsa.edu] (William Hughes) | In memory of 85 un-charged,
UTSA doesn't agree with me. They're wrong. | un-convicted victims of the U.S.
St. Dismas' Infirmary for the Incurably    | government in Waco, Texas -
Informed [_Synners_, Pat Cadigan]          | including over 20 children.