DATE= 11/18/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-222892
TITLE=OKLAHOMA BOMBING TRIAL (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=RICH SALLINGER
DATELINE=DENVER
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO : A KEY PROSECUTION WITNESS HAS TESTIFIED IN THE OKLAHOMA
CITY BOMBING TRIAL OF TERRY NICHOLS -- A MAN THE GOVERNMENT
CLAIMS WAS ROBBED BY MR. NICHOLS TO RAISE MONEY TO FINANCE THE
BOMBING PLOT. ONE HUNDRED-18 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A BOMB
DESTROYED A U-S GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA,
THREE YEARS AGO. RICH SALLINGER REPORTS FROM DENVER.
TEXT : GUN COLLECTOR ROGER MOORE TOLD THE COURT HE WAS TIED UP
AND ROBBED OF 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GUNS AND OTHER ITEMS.
HE SAYS THE ROBBERY HAPPENED AT HIS ARKANSAS FARM ON NOVEMBER
FIFTH, 1994. MR. MOORE CALLS IT "A TERRIBLE PICTURE: A MAN
DRESSED IN CAMOUFLAGE, WEARING A BLACK SKI MASK AND (CARRYING) A
PISTOL-GRIP SHOTGUN." HE SAYS HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE ROBBER.
THE GOVERNMENT CONTENDS IT WAS TERRY NICHOLS, COMMITTING THE
ROBBERY TO FINANCE THE BOMBING PLOT. NUMEROUS WEAPONS WERE FOUND
IN HIS HERINGTON KANSAS HOME THAT WERE REPORTED TAKEN FROM MR.
MOORE. JAMES NICHOLS -- THE DEFENDANT'S BROTHER -- SAYS HE
BELIEVES MR. MOORE "STAGED" THE ROBBERY.
// NICHOLS ACTUALITY//
TO COLLECT INSURANCE MONEY. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE DOESN'T IT? (POSSIBLY THEN WHY DID THE GUNS AND
OTHER ITEMS END UP IN YOUR BROTHER'S HOME?) I COULDN'T
ANSWER THAT. TERRY IS THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO HAVE TO
ANSWER THAT.
//END ACTUALITY//
UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION, TERRY NICHOLS; ATTORNEY, MICHAEL TIGAR,
PRESSED MR. MOORE.
//TIGAR ACTUALITY//
ISN'T IT A FACT, SIR, THAT YOU AND MR. MCVEIGH WORKED
OUR A PLAN TO GET THESE GUNS OUT ON THE MARKET AND YOU
WOULD COLLECT WHATEVER YOU COULD FROM THE INSURANCE
COMPANY?" "NO. I DENY THAT."
//END ACTUALITY//
AND, MR. TIGAR ACCUSED MR. MOORE'S GIRLFRIEND, KAREN ANDERSON, OF
CREATING A FRAUDULENT LIST OF THE GUNS THEY OWNED.
THE ROBBERY IS ONE PART OF THE CONSPIRACY CHARGE AGAINST TERRY
NICHOLS. EVEN IF THE JURY FINDS THERE WAS NOT A ROBBERY, IT
COULD STILL BE POSSIBLE TO CONVICT THE DEFENDANT IN CONNECTION
WITH THE BOMBING PLOT. (SIGNED)
NEB / RS / CB-T / WD
19-Nov-97 2:34 AM EST (0734 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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