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Fugitives caught despite tricks [ IA I*) — John Doe 2, the shadowy figure sought in the Oklahoma City bomb ing. has ,1 lot going lor him OKLAHOMA CITY as ho trios to oludo authorities He's hiding in a vast and open nation, possibly sheltered bv friends Ho uil i re ate a now identity with a little research and a few dollars He r.on stay in a rural safe house or fade into a noisy urban background Radicals from the anti war movement, such as Ahbie Hoffman and Katherine Ann Power, used such tricks to avoid capture for years, many hid in plain sight Imfon* finally surrendering But the search for Doe is not hopeless. Arrayed against him are dedicated investigators, computerized blood hounds, paper trails, experience and instinct — all dedicated to one of the largest manhunts in U S history It's a chase where the smallest detail can yield results "You can run and you i an hide, but you can't run and hide forever," said Boston pole e l.t Timothy Murray, a fugi tive hunter who ( aught the suspe< t in an 18-year-old murder with only a nickname and -i photo to go on. The search for two men who rented the Ryder truck used in the Oklahoma City bombing began the day after the attack when the FBI circulated sketches ot the pair. John Doe 1. Timothy McVeigh, w.is in custody the next day — the result of blind luck. He was stopped, before the sketch es bad been released, fur driving a car with no license plates. Bui John Doe 2,u swarthy, square-jawed man, remains at large despite a dragnet that pulled in look-alikes The most dra matic false alarm came Tuesday in an armed raid on a Carthage, Mo., motel Two men were released 18 hours later Attorney Camera I Janet Reno has admit ted disappointment John Doe 2 hasn't been captured, but denied the FBI is sfyni»i*<l The bureau has a large number of leads and is pursuing each lead." she said Wednesday The VUI had leads two die ades ago when it s< oured the < ountrv for anti-war radicals Few punt off • Ahhie Hoffman prose< uted for protests at the 1988 Democratic conven tion in Chicago, spent sis years as a fugi tive from drug charges He changed his name, had plastic surgery- then Ins4im> an environmental activist, appearing on tele vision and testifying to a Senate panel before surrendering in Hint) • Silas trim Bissail was a founding member of the Weather Underground charged with trying to bomb a Universt ty of Washington KOTC building He was arrested in Kugene, Ore , where lie spent many of his 17 years in hiding as a plus ual therapist and free hinte artist • Jeffrey David I’owoll, a Weather Underground member charged with t lub bing a Chi< ago policeman in 1970. sur rendered just last year. He worked as a lobbyist for child advoom v groups in llh nois and ( oioradu • "It was very difficult to tra< k them." said Bol»Gaffney, a former FBI agent who served on a Weather Underground fugi tive squad "They moved within a com munity of dedicated people who went to great lengths to shelter them It is hard to penetrate those organizations because of their strong i omniitment " False identities are easy to establish The birth certificate of a child who died years ago can fie used to get a Social Security number, driver's license and other identification Movement in this country is unhin dered Suspected Japanese terrorist Yu Kikumura used a false passport to travel across 10 states in 1981! He fiought parts for three powerful bombs and cased a New York City target before he was arrested fn chance on the New Jersey Turnpike. "It's easy to get lost in this country." said Rofx-rt Louden, the director of John |/iv Colleges criminal justice < tinier who hunted fugitives .is .1 Now York detective "Some people 1 an hide in plain sight Itul today s man hunters are hotter armed Computers can sniff through thousands of driver’s In enses. telephone r*>< ortls and fingerprints for Conner tions Sot fi tools were used to rev ive the search for Power. 1111 anti war radical sought for 23 years as an at 1 essorv in the murder of a Boston policeman during a I't'o liank robbery Power crisst rowml the country, settling near ( orv alhs. t ire She worked as a chef named Alice Metzinger. a name taken from thi> death record of a New Jersey infant. Power surrendered in toot, saving she wanted to dear her const lem e But Murray head of the Boston [Kline cold I ase squad." said authorities were closing in A somatotvpe a hodv profile of Power was checked against driver s licenses, arrest reports and hospital records in six states considered likely hiding pla< es The search foe used on Oregon. 11.000 possible suspects were narrowed to I*i0 Power was on the short list when she sur rendered Murray s squad has had other sm 1 ess es. finding 20 murder fugitives who had (men hiding an average of IB years "Anyone 1 an be trac ked." Murray said There are phenomenal te< hnologies out there where the only limit is your imagi nation Human fa< tors also favor the hunters Gaffney saief fringe members of radical groups sometimes go to authorities when things turn too violent. Loneliness some times drives fugitives in from the cold The olijec tive is to isolate yourself, break tiff any connections that can lead bin k to you." he said You trust no one and stay in contac t with no one That’s very hard for people to do," louden said investigators have a tremendous incentive to catch Doe the images of the Oklahoma City deaths Refugees from Cuba sent home MIAMI (AP) An tfl whiwlnr till* lu«! si\ hint’s loading In the Port of Miami on Stindnv as Cuban Amor u .ms protested the now U S policy nf sending 1 ubans pit ked up at sea Inn k home About i(M) |woplo i limit'ti no top of the trvu k nod jumped police bnr rn ndt's outside thi> port. w lit'rt! a cruise ship that had pit ked up 1:1 Cuban refugees las! yveek docked before dawn The inn k blot ked all traffic load ing in and out of the port for almost an hour before its driver is.is arms! oil and Ills rig moved I’olil.o also arrested ahooi a dozen protesters who wore blocking the road anti waving Chilian flags Iho 1 t refugees were pit ked up in the ( arihhi-an late Wednesday and )i.unit'd over to t S authorities two days later I'hey were hemg ferried Sunday towartl (aiba ahoard a (!oast Guard cutter l he men. ages .IH to 4%. would bet nine the lirst rafters repatriated under the Clinton administration policy that took effect Tuesday As soon -is they arrive in Cuba, they will he going to prison They will not lie free." said protester Car men Iglesias. who left Cuba in i‘157. for C. years, ( tdk.ni refugees were granted permanent residency almost without ipiestum While up to dtl.()()(> Cubans detained at Guantanamo Hay Naval liase can enter the United States, new refugees will he sent hat k to Fidel Castro's communist regime full color POSTERS Created from your favorite photos or Mac & IBM files. 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