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
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