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Man held since bombing freed I)!. I ROu (AP) - }anu»s Nu hob. who*# broth cr ami a friend are charged in the Oklahoma bomb ing. was ordered released without bail Monday despite a prosecutor's suggestion that he was involved in the deadly attack There is not an iota of evident e that he is a dan ger toothers.' t S District Judge Paul Borman ruled Nichols has been held since two davs after the bombing on charges of making small explosives at his Mic higan farm During the hearing. Assistant I S Attorney Hubert ( ares suggested Nichols may have played a role in the Oklahoma ( ilv bombing along with his broth er. Terry . and Timothy Mr Veigh. but he wasn't sj» ctfic. "James Nichols himself engaged m rhetoric of v iolence, fares said. "If it was just rhetoric, we wouldn't be here todav Hut he and Terry Nu hols and I imnthy Me Veigh turned those words into a lion Tern Nichols and Mi Veigh are c!mn;rd with taking the final step The prosecutor offered no immediate evidence for his assertion, and Nichols' lawyer. Robert Klsey. objec ted to tin* statement. 1‘he judge sustained the objex lion, agreeing there was no evidence offered directly linking James Nichols to the bombing. Terry Nichols and Me Veigh are the only two sus pet ts charged so far in the April 19 bombing of the federal building Earlier in the hearing. FBI agent Patrick Weast testified that Nichols told .1 neighbor that he and a group called “the Patriots'' would take over the government as soon as there were enough memliers and kill "cops, judges and lawyers " In ordering Nichols freed. Borman ac know lodged that lames Nichols had relationships w ith his broth er and Mi Veigh But more important, the court notes that this defendant. James Nichols, is not charged in Oklahoma with that crime," the judge said. He also noted that lames Nichols had shown a measure of respei t for government bv submitting to interviews and cooperating with agents search ing his form. Borman ordered Nichols freed on Tuesday into the custody of a couple who live near his home in Dec ker, about 75 miles north of Detroit The judge ordered Nichols to limit his travel to certain counties between Detroit and Dei ker ami wear an electronic monitoring device at certain times Nichols was also barred from getting a pass port. “It's a great day for lames Nichols," Klsey said after the hearing. "It's a great day for the American (Constitution. And it's a great day for the concept of limited federal power " In Oklahoma City, meanwhile, authorities said a man whose whereabouts can't be accounted for may bo missing in the rubble. That would bring the death toll to lt.H Also, demolition crews plac ed the explosives that will bring down the bombed-out building Tuesday. The building is scheduled to U> demolished lietwvun 7 and 7:15 a m with more than 100 pounds of dynamite in strategic locations The nine-story structure should come down in eight onds. after which crews hope to retrieve the remains of two women whoso bodies were ne\ • er recovered and possibly those of 54-vear-oid Alvin Justus, who In mi a few blocks from the build ing and has been missing since the dav before the blast James Nichols has been held for a month on i barges that ho conspired with his brother and Mi Veigh to make and detonate illegal explosives on his farm in past years The i barges are not dins t ly related to the Oklahoma bombing Mt Vetgh and fern \n hols could get [}., death penaltv if convicted They are being held at a fed eral pri son in hi Reno. Ok la At Nichols twnl hearing in Detroit, t ares unsm < essfully argued against letting Nichols go fits*, sav ing he is likelv to flw and is a danger to the t om munitv The FBI's VVease also testified about a letter he believed Mi Veigli wrote to fames NS it hols months ago. In the letter, signed "Tim, the writer says he has met with Ferry Nichols and is planning a i amp ing outing The letter appears to hit Mi Veigh’x hand writing. the agent testified, and suvs in part. Please keep me posted on any 'trouble Klsev tried to show that the large amounts of fuel and brake fluid, of the type used in explosives, found on Nu hols' farm weren't unusual for a farmer to keep In other developments • A senior federal of fit ml in V\ i-.hi:ig>>'i vi .! that Mi Veigh confided in his Army friend Mu hael Forti er that he was going to blow up the building Fortier, who lives in kmgnian. An/ . told ones tigators last week that he drove M< V'eigh from Sri -/on i to the fe lei ll huildim imet e before the blast, the senior official said Fortier, who has been subpoenaed to testify liefore the grand Jury investigating the bombing and w hose trailer and storage sfimi were se.in lied by FBI igents earlier this month, made the statements in an the official said. Fortier met McVeigh m the Arms m !>mh, helped him get a job at the Kingman hardware store where he worked, and asked McVeigh to sei v e as his lies! man in his l‘»‘M wedding Mi Veigh gave Fortier's address when he applied for a private mail box in Kingman. • Investigators are -mare that \1. 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