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“rand spent fag it fap. te gs ubirtys sled 8 has, cok across the yet uy i>. the death we that bey "pehe crucible “suhag a her atlen- wth Atwood “ 'ByE ROLLING SEUNE, OC FOALH ZS, 1079 =. _— ee i . > whial the Le had become. Mut Jack initial gworn turned Feeurivsity gs the headlines piled op. “Pulty Uearnt Jains SLA" “Pany Tlelps Rob Bank™ 6 . "os The media atu was unable to make up ils pind. Were they erazigs? Or young ide.disls fed up with working theaugh the sysicm? Pid tear tactics signal ga emerging guerrilla violence in the United States? Was Pauly Hearst ia fact an SLA sotdier now? Jack's owa doubts shout the viability of peaceful an to erysatize ia the continuing media debate overs PaRy Heart and the SLA, Al dinnertinig he flicked the television knob from one setwerk ncws’ show to angihce so he could monitor each hizarre lvist in the case. By carly May he was a walking ency- elopedia on the abject. . He beyan spending his days in the ablices of Mew | York's book publishers, Jack. was persnaded thal the SLA symbolized the pent-up frustration af the Move- | meat. ile wanted to write a book that placed the SLA ah ae - Loge ns, oo fermeey foteearesss uty suave Eran “to poor the alumni ‘ -aotes. He - hooks and tt ait So- Molt 3s a t hands in cul of his ot work in ‘ost sll that “aFleont im Ist and raphy for ' -t imdnors, . dulping “We lhe funy self | in a historical perspective. But the publishers weren't interested in Jack's thea- | ries, A Doubleday editor told him he'd have lo talk fo | people who kitew how Ibe SLA was formed brloty he { could gct a book controct. Then Juck’s book neroliations and his television watching were interniptest by live camera funtage vf i the six Naming deaths in Las Angeles. He fell the SLA bad been caceticd wilhoul 2 ria’, Flushett by unger, Jack boarded an airplane two weeks Inter and headed fur Berkeley. He had apsat six years Were studying for bix voctorate in esluciationsl prychotogy. He'd been » Goldwater suppirler whet he fam atiived bul like thotusauls of olber, bad teen radicalized. . i Naw be sought aut oh! Movement Friends who had ties te the underground. “They entrbiged hime te a | feiend af the Harises. He explained his Ivnk idea band avked abou? the couple, He sas tukl of Enaidly’s disappointments ava teacher in Undiana, Will's disgust after we uilitary true in Vietnam, their migration lo Colifornia, their attcnpls to hold classes at privons, the harsh reaclien of prisan oficinds to their supgestedt chonges, their divilliviennent that prew inte cyacicin and vitence. . Then the fricnd cautiously intsnduced a possibitity | willing te go along. yy eed Ot Weak coda Mca had Was Shot bad veered _blo-one shot, ©” . “Leased pare dike’ sel same peoptc who could tell- you even more shunt Wil and Eraily -— and about Patty?” . Jack understocd the questian’s anpticutions. He war inteigued, Ha mecting with the three surviving meine -} bers ‘of the SLA actuatly could he oeranyed, he was. . a At 2:00 the next afleranon he was at the cor-~>., ace of Telegraph and Dwight Way. For neariy an hour. 1 hs stoud uncomfortably in Une sun. He was easily eec- ognized—thinains hair, prafessarial beard and wire-‘,,- simmed glawes. Bul no ous appruached him. Then, a6 5 Te begin io walk wway, he was stapped by a shorty ark man dressed in a white tennis oulat and carrying ter a tenniy cacket, The man gave Jack an addrew and J, (pid dim to come by that evening. ‘ 1 Jack wasn't sure the man was Gilt Haeris. He wasn't ¥ sure he wanted to know, Appreheasion began welling ©. tp. He circled lhe blogk several times b:fore finally ae -knacking on the door, A face looked out | from behind a curtain, The dour opencd aad ,s- Jack walked into "a room prepared for a”, police invasion. Mattresses were piled a agninst the doors and moxt to the windows. wil Rifles that had Geen converted to automatic ~ machine guns were tined up nest Co 3 pair of duffel bags. Grenades were siacked in sira tele eornsrs. One gus was cradled by .a shore unsmiting wogun. : . She was Tanin. Mitricia Campbell Hearst, .’. the graodfaughter of William Randolzh” ° Hearst, Enuily Harris was the ony other ent = in the room. She came forwan! and smiled *, - “tentatively, “Tn Yolanda,” Then the maa in 7? ‘the tennis ourt emerged from another room . re ‘and gripped Jeck's hand. “Km Teko.” -«! Vhe fugitives cid awtiing farther for a, few mounts, absorbed in waishing theie 77, visitor, Vhsy were lath’s an- 2 agsiz - . pressed whi ibtir militery accowermgals. | “you said sou were intevestcd in tit -. SLAM il sail. “Thavs why we javited your here. The niost imporuat ving at chis tine, you must untersland. ist biel? ws." Jack sat dean and wert tireugh 2 lon2 greasy exrtanation of how and why he hed © agreed to this aiceting. He was collecting in- 3 formation for a book. He wanted to preset an accurate portrayal of (he SLA that prebed *7 beneath the screaming headlines. They could help by icliing the (vik story of their involves)... “Okay.” Bill answered. “We kaow you 9 went to do a book. But right now we don't know if we're ponna be areucd fanz cavugh ~ td read it. Aren't our lives miore important ~ than your hea?" : Jack nodded. He had ever $40,099 that he'd been _ paid by Oberlin Coliere after he'd dieaiened to suc for breach of contict, Tie fugitives were welcume to sane of ihat mancy. - for Fatty and the Harrises this was an incredible offer. “That's juM what we eced," sad Emily, “We can take Une lagney and rent seme place out in the cuuntey and buy back white tings coal aus.” Wut Jack was already baviry; secoud thoughts. He . felt eq thout the SLA‘ previous Hneticn. Aad fhe diln't wat to be invalved if my were phauniag - more Viulence. : “There is one cundition.” Jack's (puch veipe was firm, The lugitives tinea quickly tn his directinn, * their Paces stitl cae chal! dack inered the side. den change and pluaned abvad, “Deon't help yun notes you pet ral al there aus.” "Whe tes fizk wast youl” Fatty stepped ferward be acmith Hight wilh gentle, : . . Jack way red in the Gee het he atid gut eetceat “lr. wands help vou tniess you gike Up your weopas.” The mont i ihe bead wept elegizis with teasivn, «= ‘bhe tayaives hall pamibhad an deck by emeiting, Hibs te. Vives diteoat, They were pre lone tans + Magar ace was onye Tugelier Ua WH was, Realistically, they coud -50-