| Show ' 43 Standard-Examine- Friday January 27 1989 r Utah Swapp clan sentencing ‘a little bit of justice’ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prison terms imposed on polygamist clan members for the slaying of a corrections officer will provide “a little bit of justice” said Gary House brother of the slain lawman Third District Judge Michael R Murphy sentenced clan leader Addam Swapp 27 and law John Timothy Singer 22 to one to 15 years in Utah State Prison for manslaughter and Swapp’s brother Jonathan 21 to a year in jail for negligent homicide The sentences Thursday were pronounced two days before the first anniversary of the Jan 28 1988 shoot-oat the clan’s Marion compound that ended a standoff with state and federal officers Corrections Lt Fred House was killed and Addam Swapp was wounded in the exchange The impasse had begun 13 days earlier when Addam Swapp bombed a Mormon chapel near the remorse over House’s death none had acknowledged responsibility for the consequences of their actions All three have denied having any intention of harming anyone “These defendants acted as anarchists and this court has been presented with no credible information that if given the opportunity they would not again engage in anarchism and armed conflict” Murphy said House’s widow Ann House said “I'm satisfied with the sentences and I don’t want Fred ever forgotten We need policemen to stand between us and irresponsible and dangerous people” House’s sister Dawn House said the judge was eloquent in his contrast of the nonviolent civil disobedience of “Thoreau Gandhi and Martin Luther King (who) were willing to accept the legal consequences of their conduct” the judge said while “These defendants bore arms in support of their views and to avoid the consequences of Addam brother-in-- ut farm Singer and the Swapps originally were charged with second-degre- e murder but were convicted of the lesser charges on Dec 22 by an jury that deliberated 7Vi days Defense attorneys sought to have Singer’s and Addam Swapp’s terms concurrent with the federal terms they face for the bombing and standoff The defense attorneys contended Utah law prohibits aggregate minimum sentences of more than 12 years including the federal terms However Murphy ruled the law did not limit his discretion in imposing indeterminate consecutive sentences He said ordering concurrent terms “would require this court to disregard the death of officer House” and that the trio’s armed resistance constituted “irrefutable evidence of the grave risk of injury and death” they had created during the siege Moreover he said while the three had expressed i eight-memb- er Springs told a news conference Lindvall and Fischer said holding out hope for a reprieve made Bundy less willing to divulge all he knew “I was professionally embarrassed” Fischer said “The attorney general communicated separately with Bundy and Woodard hadn’t slammed the door That’s what Bundy read into their communications” The investigators said Romer’s role consisted of his authorizing the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to aid in any searches for Colorado Bundy victims The investigators said CBI assistance had not been sought by local law enforcement officials and Romer’s authorizing the agency to act officially brought the state into the case precipitating W'oodard’s intervention Woodard interviewed in Grand Junc-tiQ- n Thursday night denied any consid tape-recordi- j i SUSC slaying hearing gets delay 3-we- ek FILLMORE (AP) — Justice of the Peace Ron Hare has delayed ? for three weeks the preliminary hearing of two men charged in the death of a Southern Utah State College student The hearing which began Tuesday and has been closed to the public was halted Thursday when Hare said defense attorneys had asked for more time to ob- 1 tain some written documentation 2 The judge would not elaborate on the defense request and he said the hearing would not re-- I sume for three weeks 1 On Tuesday Hare denied a motion from two Salt Lake City f newspapers to lift a gag order that was put into effect Nov 25 the day the two defendants were J charged Michael Anthony Archuleta 26 and Lance Conway Wood 20 face counts of capital homicide aggravated kidnapping aggravat- ed assault and auto theft in the beating death of Gordon Ray Church 28 son of Delta City Councilman David Church Defense attorney Michael Es- ' plin representing Archuleta said he sought the gag order to avoid publicity and guarantee his client’s right to a fair hearing “Millard County is very small and the family population-wis- e J (of the victim) is very well re- spected in the community” he ' pre-tri- al said ' ' I I ‘ "Gandhi didn't kill anyone intentionally or unintentionally and he never hid behind children” Dawn House said Last May the Swapps Singer and his mother clan matriarch Vickie Singer were convicted of federal offenses in the bombing and standoff In September US District Judge Bruce Jenkins sentenced Addam Swapp to 15 years John Timothy Singer and Jonathan Swapp to 10 years and Vickie Singer to five years imprisonment But federal prosecutors contend that due to last week’s US Supreme Court decision upholding mandatory federal sentencing guidelines the four should be resentenced to federal terms of from three to 41 months longer than Jenkins ordered Under Murphy’s ruling neither Addam Swapp nor Singer will serve more than 30 years total Colorado governor accused of hindering Bundy interview VAIL Colo (AP) — Two investiga- tors accused Colorado Gov Roy Romer and Attorney General Duane Woodard i Thursday of interfering with their Iast--j minute interview of serial killer Ted Bundy by holding out hope for a possi- ble stay of Bundy’s execution The law enforcement officers also re- -: vealed the existence of a made by Bundy in his final hours Flori- -j da authorities told the investigators the contains more detail of several ' tape murders including that of Denise Oliv- erson of Grand Junction The Colorado attorney general’s refiis- al to “slam the door” on Bundy’s hope for another reprieve hampered not only t the Colorado investigators’ efforts but also those by Washington and Utah offi- cials Vail Police Detective Matt Lind- -' vail and Ninth Judicial District investigator Mike Fischer of Glenwood i conduct” Swapp’s Hare denied a motion by attor-- i ness for The Salt Lake Tribune Deseret News and Society of Pro fessional Journalists to lift the gag order and allow the public into the hearing He also denied a mo- non from the media to unseal re- cords in the case An affidavit made public earli- cr by Iron County Attorney Scon Burns and later ordered sealed said that Wood led Burns and Iron County Sheriff eration of making a deal for Bundy There is “no basis for such allegations” Woodard said Woodard said an assistant Bob Sexton talked to Bundy’s attorneys on Friday and reported that “Ted wanted a deal for four to six months I laughed No way” Woodard said such reports probably stemmed from manipulation by Bundy or it was possible that the killer’s attorneys held out hope that Colorado didn’t give him Deputy Attorney General Greg Smith said state officials were involved because the Bundy victims in Colorado were of statewide interest and the attorney general’s office had been invited by Florida state attorney John Tanner to interview Bundy “To suggest we were impairing the vestigation is ludicrous” he said “Here’s what I think They got that from Ted Bundy They never heard us offering anything to Ted Bundy” Smith said “We never made any offer We suggested that the only chance he had was certainly to cooperate was only going to get him exactly where he landed anyway “It’s obvious that Ted Bundy tried to play off law enforcement against each other” Smith said “A person in his position I would expect to do that A spokesman for Romer said the governor’s only involvement in the case was CBI authorization to help search for any bodies Cindv Parmenter Romer’s press secretary said permission is needed for CBI investigators to go outside their ju risdiction “The governor was never asked to request an extension of Bundy’s time” she said “As he indicated Monday had he been asked he would have denied it” The two investigators met twice with Bundy over the weekend before his execution in Florida’s electric chair Tuesday They said they are convinced Bundy killed three women in Colorado: Caryn Campbell 24 of Dearborn Mich in the Aspen area on Jan 12 1975 Julie Cunningham 26 of Vail who vanished on March 15 1975 and Denise Lynn Oliverson 24 of Grand Junction who disappeared on April 6 1975 Lindvall and Fischer said Thursday that they had to “negotiate their way in” both times because Woodard’s communications with Bundy had changed his attitude toward investigators — Advtrtitamsnt — STEINER TRUST COMPANY Report of Condition December 31 1988 ASSETSCash-Checki- $ 3 565 00 83195 00 $86760 00 Account Time Certificate Account TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES 8 SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY Accrued Income T axes Capital Stock Paid-i- n Surplus Retained Earnings 642 00 25000 15 000 48118 00 TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY REVENUE $8676000 Statement of Income and Expense for the year ending DecemDer 31 1983 Interest Income $439200 $439200 TOTAL REVENUE EX°ENSES Miscellaneous Expense Income before taxes Stae Income Tax Federal Income Tax 1080 00 $3312 00 170 00 433 00 Net Income Re’amed earnings beginning Retained earnings ending $2709 00 $43409 00 “146118 I Carol S McCormick Vice President of the d trust company do so'emnty a Trim mat this report of condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief above-name- HE) Attest CAROL S McCOAMlCK Director KEVIN K STEINER Carol S McCormick for R A ROGERS Rotert C Stemer for R L STEINER Siae of Ulan County of Sait Lae ss Sworn to and Subscrped before me this 6th day ELAINE GAULDlNG of Janua7 1983 Notary Public STATE OF UTAH Depart-e- nt of Fmanoal institutions I James E Snaw Supervisor of Bank of Financial Institutions do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of me statement of the above named bank fi!ed m this office on January 9 1989 JAMES E SHAW Suprvvor of Banks Ira Schoppmann to a juniper tree in a remote area near Interstate 15 in Millard County where they found Church's body in- He said any suggestions of deals or offers didn’t come from any Colorado official vrsFiGHTNGFOP V0LRLFE American Heart A$socat)on f J NOBODY TREATS YOU BETTER AB three Fords are at Westland with no payments 'til May oa c |
