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Show Page A2 Thursday, December 8, 1988 Park Record TRIAL from A1 mind I wasn't sure where the fire was coming from." The testimony of the special agents followed prior testimony from an FBI agent who recommended recommend-ed the use of flood lights and loudspeakers to urge family members to talk with officials. But the agent, Dwayne Fuselier, said the ploy didn't work. He had hoped the lights would keep the family leaders awake, wear them down and entice them to talk. He said later, when the noise-makers weretinstalled, agents hoped "to draw Addam and Jonathan out away from the cabin where they could be arrested with little if any gunfire." Crisis negotiators also used two family friends as mediators during the siege, and actually sent Roger Bates and Ogden Kraut into the family compound to discuss the situation. Fuselier said officials hoped to achieve one of three possibilities at the time: to release the children, to surrender, or to talk about the situation. But after the two mediators came out with apparently empty hands, Fuselier said "we decided the likelihood of any of the three options op-tions happening was nil." When Kraut took photographs of the family, Fuselier said it appeared that "our efforts really had very little lit-tle effect. The family seemed refreshed and relaxed." Furthermore, Kraut delivered two letters from Addam Swapp and Vickie Singer in response to a letter sent to them from Gov Norm Bangerter, who had pleaded for a peaceful resolution. "We are now a nation under God," Swapp's letter read. "We are independent and separate from a wicked society." Fuselier read the letter, which was signed "Amen" by Swapp. The defendant voiced another "Amen" during the court proceedings after the letter was read. As in the federal trial of the three Singer-Swapps and Vickie Singer, the Swapp brothers have worn buckskin jackets representing their belief in the lost tribe of Israel in the Book of Mormon, Mor-mon, from which Addam Swapp claims ancestry. The foursome was convicted of federal charges relating to the bombing bom-bing of the Kamas IDS Stake Center In Marion last spring. Kraut, a fellow polygamist, testified that the family was softening soften-ing its feelings' that "bloodshed and a confrontation" were necessary. Defense attorneys used cross-examination cross-examination of Kraut to say that the arrest plan was ill-timed and unnecessary. un-necessary. Defense attorneys hope to use the psychological tactics as evidence that their stressed behavior affected their subsequent actions. They told jurors in opening statements that children had to strap pillows to their heads to sleep, and Addam Swapp described the noises in his letter as "hellish." He and his brother often disabled the lights and speakers with gunfire to stop them. But Fuselier refused to characterize the sounds as "hellish." When asked by Jonathan Swapp's attorney, Earl Spafford, if the sounds were repetitive and the lights were very bright," Fuselier responded, "I hope so." Special agent Intellini also told Spafford he "didn't think they were that bad." I ; i a . : . - , ''Hi 4 . rtnm iv-M w . : . i i i i i II Funeral services for Lt. Fred House were held last February TIME from A1 fired by Timothy Singer, but he didn't act alone. They all had those full 13 days to think about the situation. Addam Swapp was the leader and he set in motion mo-tion the events that led to the death of Fred House. The evidence indicates that he never fired his rifle during the final shootout but he can't walk away from the responsibility of his own actions. He had already set the stage for the killing. "His conduct showed his intentions inten-tions to treat any officer who set foot on his property as an aggressor," ag-gressor," said Horton. "The defendants are charged as parties par-ties to the crime. The evidence will establish that this was a joint venture of armed resistance. Timothy Singer is not the only one that should be accountable for the death of Fred House. All of the defendants are responsible." Members of House's family have attended the trial, as well as Jonathan Swapp's new bride and Addam Swapp's two wives, who appear intermittantly. The defendants defen-dants have carried religious books to court each day to thumb through during the proceedings. Addam's attorney, Bill Morrison, Mor-rison, said last January's sequence se-quence of events "began nine years prior" to the standoff, when family patriarch John Singer was shot by officials who were trying to arrest him: ''There was substantial abuse by neighbors and by police that led Addam to believe that he could not surrender at all without facing fac-ing the same results as John Singer,' ' said Morrison. His co-counsel, John Bucher, added that "the evidence will show the family was being frustrated by attempts to end it peacefully. During the siege the family thought they were going to be martyred." Earl Spafford, attorney for Jonathan Swapp, told the jury, "Jonathan has told me how deeply deep-ly he regrets the death of Fred House.. .and that he mourns for House's family." Spafford also referred to John Singer's 1979 death on the Singer compound, and said that event "sowed the seeds of apprehension and fear" in the family. As to Jonathan's connection with House's death, Spafford said, "Jonathan will say that not once in his entire life has he pointed a gun at anyone... Jonathan is guilty of being be-ing family; of being on the premises." Spafford admitted that his client fired "three random ran-dom shots" after his brother was injured during the shootout. But he said the shots "were a diversion; diver-sion; an impulsive thing. He had no intent to do otherwise." Fred Metos, representing John Timothy Singer, admitted that "in all likelihood the bullet which hit House did come from Timothy's gun. I'm not going to make this a mystery case," said Metos, but he maintained that the charge against his client should be nothing greater than negligent homicide. "Timothy was reacting reac-ting to a situation where he thought his family would be injured in-jured or possibly killed. The family believed they were in grave danger by the authorities, and those were the facts as they perceived them." trij .... It's a dog's life... The snow has caught everyone's fancy...ycs, even local dogs. November snow totals A 74.75- 75- 76- 76- 77- 77- 78- 78- 79- 79- '80-'80-'81-'81-'8'2-'82-'83-'83-'84-'84-'85-'85-'86-'86-'87-'87-'88-'88-'89- -(24 inches) -(61 inches) -H -(20 inches) -(6Q inches) -(30 inches) -(11 inches) -(23 inches) -(49 inches) -(85 inches) -(70 inches) -(83 inches) -(18 inches) -(12 inches) -(66 inches) '' ! . Ml ''1 ' ' 1 J .' kt "4t Randy Hanskat Almost a record... November snowfall recorded at the Summit House at the Park City Ski Area (9,400 feet) registered the fourth highest for the past 15 years. Here are the snow and ski conditions as of Dec. 7 at Utah ski resorts: Alta 56", six inches new Beaver Mountain 41", two inches new Brianhead will announce opening Brighton 56", five inches new Deer Valley opens Dec. 10 Elk Meadows opens Dec. 18 Nordic Valley 40", one inch new Park City 35", one inch new ParkWest opens Dec. 8 Powder Mountain 44", two inches new Snow Basin 44", one inch new Snowbird 49", one inch new Solitude 45", four inches new Sundance opening Dec. 15 4 Guess who's in town... St. Nick has been spotted in Park City listening to requests re-quests from good little boys and girls (and even big naughty boys and girls.) The old guy seems to get around, so be sure not to miss him. fS f -'; " I j) J The Park Record (USPS 0037-8370) is published weekly by the Diversified Suburban Newspapers Second-class postage in Park City, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Park Record 1670 Bonanza Dr., Box 3688, Park City, UT 84060. 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