DATE=  11/18/97

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

NUMBER=2-222892

TITLE=OKLAHOMA BOMBING TRIAL (L-ONLY)

BYLINE=RICH SALLINGER

DATELINE=DENVER

CONTENT=

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INTRO :  A KEY PROSECUTION WITNESS HAS TESTIFIED IN THE OKLAHOMA 

CITY BOMBING TRIAL OF TERRY NICHOLS -- A MAN THE GOVERNMENT 

CLAIMS WAS ROBBED BY MR. NICHOLS TO RAISE MONEY TO FINANCE THE 

BOMBING PLOT.  ONE HUNDRED-18 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A BOMB 

DESTROYED A U-S GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 

THREE YEARS AGO.  RICH SALLINGER REPORTS FROM DENVER.



TEXT :  GUN COLLECTOR ROGER MOORE TOLD THE COURT HE WAS TIED UP 

AND ROBBED OF 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF GUNS AND OTHER ITEMS. 

HE SAYS THE ROBBERY HAPPENED AT HIS ARKANSAS FARM ON NOVEMBER 

FIFTH, 1994.  MR. MOORE CALLS IT "A TERRIBLE PICTURE:  A MAN 

DRESSED IN  CAMOUFLAGE, WEARING A BLACK SKI MASK AND (CARRYING) A

PISTOL-GRIP SHOTGUN."  HE SAYS HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE ROBBER.



THE GOVERNMENT CONTENDS IT WAS TERRY NICHOLS, COMMITTING THE 

ROBBERY TO FINANCE THE BOMBING PLOT.  NUMEROUS WEAPONS WERE FOUND

IN HIS HERINGTON KANSAS HOME THAT WERE REPORTED TAKEN FROM MR. 

MOORE.  JAMES NICHOLS -- THE DEFENDANT'S BROTHER -- SAYS HE 

BELIEVES MR. MOORE "STAGED" THE ROBBERY.



                     // NICHOLS ACTUALITY//



         TO COLLECT INSURANCE MONEY.  I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS

         LIKE DOESN'T IT?   (POSSIBLY THEN WHY DID THE GUNS AND 

         OTHER ITEMS END UP IN YOUR BROTHER'S HOME?)  I COULDN'T 

         ANSWER THAT.  TERRY IS THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO HAVE TO 

         ANSWER THAT. 



                        //END ACTUALITY//



UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION, TERRY NICHOLS; ATTORNEY, MICHAEL TIGAR, 

PRESSED MR. MOORE.



                       //TIGAR ACTUALITY//



         ISN'T IT A FACT, SIR, THAT YOU AND MR. MCVEIGH WORKED 

         OUR A PLAN TO GET THESE GUNS OUT ON THE MARKET AND YOU 

         WOULD COLLECT WHATEVER YOU COULD FROM THE INSURANCE 

         COMPANY?"   "NO. I DENY THAT."



                        //END ACTUALITY//



AND, MR. TIGAR ACCUSED MR. MOORE'S GIRLFRIEND, KAREN ANDERSON, OF

CREATING A FRAUDULENT LIST OF THE GUNS THEY OWNED.   



THE ROBBERY IS ONE PART OF THE CONSPIRACY CHARGE AGAINST TERRY 

NICHOLS.  EVEN IF THE JURY FINDS THERE WAS NOT A ROBBERY, IT 

COULD STILL BE POSSIBLE TO CONVICT THE DEFENDANT IN CONNECTION 

WITH THE BOMBING PLOT. (SIGNED)



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19-Nov-97 2:34 AM EST (0734 UTC)

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