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PAGE 10A DURHAM MORNING HERALD FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30 1988 Defense Attorneys Criticize Judge At Trial prayed to my God Jehovah that ne should rememeber me when I Ziegler said I thought that might Ziegler was released after about two hours when another employee faked a heart attack Hatcher and Jacobs let us out the back door ana Ricky McKinnon said OK Ziegler testified said he was just faking it I told him to keep faking it until we got around the corner of the build RALEIGH (AP) Defense lawyers and US District Judge Terrence Boyle sparred again Thursday in the hostage-tailing trial of two American Indians with one lawyer inviting Boyle to pull up a chair at the Eddie Hatcher 31 and Timothy Jacobs 20 are accused of holding up to 20 hostages at The Robesonian newspaper for 10 hours on Feb 1 while demanding an investigation of drug trafficking and corruption in Robeson County The outburst by lawyers came after Boyle interrupted a question by Assistant US Attorney John Bruce Bruce had asked about a newspaper article that defense attorneys have wanted to use to show drug trafficking was common knowledge in the county object to your honor helping the government when he was about to make a foolish mistake that would have opened up the door on this issue defense lawyer Lewis Pitts of the Christie Institute South told Boyle am shocked" Pitts said after Boyle had the Jury removed from the courtroom wonder if you want to pull up a chair at the government's le warned Pitts that per-comments about the court could lead to contempt charges objection is to you participating as part of the prosecutorial Pitts said Bruce said he would "stipulate to the defenses charges of clumsiness and but would take exception to their contention that he was going to open the doors on questions about drug trafficking Bruce told the court that US Rep Charlie Rose D-NC will fly in from Washington this afternoon as a prosecution witness Several witnesses have testified that Hatcher telephoned Rose during the confrontation and asked for a federal investigation of alleged corruption In testimony Thursday Eric Ziegler a former advertising representative at the newspaper testified that he thought the hostages were going to be shot when Hatcher ordered them to line up against the wall called the office several times at insistence but kept being told that the govt emor was not available frit it aggravated the situation be cause we all knew the governor just get he said felt like they just kept putting us off that time I felt inclined to feel a little sympathetic te Hatcher and his problems deal ing with the v-v Under cross-examination Man-giamelli admitted he had made statements to reporters and law enforcement officers during the confrontation that Hatcher had not been threatening people But he said he made those statements because Hatcher was nearby irrational as he was I was just trying to keep the situation Mangiamelli said you are standing right next te Eddie Hatcher you're not gojng to say in and get these Pitts asked Mangiamelli if he had made similar statements te they had drug trafficking In a hearing out of the presence of the jury Thursday morning Boyle ruled that Hatcher and Jacobs can wear Indian medicine bags in the courtroom Laywers for Jacobs had contended the government was violating their religious rights by refusing the allow the bam For the second day Hatcher and Jacobs each wore a feather on a leather thong in their hair During the lunch break law school students protested outside the court building saying that Hatcher was denied a trial delay until Kunstler was available court is a circus a kangaroo court" said Joe Segal who said he was a third year law student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HilL kind of justice do we have that allow you to have the attorney of your choice? no justice in that courtroom Eddie Hatcher Timothy Jacobs have sacrificed their own Hatche ler Cherokee Opposition Helps Kill Lumbee Bill and Jacobs are being tried on charges of i take hostages using firearms lence two counts of making an illegal firearm possessing an illegal firearm and conveying false information on explosives The judge ruled that Hatcher was representing himself after Hatcher refused to be aided by any lawyer but William Kuns-tier who is involved in a New York City trial Hatcher has refused to participate in the courtroom proceedings other than to say his rights were being violated and he is not representing himself Thor have never denied taking over the newspaper but say they had no other choice because their lives were in danger They claim law enforcement officers were planning to kill them be- But at the urging of Rep Jamie Clarke the only North Carolinian on the committee the bill was set aside and is unlikely to re-emerge this year Rose charged Clarke a fellow Democrat wno represents much of western North Carolina including the Cherokee reservation with yielding to political threats from Cherokee officials Both Clarke and the Cherokee chief Jonathan Taylor denied that Clarke had yielded to political threats troduced a bill that would grant such recognition legislatively Several official Indian groups including the Cherokees opposed the bill Some argued that Lumbee recognition would further divide tne limited federal resources devoted to official tribes although the Cherokees said that was not their motivation On Wednesday the House Interior Committee had been scheduled to vote on bill RALEIGH (AP) Strong opposition from the Cherokee tribe in western North Carolina helped scuttle the Lumbee hopes of winning federal recognition through Congress this year officials on both sides of the issue say The Lumbees who are concentrated in Robeson County have sought official federal recognition as a tribe for years In hopes of circumventing the slow application process in the Interior Department Rep Charlie Rose in FRffMY SATQJJffiEDAV iw 30 30 30 MISSES FLEECE SEPARATES SAVE REG $12 NOW Ml CHAUS HOT COUTURE MISSES COORDINATES SAVE REG $48-388 NOW 3350-8158 PETTTES KORET WOOL COORDINATES SAVE REG $39-3991 NOW 2750-6998 ENTIRE STOCK OF MISSES WOOL WOOL BLEND AND SWEATER KNIT DRESSES SAVE REG S5O-S2S0L NOW 32J50-162J50L Excludes Liz Claiborne JUNIORS SWEATERS FROM TRUMPS SPORT SAVE REG $26-334 NOW 1120-2180 ENTIRE STOCK OF MONET JEWELRY SAVE REG 650558 NOW 455538 35 30 30 FOR JUNIORS JUNIORS DENIM JEANS AND JACKETS FROM ZENA AND SERGIO VALENTE REG $44578 NOW $33-5828 JUNIORS SOFT DRESSES REG 384-378 NOW $48-5858 JUNIORS COLLECTIONS FROM ESPRIT AND MORE REG 320575 NOW $14-5250 JUNIORS FLEECE SEPARATES FROM KEEPING UP REG 318322 NOW 1120-1540 ENTIRE STOCK OF JUNIORS COATS AND JACKETS REG 339-3115 NOW VIP ACCESSORIES ENTIRE STOCK OF NAPIER AND TRIFAR1 JEWELRY REG 650-350 NOW 455-335 ENTIRE 1928 JEWELRY COMPANY COLLECTION REG $8-345 NOW 550-3150 SELECTED LEATHER BELTS REG 316-330 NOW 860518 IMAX LEATHER LIZARD AND CROCODILE TEXTURED HANDBAGS REG 340-391 NOW $30-6825 RIVAGE LEATHER CLUTCHES REG 33054ft NOW 2250-330 AXIOM VINYL HANDBAGS REG 324-334 NOW $13-2550 INTIMATE APPAREL ALL BALI BRAS AND CONTROL BRIEFS REG 36-24501 NOW 450-1718 ENTIRE STOCK OF MAIDENFORM FOUNDATIONS REG 38-317 NOW 550-1190 ENTIRE STOCK OF COTTON FLANNEL SLEEPWEAR REG $18528 NOW 1250-1950 lanz ALL SATIN SLEEPWEAR AND LINGERIE REG 322-348 NOW 1540-33501 SAVE 25 SAVE 25 SAVE 30 SAVE 30 SAVE 25 SAVE 30 SAVE 30 SAVE 40 -SAVE 25 -SAVE 25 -SAVE 25 SAVE 30 -SAVE 30 -SAVE 30 -SAVE 30 REG $130-3340 NOW 1450-3221 'Excludes VIP RE I ALL ITEMS IN THIS AD ARE Ad THALHMCRS STORES UNLESS OTHERWISE WOCATEDi Mammtate mvMowns haw been Won on soma Hems Sony no iral or phone oidm USE YOUR THALHMERS CHARGE CAR8 AMERICAN EXPRESS VISA AN0 MASTERCARD Shop Northoate Mon thru Sat 10 (0 9 Sunday 1 1 I.