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1 993 Waco Tribune-Herald r': In 1990, the Australian break away group of Branch Davidians. succeeded in getting charges against cuU leader Vernon Howell -across an ''I. Ls 'A But they failed to get them across to U.S. authorities. 'YYt More than two years have by, but authorities have done lit-tie.

Howell still presides oyer a Ingroup of. about -75 'followers at 3 a. Mount CarmeL the cults base 10 miles east of Waco near, the Elk "T' S' -r v' 1 if s. -I community. At that compound, he is the unquestioned leader I Editorial12A If you are a Branch Davidian, Christ lives on a vf His leadership was questioned i last year in a legal setting, howev- er, for the first time inside Michigan bail' -Three former cult members flew from Australia last Febru- ary to testify that Howell had sexj with underage girls; abused chilb dren, whipping babies as young as -AthreadbarepieceoflandlOmileseastofWaco Icalled He has dimples a ninth-grade beernowajid thenfplaysa meanguitarreportedly packs a 9mm Glock and keepis an arsenal of mili- a mg mm' 4 '4 isa David Koresh is now his legal name.

He changed it two years ago in Cali bBreault, a onetime confidant of yy f'ft 1 former Branch Davidians like Marc 1 8 months old; turned Mount Car 1N3 Waco Trtwns Hwld I -L 1 -j fornia, supposedly to enhance his ca- HoweIla Vernon Howefl, 33 isthe toadeirof Wacba cuKcalledthe Branch Davi- e. dians. His followers consider him Christ reer.es ajnusiciaq, but to fqrmer cult members and law enforcement au An' eight-month Tribune-Herald in-' vestigation that Involved numerous In s- 'j 1 -si 6 bn the theto complaints with authorities. tetviews with Breault and more than 20 other former, cult members and a re- complaints. For various reasons.

ii Authorities have not acted thorities, he is still Vernon HowdL' Many. of. his followers are former mel into an armed camp; and split. apart the families of his follow ers, declaring himself the only perfect mate for the women hi the r- Cult members allowed Howells actions because they consider him Christ, testified Marc Breault," who Is American; bis wife, Eliza beth BaranyaL an Australian; and Jean Smith, also an Australian. The SL Joseph, Midu, case in i volved David Jewells effort to get custody of Ids then 11-year-old daughter, The girl, along her.

mother, Sherri Jewell, i was a cult and lived at Mount CarmeL A joint custody agreement was signed by Sherri V. Avv-; Please see LAW, Page 11A bf; Hmsacksaid he believei authorities Seventh-day Adventists. The Seventh- view of court records and statements to officials said former cult members Utiiaetoniviraamenneii killed rin IHmntlit PKitwh frMialw law mfnmMnant iff ini ala ravaglwl fnakinar the allecrafinn have nflt an- day Adventist Church strongly denies law enforcement officials revealed. i making, the allegations have not ajh any connection with Howella group. complaints that Howell: peared in person to swear out a com- i Although many followers have fled, 1b Howells followers have come to 77 vb abused children physically and plaint against Howell, though they have Howell remains with about 75 faithful.

complaints that Howell: abused chi mailed sworn statements to local, state In a compound they built to await the with iihder- and federal authorities. Other officials .7 end Of the world. Former cult members psychologically. boasted of I gland, Hawaii and throughout the conti- age girls In the cult ery mans acres near the Elk community from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ok boasted of having sex nental United States. the.

end of the claimed the divine right world is near, they believe. to take ev- gations. and authorities say it is heavily armed. Guards reportedly patrol the grounds Former cult members in Australia" at Perched above, the corn-pooled their money and hired a private XV -V-tf. detective, Geoffrey Hossack, to lodge Pleasa seo CULT, Page lOA jb 4 HdweU, S3, is their salvatkail-b; si and has had at least 15 so-called -V.

pay dearly for those beliefs, say v-1' r-v 'v. 4 i 's 1 iV'- iWitnesSes: mrrv.e City officials say deal The proposed purchase price is Fcotiid rev up central 50 percent-nf'the'land'sf'fsirTTT market value." he said. iTrlaltestlmony. -contradicts-' business districts 1 Tm delighted, said couKii ember LaNelle McNamara. 1 I sluggish growth think it's a wonderful sigh of the 1 vrJ -arguments by policel l-iAA -The Associated Pross.y.-,, LOS ANGELES Rodney G-- 7 -King was repeatedly struck in the head but did not appear to resist after a high-speed chase, witnesses told jurors Friday In Bv UARC fi MASFERRER prosperity downtown that at uum sum staff writer willing.

Tribune-Herald to make such US. Department of Veter- ans Affairs regional office and its However, council member Jim 500 employees could soon be Chase said he plans to vote making their way to downtown i 8iD the sale. He said the new an investment," ythe federal civil rights trial of. Waco, giving the central business home for the VA should be a com-, distort much-needed fshot in Dletelv nrivat venture. pletely private the irm, local officials said 71 object to the city getting four officers charged in his After the beating, officers peared to laugh and chat casually Three people receive medical assistance after evacuating from the World Trade Center after Ac volved with IL- We Ye competing The City Council will vote next with private developers, and Im week cm selling a large vacant totj against that," Chase said.

across from City.HaH Waco Conventkm Center to. the negatively affect parking at the f. U.S. for $217,000. convention center; also ques tioned claims that the project; -Zwhile King lay hogtied apd I bbleeding on the ground awaiting 1 'an ambulance, a woman, who across the street from, they )i cheating scene testified.

The four officers, Sgt Stacey C. JCoon, Officer Laurence M. Pow-' TeU'and Theodore J. Briseno, and 'former Officer Nmothy E. Wind, -7-are on tidal on charges of inten- BppSrOlltly CSUSOd by bomb, police say "A tionally using excessive force in the beating rk 7 government The site would be used for a new VA office, which is now in West 1 five people and left nearly would, breathe new life into Hol dout think itt going to hek erty Islands in New York Harbor, others mostly with smoke inhalation orminor mand and operationscenters for ward weve had jn a also knocked out the police cud-J Its the most positive step foK enough 'to save downtown, VA officials last year said they heed at least 118,550 square feet for its employees.

The current i said Margaret Mills, executive director of Downtown Waco, Once the government finds someone to build on the lot, It the'wouldturn the land over to the captured on an amateur. videotape and broadcast -worldwide. The testimony dame bn the second day of the trial in 4ii.U.S.' District Court in Los geles. 1 The witness, Dorothy Gibson, but dozens with cuts, bruises, bro- the towers, which officials said ken bones or serious burns. Police! rendered the office complexs By ROBERT D.

McFADDEN said 274 were treated at hospttals Jh New York V3'- end the rest by rescue and medir 'r NEW VORK An. expktoon cal crews at the scene. apparently caused by a car i The explosion also, trapped in an underground garage shook of people in debris or in the Worid Trade Center in lower smoke-filled stairwells of the Manhattan with the force of a overhead and forced the evacuation ptohsuseless. Vk; James Fox, an assistant direcv tor of the FBI in charge of agencys New that no bomb fragments were found but that a joint terrorist task force of federal agents and leased facility at 1400 N. Valley Mills Drive has about Later, the city would receive a chare of any rents generated by feet of usable space.

the building, acceding to the pro-, 7 Last year, the U.S. General said King appeared to obey the small earthquake shortly after" evacuation of tens of thousands of noon Friday, collapsing walls and workers from a trade center be- reft of power for lights and floors, igniting fires and plunging city detectives had examined the wreckage and believed that a car bomb had caused the explosion. It was unclear what terrorist group, 'I ir elevators. efficera orders after he got out of Wm car 1. -vV -rMs was laying the ground, i the citys largest building com-) vatora.

p'lexinto a maelstrom of The blast, which was felt, Services Administration, manages federal agency office .4. needs, asked for proposals to that we will be able to execute an new site to the VA-The city apd option on that piece of property," Please soe VA, Section Back 4We hope that by Tuesday, based on whom we are today, said Tge TRIAL, Section Back i- darkness and fearful chaos, throughout the Wallreet area Soe Section Back i-M of two klock tocchcrp end ccrly Cncs IVnco Cnnday la Crczoo Living A'. -4v ok -l 1 7 -r 4' 5VL' V''' 'v Jf i-4 t. Cr A a 1 a ,7 to -O 1 1 4 I 2 Jr's 'k. 4 1.

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