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0-19 (Rev. 7-17-68) - — lYippie Leader s i { , | yy ° Hoffman Accused of Having . Se Guns and Black incl y Abbie Hoffman, a leader of| @ the Yippies, was arrested yes- terday on charges of posses- sion of guns and blackjacks after the police raided a Lower| {East Side apartment at 2:30) ™ | Detectives said they had found three pistols and quanti- ties of marijuana and heroin in the apartment at 333 East 5th Street. Five men, including one who police said was twirl- ling a pistol on his finger, were arrested. Hoffman, who was not present during the raid was jseized later when he appeared at the station. . ‘The raid came hours after the Jeader of the Youth Inter- national party had been re- leased on §$1,000 bail on charges of inciting to riot at demonstrations during the Dem- ocratic national convention in Chicago last summer. On Saturday evening, Hoff- man also participated in two midtown demonstrations, one/appeared at Grand Central Station andy the other at The New York|leased, six men were parol Times. : and three others were releas Twelve demonstrators were|on $50 bail for later hearings. gn charges of disorder- () Associated Press e. Hoffman at Criminal Court here after his arrest. noxious materials, usually can: of spray paint. in Criminal GERSEUS UNG: AscicieD >6& APR 81969 Of the 12 demonstrators wh posse 1 Courtiweapon and released in $100: esterday, three girls were refbail. Steven Mullen, 20, was re-! leased without bail on charges of possession of narcotics. EATE 22r/s > Bees (er Held in Raid on Lower East Side > Marijuana and Heroin Also Found in Apartment @ group of about 50 yippies did not stop hissing. “Let’s not act like children,” he said. “I want no nonsense.” | The raid on the 32-year-old Hoffman’s combination apart- ment-office came after a tip from an unidentified youth to the 9th Precinct, just five doors from the apartment. Hoffman, who was released on $100 bail pending a hearing! in April 7, said he was the vic-! tim of a police frameup. “It is: totally inconceivable tinat a per-|| son of my position would Fide an arsenal and dope so close to a police station,” he said. |: _ Although Hoffman's address || is listed as 114 East 13th Street, | Detective Barry Levine said,i. “The apartment was in his:' name... he is legally respon- sible for those guns.” _ Charges against three of the; five arrested at the apartment). were dismissed. Clyde Pitts, 19,' arraigned on charges of', ssion of a dangerous! r] A hearing for May 8 was set 3 arrested Judge Murray Koenig threatffor both men who i fy conduct and possession of jened to clear the courtroom iffEast 5th Street. | ALL RSORMATON CONTAINED (007 Nar VecoRNED yor PR 7 1969 Tolsgp ———__— Fel-oach tr Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen’ - * Sullivan —2._ Tave) — Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy bY The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star (Washington) The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) New York Post —- The New York Times Pe The Sun (Baltimore) The Daily World The New Leader The Wal) Street Journal The National Observer People’s World Examiner (Washington)