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Abbie Hoffman — Part 14
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set at 25.000 by U.S. Mazis-
trate Arthur L. Burnett. -
Hoffman was artaigned
_ yesterday io New York on
charges. incitizsea riot
“awe “h BS ge at th
in Washington and is free on demozxstrations and violence
$20,000 4wir—tre owas ar- during the Denmerstic.Con-
- rested lale Wednesday in the vention in Chicago which led
hallway of his New York to the conspiracy charges,
apartment by FBI agents on against the Chicago Seven.
_ & warrant issued by Judge = Although all three men in-
Burnett. ; sisted the “government lost’
The warrant charged that in the week-long confronta-
between April 29 and May 3, ton with antiwar demon-
¢ Hoffman traveled to Wash- strators, they wouldn't ex~
. ington from outside the dis- plain how they arrived at
" trict “with intent to incite, that conclusion, since the
+ organize, promole, encour. kovcrnment had prevented
age, participate in and carry them from obtaining their
out a riot.” “main objective — forcing
. government offices in the
Capitol to shut down. ©
An affidavit by an FBI After making his statement
agent, attached to the war- last night, Davis was pressed
rant, cited a speech Hoff. on this point but wouldn't
‘man made at the University answer. after Hoffman ws:
“ef Oklahoma in Norman, Pere@ in his ear. “We ho
where he was quoted as say- the pre ss conference, hot the
_ ing the D.C. demonstrations press! os . 7
~ would “make Chicago in Davis did explain, “We-
1968 look like a YAF (the ‘Went to Washington to demon-
‘conservative Young Ameri- . Strate the possibility of non-
-eans for Freedom) meeting.” , Violent tactics. The Ameri- -
. can people begin to resist
: f . for Americans to say
nose which his wife explained . come . H
was broken during the Wash-- ents ot Boing to be good |
ington demonstrations. . ~ / ; ;
Hoffman is also charged ; ,
with assault. for allegedly . He said demonstrators tried *
/Unreatening a Washington to impress upon government
policeman with a ‘board dur- workers who were angry over
‘ing attempts to tie up com. ‘a two-hour traffic jam as -
‘
+
e e ®
“I'm also charged with as- because of the war,:“a mil- :
saulting a policemen’s night- lion Vietnamese will never ;
. stick with my nose,” Hoffman go to work again.” - t
‘laughed last night. _ Davis admitted jater that *
‘Although demonstrators’ at- "in one respect, the demon. ,-
‘tempts to “close down the Strations failed, because the -
| government” failed to do «concept of a “Peoples Peace .
5 more than tie up tralfic dur. Treaty” was lost as the «
_ing' rush hour on Monday, media concentrated” on the -
Froines declared again last %emonstrators’ tactics. .
cnight, “We're going to shut Davis and Froines had...
, down the government. . taken a flight from Wash--.
; +, , ington to Newark to meet.
He described the series of with Weinglass and Hoffman,
“demonstrations as a “most who was en route to Chi-
4
_. Momentous event.” . cago. |
Hoffman: went him. oné = When asked what they dis
’ further. * fussed with Weinzlass, the
“It was the greatest event much-arrested Holfman te,
since we ptmolished . the Pied with a smce, “Bribes,
emocratic Party in ‘63," he bribes for: the_ailocsey gen-
declared, referring ,to the ot ys
they went. .ta work that, | -
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