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4 - Takes:
FBI Arrests ROT Fugitive Keyes; Digest Version
Grandfather Told Arrest Near
FBI Arrests ROT Texas Fugitive; full story
Chronology of Ft. Davis Standoff and Keyes Arrest

=09/20/97 06:24 aph03:41nTX+BC-TX--D
BC-TX--Digest Briefs,0697
By The Associated Press
FBI arrests Republic of Texas fugitive Richard Keyes

HOUSTON _ Richard Frank Keyes III's capture was not as he had
once imagined it, and the Republic of Texas fugitive didn't look
like the same man who'd eluded law officers this summer by slipping
into the mountains.

Bearded at Fort Davis when the armed separatists held a weeklong
standoff, Keyes was clean-shaven when FBI agents cornered him
Friday near Houston.

Keyes, 22, was caught off-guard and surrounded, said Chris
Swecker, FBI assistant special agent in charge in Houston. He said
Keyes, who had stashed unopened supplies in a national forest, was
unarmed and didn't have a chance to flee.

Keyes' arrest satisfied the couple who identified him among a
group that had taken them hostage in the Davis Mountains four
months earlier.

``I can't wait for them to get his butt out here to the Presidio
County Jail to be with his Republic of Texas friends, let the
criminal justice work on them a bit,'' said Joe Rowe, president of
the Property Owners' Association at the Davis Mountains Resort
where the standoff occurred.

=09/20/97 03:16 aph02:02nIN+BC-IN---
BC-IN---Separatist-Grandfather, Bjt,360
Grandfather was told by FBI that arrest was near
amskkahgcn
By KEN KUSMER=
Associated Press Writer=

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ After Richard Keyes III fled a mountain
hideout for the hills of southwest Texas, his grandfather in
Indiana went looking for him and urged him to surrender.

On Friday, Dr. Richard Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., learned his
grandson had been captured after nearly 4½ months on the lam. He
had been tipped off by the FBI two weeks ago that agents were close
to an apprehension.

``I've been working very close with the FBI up here in
Vincennes, Indiana,'' Dr. Keyes told The Associated Press in a
telephone interview moments after his grandson, a fugitive Republic
of Texas separatist, was in custody.

``I figured he had gone to Canada, but apparently he didn't if
they caught him down there,'' Dr. Keyes said.

``Thank God he's alive. That's all I care. We'll take the knocks
we have to take.''

The younger Keyes, 22, was apprehended Friday afternoon while
walking along a road about 55 miles north of Houston. He was
transported to Houston and booked into the Harris County Jail.

He is charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and
two counts of aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon. The
charges stem from the hostage-taking of a couple that began the
Republic of Texas standoff with police on April 27.

Dr. Keyes had traveled to Texas in May to search for his
grandson shortly after the separatist had fled into the hills on
May 3. On Friday, he was in Bicknell preparing for his duties as
the football team physician for North Knox High School when he
learned of his grandson's capture at last.

``I'm going home because I have to make some calls,'' Dr. Keyes
said. He already had spoken to his son, Richard Keyes Jr. of St.
Marys, Kan., the father of the separatist, who was making plans to

travel to Houston. ``I'll plan to go with him.''

No family members have spoken to the fugitive during his
disappearance, Dr. Keyes said.

Asked what he would say to his grandson, Dr. Keyes replied,
``What can I say, except why?

``We're going to help him any way we can within the limits of
the law.''

APTV-09-20-97 0312CDT

=09/20/97 00:58 aph03:52nTX+BC-TX--S
BC-TX--Separatist Arrest, Bjt,0675
FBI arrests Republic of Texas fugitive Richard Keyes
tljj2
By TERRI LANGFORD=
Associated Press Writer=

HOUSTON (AP) _ Richard Frank Keyes III's capture was not as he
had once imagined it, and the Republic of Texas fugitive didn't
look like the same man who'd eluded law officers this summer by
slipping into the mountains.

Bearded at Fort Davis when the armed separatists held a weeklong
standoff, Keyes was clean-shaven when FBI agents cornered him
Friday near Houston.

Keyes' arrest satisfied the couple who identified him among a
group that had taken them hostage in the Davis Mountains four
months earlier.

Keyes' fate was a far cry from when he resurfaced after the
standoff, telling a magazine that New Mexico militia members aided
his escape.

``Now I'm in a place that's armed to the teeth,'' he told Mother
Jones this summer. ``If we have to make a stand, we can.''

Keyes was arrested at 2:25 p.m. while walking along
Farm-to-Market Road 1375 in the Sam Houston National Forest near
New Waverly, about 55 miles north of Houston, the FBI and Texas
Department of Public Safety said.

After FBI agents, assisted by the Texas Rangers and DPS' special
crimes unit, made the arrest, Keyes was brought to Houston and
booked into the Harris County Jail about 6 p.m., said Sgt. E.D.
Owen of the Harris County Sheriff's Department.

Federal officials who had kept Keyes under surveillance have
charged him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

Keyes was also detained without bond on three state charges:
engaging in organized criminal activity and two counts of
aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon.

Owen said arrangements for taking Keyes back to Jeff Davis
County in West Texas will likely be made on Monday.

Rowe, who was held hostage with his wife by a group that
allegedly included Keyes, said the FBI confirmed the fugitive's
identity to him late Friday and asked him to help with the
identification.

Formerly of St. Marys, Kan., Keyes bolted from the separatist
group's Fort Davis mountain hideout on May 3, the day Richard
McLaren and five followers surrendered to Texas troopers after a
weeklong standoff.

Keyes is wanted on the three charges stemming from the
hostage-taking of Rowe and his wife, M.A. Rowe, that began the
stalemate on April 27.

Dr. Richard Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., grandfather of the Texas
fugitive, was reached Friday night by telephone in Bicknell, Ind.,
about 100 miles southwest of Indianapolis.

``Thank God he's alive. That's all I care,'' said Dr. Richard
Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., ths suspect's grandfather. ``We'll take
all the knocks we have to take.''

He said his son, Richard Keyes Jr. of St. Marys, the father of
the fugitive, was making plans Friday night to travel to the jail.

``I'll plan to go with him,'' the grandfather said.

No one answered phone calls at the home of Richard Keyes Jr. A
neighbor who was contacted by The Associated Press said he had no
comment.

The grandfather said that as of last Sunday, no family member
had spoken with Richard Keyes III since his escape, but added that
he has ``been working very close with the FBI up here in Vincennes,
Indiana.''

Mike Matson, another separatist who fled with Keyes, was killed
in a gun battle with troopers two days later.

Officials hunted for Keyes until May 7, then called off the
search. They speculated he was probably dead in the remote,
sparsely populated region.

Keyes could be represented by McLaren attorney Terence O'Rourke.
O'Rourke was en route to the jail to talk to Keyes Friday evening.

``We're going down to see him,'' said Michelle O'Rourke, his
wife.

APTV-09-20-97 0055CDT

=09/19/97 22:27 aph02:46nTX+BC-TX--S
BC-TX--Separatist Standoff-Chronology,500
Chronology of events surrounding Republic of Texas standoff
By The Associated Press=

Some events relating to the Republic of Texas' weeklong standoff
between authorities and a group led by self-styled ambassador
Richard McLaren. The standoff ended peacefully Saturday when
McLaren and four others surrendered to Texas Rangers.

Dec. 25, 1996 _ McLaren, wanted on civil contempt charges for
failing to appear in court to answer questions about land titles,
says he'll use force if necessary to resist summons issued by a
federal judge.

Jan. 10 _ A bill in the state Legislature targets false property
liens filed by the Republic of Texas. Differing versions passes
both houses in March, and the variations remain to be worked out.

Feb. 2 _ Republic officials announce a split in the group for
political and philosophical reasons.

March 12 _ Texas Attorney General Dan Morales obtains a
temporary restraining order prohibiting the Republic from filing
false liens.

March 24 _ McLaren declares that more than half of New Mexico
and parts of four other states belong to the Republic of Texas.

April 22 _ Republic member Jo Ann Canady Turner is arrested in
Austin for filing a fraudulent lien against a moving company and
ignoring a court order to explain why she did it.

April 23 _ Judge sets Turner's bond at $25,000 and sets a May 27
court date.

April 27 _ Robert Scheidt, identified by the Republic as the
``captain of the embassy guard,'' arrested on weapons violations.
Three Republic members take neighbors Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe
hostage. McLaren demands release of Turner and Scheidt, claiming
authorities ``kidnapped'' them.

April 28 _ After more than 12 hours, Republic members release
the Rowes in exchange for Scheidt. McLaren says group is ``digging
in.''

Six Republic members are charged with engaging in organized
criminal activity, a first-degree felony. Three also are charged
with aggravated kidnapping in the hostage-taking.

April 29 _ Houston attorney Terry O'Rourke talks with his
client, McLaren, and negotiates with officials. Two armored
personnel carriers arrive from Tyler, 520 miles across the state.

May 2 _ Scheidt surrenders to authorities.

May 3 _ McLaren signs a ``cease-fire document'' with the Texas
Rangers. He and Republic members lay down their arms, ending
weeklong standoff. Two armed followers flee into the woods.

May 4 _ The search continues for the two members who fled.

May 5 _ Fugitive Mike Matson is killed in a shootout with law
officers.

June 25 _ In an interview published by Mother Jones magazine,
fugitive Richard Keyes III said: ``Now I'm in a place that's armed
to the teeth. If we have to make a stand, we can.''

July 10 _ Innocent pleas entered for McLaren and three other
separatists to charges stemming from the armed standoff.

Sept. 19 _ Keyes is arrested by FBI and Texas Department of
Public Safety agents near New Waverly, 55 miles north of Houston.

APTV-09-19-97 2223CDT

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Keyes HOUSTON _ Richard Frank Keyes III's capture was not as he =
had once imagined it, and the Republic of Texas fugitive didn't =
look like the same man who'd eluded law officers this summer by =
slipping into the mountains. Bearded at Fort Davis when the =
armed separatists held a weeklong standoff, Keyes was clean-shaven =
when FBI agents cornered him Friday near Houston. Keyes, 22, =
was caught off-guard and surrounded, said Chris Swecker, FBI =
assistant special agent in charge in Houston. He said Keyes, who had =
stashed unopened supplies in a national forest, was unarmed and =
didn't have a chance to flee. Keyes' arrest satisfied the couple =
who identified him among a group that had taken them hostage in the =
Davis Mountains four months earlier. ``I can't wait for them =
to get his butt out here to the Presidio County Jail to be with his =
Republic of Texas friends, let the criminal justice work on them a =
bit,'' said Joe Rowe, president of the Property Owners' Association =
at the Davis Mountains Resort where the standoff occurred. =
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Writer=3D INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ After Richard Keyes III fled a =
mountain hideout for the hills of southwest Texas, his grandfather =
in Indiana went looking for him and urged him to surrender. On =
Friday, Dr. Richard Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., learned his grandson =
had been captured after nearly 4=BD months on the lam. He had been =
tipped off by the FBI two weeks ago that agents were close to an =
apprehension. ``I've been working very close with the FBI up here =
in Vincennes, Indiana,'' Dr. Keyes told The Associated Press in =
a telephone interview moments after his grandson, a fugitive =
Republic of Texas separatist, was in custody. ``I figured he =
had gone to Canada, but apparently he didn't if they caught him down =
there,'' Dr. Keyes said. ``Thank God he's alive. That's all I =
care. We'll take the knocks we have to take.'' The younger =
Keyes, 22, was apprehended Friday afternoon while walking along a =
road about 55 miles north of Houston. He was transported to Houston =
and booked into the Harris County Jail. He is charged with =
engaging in organized criminal activity and two counts of aggravated =
kidnapping with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from the =
hostage-taking of a couple that began the Republic of Texas standoff =
with police on April 27. Dr. Keyes had traveled to Texas in May =
to search for his grandson shortly after the separatist had fled into =
the hills on May 3. On Friday, he was in Bicknell preparing for his =
duties as the football team physician for North Knox High School when =
he learned of his grandson's capture at last. ``I'm going home =
because I have to make some calls,'' Dr. Keyes said. He already had =
spoken to his son, Richard Keyes Jr. of St. Marys, Kan., the father =
of the separatist, who was making plans to travel to Houston. =
``I'll plan to go with him.'' No family members have spoken to =
the fugitive during his disappearance, Dr. Keyes said. Asked =
what he would say to his grandson, Dr. Keyes replied, ``What can I =
say, except why? ``We're going to help him any way we can within =
the limits of the law.'' (Copyright 1997 by The Associated =
Press.  All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-20-97 =
0312CDT =
            &=
nbsp;      =3D09/20/97 00:58 =
aph03:52nTX+BC-TX--S BC-TX--Separatist Arrest, Bjt,0675 FBI =
arrests Republic of Texas fugitive Richard Keyes tljj2 By TERRI =
LANGFORD=3D Associated Press Writer=3D HOUSTON (AP) _ Richard =
Frank Keyes III's capture was not as he had once imagined it, and the =
Republic of Texas fugitive didn't look like the same man who'd eluded =
law officers this summer by slipping into the =
mountains. Bearded at Fort Davis when the armed separatists held =
a weeklong standoff, Keyes was clean-shaven when FBI agents cornered =
him Friday near Houston. Keyes, 22, was caught off-guard and =
surrounded, said Chris Swecker, FBI assistant special agent in charge =
in Houston. He said Keyes, who had stashed unopened supplies in a =
national forest, was unarmed and didn't have a chance to =
flee. Keyes' arrest satisfied the couple who identified him among =
a group that had taken them hostage in the Davis Mountains =
four months earlier. ``I can't wait for them to get his butt =
out here to the Presidio County Jail to be with his Republic of Texas =
friends, let the criminal justice work on them a bit,'' said Joe =
Rowe, president of the Property Owners' Association at the Davis =
Mountains Resort where the standoff occurred. Keyes' fate was =
a far cry from when he resurfaced after the standoff, telling a =
magazine that New Mexico militia members aided his =
escape. ``Now I'm in a place that's armed to the teeth,'' he told =
Mother Jones this summer. ``If we have to make a stand, we =
can.'' Keyes was arrested at 2:25 p.m. while walking =
along Farm-to-Market Road 1375 in the Sam Houston National Forest =
near New Waverly, about 55 miles north of Houston, the FBI and =
Texas Department of Public Safety said. After FBI agents, =
assisted by the Texas Rangers and DPS' special crimes unit, made the =
arrest, Keyes was brought to Houston and booked into the Harris =
County Jail about 6 p.m., said Sgt. E.D. Owen of the Harris County =
Sheriff's Department. Federal officials who had kept Keyes under =
surveillance have charged him with unlawful flight to avoid =
prosecution. Keyes was also detained without bond on three state =
charges: engaging in organized criminal activity and two counts =
of aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Owen said =
arrangements for taking Keyes back to Jeff Davis County in West Texas =
will likely be made on Monday. Rowe, who was held hostage with =
his wife by a group that allegedly included Keyes, said the FBI =
confirmed the fugitive's identity to him late Friday and asked him to =
help with the identification. Formerly of St. Marys, Kan., =
Keyes bolted from the separatist group's Fort Davis mountain hideout =
on May 3, the day Richard McLaren and five followers surrendered to =
Texas troopers after a weeklong standoff. Keyes is wanted on =
the three charges stemming from the hostage-taking of Rowe and his =
wife, M.A. Rowe, that began the stalemate on April 27. Dr. =
Richard Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., grandfather of the Texas fugitive, =
was reached Friday night by telephone in Bicknell, Ind., about 100 =
miles southwest of Indianapolis. ``Thank God he's alive. That's =
all I care,'' said Dr. Richard Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., ths =
suspect's grandfather. ``We'll take all the knocks we have to =
take.'' He said his son, Richard Keyes Jr. of St. Marys, the =
father of the fugitive, was making plans Friday night to travel to =
the jail. ``I'll plan to go with him,'' the grandfather =
said. No one answered phone calls at the home of Richard Keyes =
Jr. A neighbor who was contacted by The Associated Press said he had =
no comment. The grandfather said that as of last Sunday, no =
family member had spoken with Richard Keyes III since his escape, but =
added that he has ``been working very close with the FBI up here in =
Vincennes, Indiana.'' Mike Matson, another separatist who fled =
with Keyes, was killed in a gun battle with troopers two days =
later. Officials hunted for Keyes until May 7, then called off =
the search. They speculated he was probably dead in the =
remote, sparsely populated region. Keyes could be represented =
by McLaren attorney Terence O'Rourke. O'Rourke was en route to the =
jail to talk to Keyes Friday evening. ``We're going down to see =
him,'' said Michelle O'Rourke, his wife. (Copyright 1997 by =
The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-20-97 =
0055CDT =
            &=
nbsp;      =3D09/19/97 22:27 =
aph02:46nTX+BC-TX--S BC-TX--Separatist =
Standoff-Chronology,500 Chronology of events surrounding Republic of =
Texas standoff By The Associated Press=3D Some events relating =
to the Republic of Texas' weeklong standoff between authorities and a =
group led by self-styled ambassador Richard McLaren. The standoff =
ended peacefully Saturday when McLaren and four others surrendered to =
Texas Rangers. Dec. 25, 1996 _ McLaren, wanted on civil contempt =
charges for failing to appear in court to answer questions about land =
titles, says he'll use force if necessary to resist summons issued by =
a federal judge. Jan. 10 _ A bill in the state Legislature =
targets false property liens filed by the Republic of Texas. =
Differing versions passes both houses in March, and the variations =
remain to be worked out. Feb. 2 _ Republic officials announce a =
split in the group for political and philosophical =
reasons. March 12 _ Texas Attorney General Dan Morales obtains =
a temporary restraining order prohibiting the Republic from =
filing false liens. March 24 _ McLaren declares that more than =
half of New Mexico and parts of four other states belong to the =
Republic of Texas. April 22 _ Republic member Jo Ann Canady =
Turner is arrested in Austin for filing a fraudulent lien against a =
moving company and ignoring a court order to explain why she did =
it. April 23 _ Judge sets Turner's bond at $25,000 and sets a May =
27 court date. April 27 _ Robert Scheidt, identified by the =
Republic as the ``captain of the embassy guard,'' arrested on weapons =
violations. Three Republic members take neighbors Joe and Margaret =
Ann Rowe hostage. McLaren demands release of Turner and Scheidt, =
claiming authorities ``kidnapped'' them. April 28 _ After more =
than 12 hours, Republic members release the Rowes in exchange for =
Scheidt. McLaren says group is ``digging in.'' Six Republic =
members are charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, a =
first-degree felony. Three also are charged with aggravated =
kidnapping in the hostage-taking. April 29 _ Houston attorney =
Terry O'Rourke talks with his client, McLaren, and negotiates with =
officials. Two armored personnel carriers arrive from Tyler, 520 =
miles across the state. May 2 _ Scheidt surrenders to =
authorities. May 3 _ McLaren signs a ``cease-fire document'' with =
the Texas Rangers. He and Republic members lay down their arms, =
ending weeklong standoff. Two armed followers flee into the =
woods. May 4 _ The search continues for the two members who =
fled. May 5 _ Fugitive Mike Matson is killed in a shootout with =
law officers. June 25 _ In an interview published by Mother =
Jones magazine, fugitive Richard Keyes III said: ``Now I'm in a place =
that's armed to the teeth. If we have to make a stand, we =
can.'' July 10 _ Innocent pleas entered for McLaren and three =
other separatists to charges stemming from the armed =
standoff. Sept. 19 _ Keyes is arrested by FBI and Texas =
Department of Public Safety agents near New Waverly, 55 miles north =
of Houston. (Copyright 1997 by The Associated Press.  All =
Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-19-97 =
2223CDT 
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[[[SNIP]]]

=09/20/97 03:16 aph02:02nIN+BC-IN---
> BC-IN---Separatist-Grandfather, Bjt,360
> Grandfather was told by FBI that arrest was near
> amskkahgcn
> By KEN KUSMER=
> Associated Press Writer=
>
> INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ After Richard Keyes III fled a mountain
> hideout for the hills of southwest Texas, his grandfather in
> Indiana went looking for him and urged him to surrender.
>
> On Friday, Dr. Richard Keyes of Vincennes, Ind., learned his

> grandson had been captured after nearly 4* months on the lam. He

> had been tipped off by the FBI two weeks ago that agents were close
> to an apprehension.
>
> ``I've been working very close with the FBI up here in
> Vincennes, Indiana,'' Dr. Keyes told The Associated Press in a
> telephone interview moments after his grandson, a fugitive Republic
> of Texas separatist, was in custody.

[[[SNIP AGAIN]]]

You bet he was *working closely* with the FBI. Keyes is the owner of
*Alice and Woody's* bar in Vincennes, probably the biggest illegal
gambling shop in that town of around 20,000. He was also in a partnership
with the local narcotics cop running a gun shop called *Vincennes RV
Sales and Service* back in the mid- 1980-s that suffered a *break in*
with some of the missing weapons ending up in the hands of the CSA
survivalist compound in Arkansas a few years back- just before they were
raided, and another being used in a murder-for-hire. The narco cop lost
his position when the county prosecutor decided to disband the drug task
force and announced he was going after professional gamblers instead. A
few months later, the FBI arrested the prosecutor- who had been a witness
at the Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta.

The latest news story out of Vincennes has been the murder of the editor
of the University campus newspaper, Brooke Baker. She had been looking
into rapes of female students involving local cops and illegal drug
transactions involving members of the university's police department.
Guess those stories will never come out now, which may have been the
idea.

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