US vs LEONARD PELTIER
TRIAL TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS
Case Number CR77-3003

NAMES OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE

{updates will link names with testimony and/or time line..}
some names which appear below were mentioned in testimony or subsequent events, but are not witnesses in this trial...



 

FBI/BIA/US Marshall
SA Gary Adams ; SWAT,Rapid City..also called by defense
Billy Allen
Dr. Robert Bloemendaal
Gerald Brown
Michael Byrne ;found shell casing {exh 33} 44 mag toward culvert
SA Jack Coler ; SWAT  {deceased}
Phil Clifford
Ely Conroy
David J Coppinger, Milwaukee, found canteen on route presumed as escape route
Fred Coward  ; SWAT also called by defense
Cordtland Cunningham
Gerald L Douglas, Sioux Falls
SA James E Doyle,Chinle AZ, interviewed Mike Anderson
Thomas Duffin, NY assignment Pierre raid at Al Runnings
Michael Dyer, Chicago;searched tent city area; found Mark 3 semiauto, 45 caliber
Del Eastman
Robert Ecoffey
Mike Gammage, ATF Wichita
Steven Hancock, Portland  search of vehicles, Oregon
James Hardgill
Olen Victor Harvey,questioned MAnderson wrote something different than Adams on interview
Officer Helvinka, Milwaukee PD..didn't testify
Evan Hodge,fire arm and tool prints, 302s found on subsequent FOIA requests,"no match"
SA Gregory J. Hoeschen, NY assignment to Pierre;raid on Al Runnings
Dean Hughes Rapid City
Ski Jacobs
Ann M. Johnson
SA Kelso; Jun 27 examined SA Williams vehicle at BIA impound with SA Hodge, Jun 29Coler's vehicle Fall River Garage ; Jun 30 red and white van BIA impound
Winthrop Dale Lodge, fingerprint..Coler's vehicle, red pickup at BIA impound
Max M Marr, Pierre SD
McCarty Rapid City
SA David A Milam, Portland
Robin L Montgomery, Omaha; found metal fragment under bodies of agents labelled exh 34H
Eugene Mulholland, fingerprint expert, Va
Mike Ness,Navajo Agent
Dr. Thomas Noguchi, pathologist
George O'Clock
Officer Pacer
David Price,  re: Myrtle Poor Bear..2nd and 3rd affidavits
Edward Skelly; SA Adams wrote the part of interview w/ M Anderson "saw Peltier by cars"
Marvin Stoldt, BIA police.gov witness.also called by defense
SA Charles Stull, picked up .303 casing
Robert L Thompson, Cheyenne, WY, picked up .223 casing from hood of 67 Ford parked in tent city area, ski mask in tipi
Frank Two Bulls
Gerard P Waring, Des Moine,IA,
William Webster
Terry Weston
Wiley; Rapid City
Ron Williams ; SWAT  {deceased}
Dick Wilson
William Wood
Norman Zigrossi

PEOPLE FROM PINE RIDGE  Defense/Government
Michael Anderson
Anna Mae Aquash  {deceased}
Edgar Bear Runner
Jean Bordeau..resident tent city
Norman Brown..also called by defense..did not see Peltier by cars
Dino Butler
LeRoy Casados
Norman Charles
Leonard Crow Dog
Jean Day...resident tent city came from Farmington NM conference
Standing Deer aka Robert Hugh Wilson
Wilford Draper..did not see Peltier by cars
Jimmy Eagle..also charged with Dino, Robideau and Peltier..charges dropped
Francis HeCrow, treaty rights research, traditional council
Wallace Little,Jr.
Joe Stuntz KillsRight  {deceased}..killed by unknown sniper bullet resident tent city
Ted Lame..assisted first and second night after
Angie Long Visitor, lived on Jumping Bull compound with 3 kids..green house
Russel Loud Hawk,Police Commssioner Oglala/WhiteClay district
Ethel Merrival, tribal atty, AIM
"Dusty" Nelson..at Jumping Bull's evening Jun 25, 75
Bernie Nichols..resident tent city
Nilak Butler...resident tent city
Myrtle Poor Bear, testimony never admitted into evidence
Rob Robideau...resident tent city, car exploded near Wichita;not guilty by reason of defense
Jeanette Tallman
MeDonna Slow Bear
Della Starr, AIM
Dallas Thundershield
Albert Trimble,Pres. Oglala Sioux Tribe, prior superintendant BIA
John Trudell, charged with contempt of court for slamming a door no one heard
Lawrence Doley White Eyes, Oglala; Williams and Coler looking for Jimmy Eagle
John Yellow Robe
Michael Rooks..anti AIM owned house behind Jumping bull property, Pumpkin Seeds
Jimmy Zimmerman..12 years old..resident of tent city

OTHER WITNESSES

Defense:
Wayne Curry, typewriter salesman..comparison of typeface in 302 report..not admitted
James R Hall, sporting goods salesman..test of scope not admitted
Jimmy Durham, AIM IITCCherokee NY..testimony mostly not admitted
Bambi Sanchez, Denver...testimony not admitted
Kevin McKiernan, TIMES photographer, reporter..testimony not admitted
Stanley Doremus, Dep Asst Sec DOI
Leonard W. Schumacher, Car Salesman

ATTORNEYS
Judge Paul Benson
Lynn E Crooks
Bruce Ellsion
Evan Hultman
Robert L Sikma
Elliot Taikeff

EXTRADITION FROM CANADA

James Gerald Young, RCMP Vancouver, obtained Peltier's fingerprints Feb 12, 76
Dale Robert Parlane, RCMP
Edward William John Mitchell, RCMP
Corp Golden Doll, RCMP
Gerald Edward Plastow, RCMP fingerprint
Corp RC Tweedy, RCMP
 

TRAFFIC STOP IN OREGON

Eugene Strain, service manager, The Dalles, OR
Ken Griffiths, OR PSD, stopped the motorhome
Clayton Kramer, OR SPD, backup stopped station wagon
Marie Elsie Wrinkle, Ontario, OR  parked by tracks with boyfriend, claimed to see Peltier
William Porter Zeller, OSP, fingerprint; .357 found in road by Jim James
Edward E Hanson,OSP
Jim James, truck driver..found .357 along the road 1/2 mile from the stop
James Forney,OSP, brought Hanson's report from OR..not admitted into evidence

WICHITA; EXPLODING STATION WAGON

Dru McCullom, was behind the station wagon which blew on the Wichita Turnpike
Donald Van Pelt, auto sales..sold station wagon to "Louis Martinez"


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