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Waco Archive - The articles

I am compiling an archive of articles found on the internet - hopefully when enough material is archived a comprehensive view of this disaster can be established.

Bo Gritz Found Shot In Idaho - Reportedly Self-Inflicted Wound 9-21-98 OROFINO, Idaho (AP) - James `Bo'' Gritz, a former Green Beret colonel and leader of the so-called Patriot Movement, was hospitalized with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Gritz was taken to Clearwater Valley Hospital in Orofino on Sunday afternoon, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Department said in a news release Sunday night. A hospital spokeswoman would not give a condition for Gritz or even confirm he was a patient. Sheriff's deputies were called to a scene about 5 p.m. on State Highway 7 a half-mile south of Orofino, 80 miles west of Missoula, Mont. No details were released except that the incident involved Gritz, who had an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, and that an investigation was continuing. Gritz is probably best known for his role as negotiator in the FBI siege on the Randy Weaver family in Ruby Ridge in 1992. He also briefly was a mediator in the Montana Freemen standoff in 1996. Recently, he headed a team into the North Carolina forests, hoping to persuade suspected abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph to give himself up. Gritz also is the developer of Almost Heaven, a `constitutional covenant community'' near Kamiah in northern Idaho. He has a national following via his short-wave radio talk show, `Freedom Calls.'' Gritz ran for president in 1992 and is a leader of the so-called Patriot Movement, which rails against a purported United Nations-led `New World Order'' and accuses the government of corruption and violence. ______________________ OROFINO, Idaho (CNN) -- James "Bo" Gritz, a leader of the so-called Patriot Movement, has been hospitalized with what authorities say is apparently a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The former Green Beret was taken to Clearwater Valley Hospital in Orofino on Sunday afternoon, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. The hospital, however, would not give a condition for Gritz or even confirm he was a patient. Sheriff's deputies were called to a scene about 5 p.m. on State Highway 7, a half-mile south of Orofino, 80 miles west of Missoula, Montana. Few details were released except that the incident involved Gritz, who had what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and that an investigation was continuing. Gritz is probably best known for his role as negotiator in the FBI siege on the Randy Weaver family in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992. He also briefly was a mediator in the Montana Freemen standoff in 1996. Recently, he led a team into the North Carolina forests, hoping to persuade suspected women's clinic bomber Eric Rudolph to give himself up. Gritz also is the developer of Almost Heaven, which he calls a "constitutional covenant community" near Kamiah in northern Idaho. He has a national following for his short-wave radio talk show, "Freedom Calls." Gritz ran for president in 1992 and is a leader in the so-called Patriot Movement, which rails against a purported United Nations-led "New World Order" and accuses the government of corruption and violence.