Before the judge made his bail decision, Phillip Weidner paid a visit to Larry Demmert in Bellingham. His official reason…
Judge Thomas Schulz ultimately agreed to let John Peel out on bail, but left his bail package at a million…
Larry Demmert, Jr. made it clear that he opposed John Peel’s release on bail. On February 1, 1985, at 8:50…
As 1985 began, Judge Schulz conducted an omnibus hearing to lay out a detailed calendar for the year to come.…
December 3, 1984 (cont.) With the assertions of witness intimidation blunted by Fifth Amendment protections, the defense assault on the prosecution case…
Ketchikan, Alaska, December 3, 1984 The so-called drug-witnesses were, at the moment, a distraction that Judge Schulz tried hard to…
Richard Hunt had more to tell, including the tale of a hidden gravesite, the significance of which, like so much…
Judge Schulz received another missive from the Richard Hunt on February 3, 1986. This time, Hunt was determined not to…
Co-conspirator Richard Hunt’s first letter to Judge Schulz arrived in late January 1986, while the judge was in the midst…
James Teal had surfaced before. The troopers learned of his story from federal marshals when it first broke, in late…