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AM

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A.,

Dee. 2—

They're dirty, hairy

and obscene. They're com

plete so-cial

dro

pouts, sn

arlingly

again

st every

-th

ing th

e square w

orld

is for. A

nd th

ey

can b

e sa

vage, so

savage th

at fiv

e o

f th

em

are

accuse

d o

f nailin

g a

girl's

han

ds to

a tree becau

se she co

uld

n't co

me

up w

ith $

10 w

hen

the g

ang w

anted

it. T

heta ere th

e Outlaw

s. a sex-flau

nt-

ing, ch

ain-w

ieldin

g b

and o

f moto

rcycle

toughs w

hose

fora

ys th

rough F

lorid

a

hav

e pro

voked

Gov. C

laude K

irk's p

er-so

nal p

ledge to

run th

em o

ut o

f the state.

S3 fir, th

e nom

adic g

ang, o

ffshoots

of C

aliforn

ia'a Hell's A

ngela :

have been

charg

ed w

ith o

r implicated

m p

rostitu

-tio

n, n

arcotics, car th

eft, Sto

len cred

it card

e, bad

check

s, phony m

oney

ord

ers, gran

d larcen

y- an

d ch

ain w

hip

pin

gs.

But it was th

e crucifix

ion tw

o w

eeks

ego o

f la-year-o

ld C

hristin

e D

eese of

West P

alm 1

3each

that really

bro

ught

the w

rath o

f Gov. K

irk d

ow

n on

the O

ut-

r law

s. T

he fre

ckle-fa

ced. re

d:re

fired g

frl teas

mailed

by both

bands to

a tree b

roach

, la

se teas b

arely rea

chin

g th

e-aro

und, in

a

remote w

oods , Hea

r Jupiter, F

la.

Fit's silen

t grin

nin

g O

utlaw

s ear in

a sem

i-circle itt front o

f her, w

atchin

g

for 1

5 m

inutes, p

olice said

. befo

re they

filially

pulled

out th

e 4-in

ch n

ails and

let h

er g

s,

Nam

es Assailan

ts T

he te

rrified g

irl, who a

t first told

palin

e and h

osp

ital docto

rs that sh

e had

fa

llen o

n a

beard

with

nails in

It, re-

lucta

ntly

accuse

d Ja

mes (S

pid

er)

°win

es, 25. o

f Tam

pa, an

d F

rank

(Fat

Fra

nk) L

ink o

f Cypre

ss, Calif. B

oth

IV

Ye

pirk

el u

p b

y V

ent Palm Beach

d.1)1.1tieS with

in h

ours.

The o

ther th

ree w

ere

arre

sted la

st w

eek in a Detro

it clubhouse th

e Outlaw

s alitre w

ith an

oth

er gan

g. th

e Ren

egad

es. T

hey

are Jelin 'C

razy Jo

hn) W

ables,

24, o

f Warren

, Micii.,:w

ho sp

orts afral4

'_,N

NFM

NFintrgr

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1114o

Bar o

wn

er Kitty

Ran

dall a

nd

Ou

tlaw

moto

rcycle clu

b president D

on

ald

(Dok

e) Tan

ner.

Th

e O

utla

ws g

at a

perso

nal p

ledge F

rom

Flo

rida's g

overn

or to

run

them

ou

t of th

e sta

te.

„4.114.'

Anoth

er, James-

Pu

rkitiser, faces: 'd

eath

in th

e electric chair. T

hus th

e Flo

rida

bran

ch o

f H

MI'S A

ng

els wee ?sum

marily

dissolved. L

ast sprin

g, h

ow

ever, D

A., T

anner

roared

int) W

est' palm

Beach

ms w

hist

the O

utlaw

s ca

ll a "c

hopped h

og," a

strip

ped

dow

n, sev

erely m

odified

Harley

-D

avidid-r: mo

torc

ycle

wo

rth c

lose

to

$2.5

00 an

d cap

able o

f sp

eeds u

p to

15

0

miles an hour. S

heriff W

illiam H

eidtm

an say

s Tan

-ner's a

ssignm

ent fro

m th

e c

lub's n

a-

tional le

adersh

ip—

it suppose

dly

has

1,100 mem

b•'1—ss-a

s to re

org

aniz

e th

e

reneg

ade cy

cle clubs in

Flo

rida u

nder

the co

lors o

f the O

utlaw

s. He set ab

out

it with

a ven

gean

ce. H

is recruits cam

e from

several g

abge,

the Iro

n C

ross C

lub, th

e Half B

reeds, th

e C

ossack

s and th

e Outcasts, to

nam

e a few

, and

coo

n itin

erant rid

ers beg

an ar-

rivin

g fro

nt M

ichig

an, Illin

ois, K

entu

cky,

Califo

rnia, T

ennessee, T

exas an

d In

dian

s. S

om

e of th

e existin

g cln

bs w

ere ab-

sorb

ed b

y th

e Outlaw

s. Oth

ers, like th

e O

utcasts, retain

ed a certain

auto

nom

y,

ridin

g w

ith -th

e Outlaw

s from

time to

tim

e while m

aintain

ing a sep

arate club

steuctu

re. a

s •

".• (O

UT

CA

ST

leaders E

dw

ard (C

hopper)

‘, Jo

nes an

d E

rnest (S

peed

) Stev

enso

n,

som

etim

es k

now

n a

s 'Tam

pa's N

o. I

-vag

rant," d

rum

med

up

eno

ug

h su

pp

ort

for in

dependence to

defe

at a

merg

er

proposal by five Notes.

The o

rganiz

atio

n m

eth

ode T

anner

used

were rig

ht o

ut o

f the H

ell's Angels'

han

db

oo

k. If th

e mild

er-man

nered

local

clu

bs d

idn't lik

e th

em

, they n

ever u

t-tered

a wo

rd.

The erstw

hile A

rmy "d

eacon" set u

p

a c

lubhouse

In a

seedy ro

adsid

e b

eer

join

t, calle

d K

itty's S

alo

on, o

n R

oute

A

lA a d

ozen

miles n

orth

of W

est Palm

B

each in

Juno. .

The o

wner, a b

leached

blo

nde n

amed

B

erths (K

itty) R

andall, a m

oth

er of th

ree w

ho la

separa

ted fro

nt h

er h

usb

and,

wasn

't giv

en a ch

ance to

select her cu

s-to

mers. T

hey

just m

oved

in. B

usin

ess hadn't b

een to

o g

ood a

nyw

ay, so

she

rente

d a

dozen m

ote

l-style

effic

iency

cabin

s beh

ind th

e bufk

ling at $

10 a w

eek

each a

nd to

ssed in

the u

se o

f a h

uge,

cement-block w

arehouse for nothing. T

he O

utla

ws' in

signia

, calle

d "th

e

colo

rs," is a skull an

d cro

ssed p

iatous.

The u

nifo

rm co

nsists o

f a sleeveless d

en-

im jack

et with

out a sh

irt tuid

ernesth

, or

a leather jack

et, Worn

with

lavie h

eld

up b

y a b

elt of h

eavy steel cy

cle driv

e-ch

ains, an

d tw

ig

. A

ll this is am

esired w

ith th

e requielte

amo

un

t of o

il and

grease an

d b

ears the

_Standard trappings:

Sweat/keg;

Iron C

rosses: su

ch een

ti• m

enta

l slogans a

s "Santa

Cla

m' Is ,

Dea

d"; th

e num

ber IS

, which

retard

s loa

-th

e letter di, th

irteenth

it' the a

lphabet.

and m

eans its w

ares- uses

marline:rift;

a patch

readin

g ".1

%er," in

dica

ting

ftr ow

ner h

elps co

mprise th

at tin

y min

ority

of Am

erican motoroyclists w

ho just don't co

re about la

w co

d o

rder; a

nd a

whole

arra

y of sym

bo

ls an

d n

um

bers sta

nd

ing

fo

r a va

riety of sexu

al p

eculia

rities. T

o jo

in, th

e applican

t has to

ow

n a

bik

e. although non-ow

ners are occasio

n-

ally acco

rded

pro

batio

nary

status. esp

e-cia

lly if th

e c

lub tre

asu

ry in

runnin

g

low. L

©w

Dues, T

oo D

ues are $

2 a w

eek, su

pposed

ly to

pay fo

r partie

s, alth

ough in

recent

month

s all the sp

are cash h

as gone to

bail club m

embers out of jail.

In a

dditio

n to

Tanner, th

e O

utla

w

hierarch

y in

clud

es a pair o

f vice p

resi-den

ts, a secretary an

d t:v

o serg

eants -at-

arms, called

enfo

rcers, who m

ake su

re club d

ecisions are p

rom

ptly

carried o

ut.

Mem

bersh

ip flu

ctuates b

etween

35

an

d 5

0 m

embers. M

ost o

f them

don't

work

excep

t for casu

al jobs as m

echan

-ics. T

he g

irls they

attra

ct, c

alle

d "o

ld

ladies," tu

rn o

ver th

e money

they

earn

as salesgirls. cash

iers, beau

ticians. sec-

retaries or w

hatev

er in re

turn

for th

e

priv

ilege-o

f club

acceptan

ce. It's a tidy

in

com

e. Tan

ner, fo

r instan

ce, claims h

a hasn

't work

ed sin

ce reachin

g F

lorid

a. - "W

hy-sh

ould

I?" he is fo

nd o

f brag

-gin

F. "I g

ot fo

ur o

ld lad

ies giv

ing m

e th

eir money

every

week

." A

nd th

at's not all th

ey g

ive, acco

rd-

ing to

club m

embers w

ho say

that th

ree to

a b

ed is n

ot u

nusu

al in

the m

oto

r-cy

cle jungle, w

here an

oid

lady su

rviv

es only

by k

eg o

bed

ient.

If two O

utlaw

s wan

t to stak

e their

old

ladles o

n a g

eme o

f pool, th

e loser's

girl g

oes alo

ng

With

the d

ecision

just

as she w

ould

if her o

wn o

ld m

en so

ld

her fo

r a week

to raise m

oney

for som

e m

otorcycle parts. F

ifty dolla

rs is the g

oin

g ra

te for a

weskits ren

tal, sa

ys Ch

oi o

f Detectives

Willia

m B

ennett, w

ho also

deaorfbcd a

geee;e.

•

stria,4 serener d

nru

e'e a

"train

", invo

lving a

oy

110 ■olfttr o

f m

are

, and o

ne g

irt." F

or R

girl to

cern

ple

la a

bout tile

s so

rt of th

ing is to

risk th

e fe

te_ o

f C

hristine Deese.

lteportera few

el cut h

ove d

ewily

in-

vein

ed fem

ale diev

iplin

e is Maass th

ey

interv

iewed

the

few

girls w

ho w

eeid

talk

abo

ut th

e crucifix

ion

. On

e pretle,

22-y

ear-old

snarled

ven

om

ously

. 'They

. sh

ould

hav

e nailed

her feet, to

e." A

ccord

ing

to B

enn

ett. the O

utlaw

s are

n't a

bove se

ndin

g th

eir o

ld la

dig

i dow

n to

Mia

mi to

raise cash es p

roeti-

tute

s in th

e sh

od

die

r ho

tels th

at th

e

syndicate isn

't interested

in.

"When

an O

utlaw

tells one of

his o

ld

ladie

s to

go o

ut an

d g

et 3:1810

merely,

he d

oesn

't care what sire d

oes to

get it.

but sh

e k

now

s she h

as to

com

e b

ack

with

som

ethin

g." B

ennett said

. "C4ti4

-: tin

e did

n't, an

d lo-ok w

hat 1:aim:m

ed."' O

ddly

, most o

f the o

ld lu

diee cen

se fro

m resp

ectoble m

iddle-class fen

silieg.

Why d

o th

ey tak

e up w

ith th

e Outliers?

"These p

eople liv

e from

day

to d

ay,"

Sheriff H

eidtm

an said

. "They

don't L

eek

ahead a

nd th

ey d

on't w

orry

about th

e

futu

re. T

he g

irls see so

me so

rt of

stran

ge g

lam

or in

the d

an

gero

us w

ay

these people live.

They

like th

e one-fo

r-all and all-fo

r-one a

ttitude, a

nd th

ey fa

ll fur th

e lin

e

.that th

ese

guys a

re -w

illing to

die fo

r one an

oth

er." •

4

'5

PR

ES

UM

AB

LY

, the g

irls don't m

ind

the

Outlaw

s' scatalogical in

itiatiett cere

monie

s, biz

arre

rites th

at in

:etre

ru

bbin

g u

rine a

nd e

xcre

ment o

n th

e

. jacket in

signia o

f the n

em m

ember. T

ho

unw

ritten law

that a m

ember can

steal an

yth

ing h

e wan

ts for h

is bik

e excep

t en

engin

e—w

hich

can b

e traced--d

oesn

't distu

rb th

em eith

er, nor

Jo th

e eaveee

chain

whip

pin

gs th

at mak

e gan

g ram

bles

blo

ody affairs.

Flo

rida p

olice b

egan

to m

ov

e in o

n

Kitty

's Salo

on w

hen

neig

hbor,*

c-em-

_plain

ed ab

out th

e thundero

us h

allew of

the ju

ke b

ox an

d th

e roar o

f the O

ut

' b

ikes d

oin

g o

ne-w

heel tak

eoffs, called

w

heelstan

da, in

the p

arkin

g let.

Kitty

's was k

ept u

nder co

nstan

t ser-valan

ce, with

a pro

wl ear in

the p

erkin

g

lot at n

ightfall. O

utlaw

= fo

aliell or stu

b-

born

enough to

ven

tere on th

e hig

hw

ey

nu th

eir bik

es were h

arassed w

ith traf-

fic tic

kets th

at c

ited th

en:

for d

r ivin

g

with

ou

t creel: helm

ets and

ge4irle4.. T

atitter b

ecam

e so b

itcireed th

at !.1

3

rue to

nix

acp

er eguirreis

Seechy J

r., 19. o

f Housto

n. an

d D

onald

(M

angy) G

raves, IS

, of D

etroit.

With

Fia

ride's to

urist im

age in

the

hack

of h

ie min

i', Go

v. K

irk g

ot o

ut o

f b.I e

t last M

onday

morn

ing an

d

flew

ha r

t fro

m T

allahassee to

be o

n

ban

e win

es the th

ree Outlaw

s reached

W

eet Palm

. Beach.

In a

n a

irport w

aitin

g ro

om

, he

blu

ntly

laid it

on th

e line fo

r the W

est P

alm O

utlaw

s as w

ell es sim

ilar gro

ups

that h

ave o

pera

ted fo

r the la

st seven

- month

s in T

am

pa, S

t. Pete

rsburg

and

Fort L

auderd

ale. 'O

le a

re n

ot g

oin

g to

tole

rate

your

kin

d in

Flo

rida an

y m

ore. Y

ou left th

at girl h

angin

g to

a tre

e a

nd I w

ant to

m

ake an

exam

ple o

f this th

ing," K

irk

said.

With

that th

e thcee O

utlaw

s kissed

. a trib

al e

ueto

m u

sually

stag

ed

on

ly

when

there are p

hoto

grap

hers aro

und.

and w

ere driv

en o

ff to th

e county

jail to

join

Lin

k. O

win

gs a

nd fiv

e o

ther

gan

g m

embers,

not a

s yet im

plicated

In

the cru

cifixin

n.

Cycle V

eteran T

hey In

clu

de th

e c

lub p

resid

ent,

Do

nal] -(D

elteLT

ann

er, 26

, a New

M-

ime!, IIa

sa., v

ete

ran o

f at le

ast se

ven

simila

r moto

rcycle

gangs a

cro

ss the

country

; convicted

killer Jo

hn P

. 'Luke

II; and

three g

irls, Kath

erine E

lizabeth

S

troh a

nd E

rnestin

e Jo

sephin

e P

opp,

bo

th 1

3, a

nd T

ann

er's p

regnant w

ife,

Pen

ny, 2

3.

.• A

R o

f them

are ch

arg

ed w

ith posses-

siert of vitarijnaga. Tanner, w

ho O

ct hie

s - nic

knam

e fro

m p

reachin

g in

the A

rmy.

and K

ath

erine, a

onetim

e su

perm

arket

-cash

ier, also

are a

ccused

in th

e theft o

f A

ro°

from

her em

plo

yer. B

ail, which

has reach

ed $

24,0

00 in

T

anner's

case. h

as bean

den

ied m

ost o

f-, th

e Outlaw

s by lo

cal bondsm

en w

hose

insu

ranee co

mpan

ies are no lo

nger w

ill- - tu

g to

take a ch

ance o

n th

e gan

g.

6

•.

FO

RID

A'S

troubles w

ith th

em really

b

eg

an

a y

ear a

go

, wh

en

fou

r mem

-b

ers of th

e no

w d

efun

ct Hell's A

ng

elis, in

cludin

g L

uke, in

vad

ed a m

igran

t labor

camp in

Pom

pan

o B

each.

They w

ere

' seekin

g re

venge fo

r a

beatin

g g

iven

two clu

b m

embers n

ear th

e camp, b

ut in

the b

rawl th

at follo

wed

; an

11-y

ear-old

girl, C

atalina F

lorae, w

as - sh

ot an

d k

illed, ap

paren

tly b

y m

istake.

The re

sult w

as th

at th

ree o

f them

, In

cludin

g L

uke, w

ho is ap

pealin

g h

is sen

tence, g

ot G

to, 1

0-y

ear jail terms.

SU

ND

AY

NE

WS

, DE

CE

MB

ER

. 3, 1

967

Accu

sed

in c

rucifix

ion

an

d a

rreste

d a

fter th

ey (le

d to

Detro

it were

Do

nald

(M

an

gy) G

raves, J

oh

n (C

razy J

oh

n) W

eb

les a

nd

Jo

sep

h (S

up

er S

qu

irrel) S

ors

by

Jr., I. to

r. ab

ove. T

aken

from

them

by S

heriff W

illiam

Heid

tman

, wh

o h

old

s 1

2-

inch

dag

ger, w

ere

ch

ain

belts

bein

g e

xam

ined

by G

ov. C

lau

de K

irk. O

n flo

or a

re

jackets

em

bla

zo

ned

with

Ou

tlaw

s' in

sig

nia

, calle

d "

co

lors

"

storm

ed In

to th

e sh

eriff's o

ffice e

arly

in

Novem

ber an

d, read

ing fro

m a sm

all noteb

ook, reeled

off a list o

f griev

ances

that en

ded

in th

is ringin

g d

enunciatio

n:

"The W

est P

alm

Beach c

ops d

on't

wear crash

helm

ets and if th

ey d

on't I'm

not g

oin

g to

. What's g

ood fo

r the g

oose

Is good fo

r the g

ander. T

here

are

IL

th

ousan

d p

eople in

the O

utlaw

s and if

they

can't co

me to

visit m

e with

out g

et-tin

g b

uste

d b

efo

re th

ey g

et o

ff their

bik

aa W

e a

g

sa

_

Billie H

askell, w

hose h

usb

and, G

ino,

_ is in

the co

unty

jail for u

sing o

bscen

e lan

guag

e durin

g o

ne p

olice raid

, put it

this w

ay: "I n

ever saw

any m

arijuan

a, m

y o

ld m

an n

ever b

eat me u

p.

"T

here's a lot of people goin

g aroun

d sa

ying w

e had o

rgies u

p h

ere an

d a

ll th

at—

bu

t not w

hen

j w

as arou

nd. A

U

the tro

uble sta

rted w

hen

Dales b

rou

gh

t in

those g

uys fro

m o

ut o

f tow

n. S

ure,

561/f ""fi w

il'OR

Ffrig

if iffri

tate.

Sh

eriff's dep

uties lea

d fo

ur ek

ain

ed a

nd

han

dcu

ffed O

utlaw

s W

est Pa

lm B

ench

. Th

ey a

re, L to

T., J

am

es (Sp

ider) O

win

gs.

Lin

k, J

oh

n (S

had

es) Lu

ke II, a

nd

Tanner,

in d

ark

into

cou

nty

Jail In

Fra

nk

(Fa

t Fra

nk

) sw

eater.

"re

it th

ink th

at if y

ou

act a

tho

u-

san

d c

ycle

s do

wn

here

they'd

be h

ard

to-

contro

l .end yo

u're

righ

t." In

cue

raid th

at follo

wed

this o

ut-

burst, H

eidtm

an claim

ed th

e Outlaw

s h

ad p

ut th

ree loo

ko

uts o

n th

e roo

f of th

e b

ar, armed

with

auto

matic rifles. in

an-

oth

er, a b

adly

frighten

ed d

epu

ty fired

a

elicit at Tn

imer's feet b

ecause h

e said th

e O

utlaw

chieftan

had

threaten

ed h

im w

ith

a chain

belt w

hen

he tried

to sto

p h

im

from

puttin

g u

p a

sign

that read

: "Pri-

vate p

rop

erty. T

respassers w

ill be sh

ot."

Cop

s Lock

Clu

b

• Ju

st befo

re Than

ksg

ivin

g, th

e state clo

sed

Kitty

's pla

ce, a

ccu

sing

her o

f m

aintain

ing a d

isord

erly h

ouse. T

hey

als4

closed

several o

f her cab

ins o

n th

e g

rou

nd

s that th

ey w

ere filthy

. T

he m

ov

e came in

the w

ake o

f on

e of

those

flyin

g v

isits to W

est P

alm

that

Go

v. K

irk is fo

nd

of.

It was th

e c

rucifix

ion th

at h

ad

bro- ug

ht h

im, b

ut th

e e

igh

t of g

irls' nam

es scrawled

in p

aint ab

ove a h

alf d

ozen

bed

s in th

e club

ho

use at th

e back

o

f the salo

on

did

just as m

uch

to sh

atter his com

posure. T

ke d

ispossessed

Outlaw

s pro

mptly

m

ov

ed in

to T

ann

er's ho

use o

n S

haw

nee

Driv

e in th

e West G

ate section o

f the

city u

ntil h

e and a h

alf dozen

more w

ere arrested

there in

a narco

tics raid.

Som

e o

f the O

utla

ws still liv

e o

n

Kitty

's pro

perty

in th

e few cab

ins th

at w

eren't sh

uttered

. Kitty

herself is fu

riou

s at th

e sheriff, th

e Govern

or an

d an

yone

to d

o w

ith th

e law.

She called

the G

overn

or an

"unco

uth

b

ully

." "I'm b

eing

pu

t righ

t in th

e mid

-d

le," she said

. "I ow

e. $1

,50

0 in

taxes, I

hov

e a mo

rtgag

e pay

men

t coin

ing

up,

rve to

t thre

e k

ids w

ho a

ren't g

oin

g to

have an

y C

hristm

as becau

se there isn

't any m

oney coming in."

• "T

hese k

ids aren

't as bad

as peo

ple

say th

ey are," sh

e said in

an in

terview

la

st week

in h

er Ju

no

Beach

bo

rne.

"T

here

were

a fe

w b

ad o

nes, su

re,

schiz

os, I g

uess, b

ut I n

ever h

ad

an

y tro

ub

le with

them

. - "T

hey a

ny th

ere

was a

lot o

f mari-

Su

rma, in

my

place, b

ut I n

ever saw

any

. A

nyone co

uld

som

e in an

d.lin

ve a b

eer an

d n

ob

od

y. w

ou

ld b

oth

er h

im if h

e

did

n't b

oth

er them

. "I so

ld m

ore

sod

a th

en

I did

beer,

and th

ou th

ey co

me alo

ng an

d tak

e my

place aw

ay."

anybody th

ey b

ent u

p h

ad c

om

ing, h

e

'VG

? • lookin

g fo

r trouble."

"So th

ey w

ear sw

astik

as, a

nd a

ll th

at. S

o

do th

e su

rfers a

nd n

o o

ne

bo

thers th

em," sh

e said, lo

ok

ing

wist-

fully

at th

e th

ree h

igh-p

ow

ere

d b

ikes

that rem

ain o

n K

itty's p

roperty

, await-

ing

their jailed

ow

ners.

"We to

ld th

e girl [C

hristin

e Deese]

to g

o h

om

e,"

Billie

said

, "but sh

e

wo

uld

n't. S

he k

new

wh

at was g

oin

g to

hap

pen

to h

er, she k

new

befo

re she g

ot

in th

e c

ar a

nd sh

e w

ent."

"She w

as som

e kin

d o

f maso

chist o

r so

meth

ing," K

itty p

ut in

, gro

pin

g fo

r th

e wo

rd. "S

he w

as alway

s gettin

g b

eat up a

nd sh

e'd

keep c

om

ing b

ack. S

he

would

n't listen

to m

e." •

• •

RIG

JIM N

OL

AN

, an O

utlaw

vice p

resl-" d

ent fro

m F

ort L

auderd

ale and a N

ew

Jerse

yan w

ith tw

o y

ears o

f colle

ge

befo

re h

e w

ent so

uth

12

years

ago, blem

es politics an

d G

ov. K

irk.

"So

we h

av

e lo

ng

hair a

nd

beard

s. W

ell, so d

id Jesu

s Chnist an

d h

e's been

aro

und a lo

t longer th

an G

ov. K

irk. H

e's a let o

f mouth

. So h

e closed

up K

itty's,

big

deal, so

he's g

ot IS

up

righ

t citizens

no

w," h

e said, allu

din

g to

the O

utlaw

s' m

emb

ership

rolls.

'We're N

ot H

ipp

ies' "I'll g

ive y

ou

a stone q

uote. M

aybe

we're

not th

e sw

eete

st people

in th

e

world

, but w

e're

people

. We're

not a

bunch

of h

ippies an

d w

ere not b

urn

ing

up o

ur d

raft cards. I g

ot m

ine an

d a lo

t o

f the g

uy

s hav

e been

in th

e service:

"It gets co

ld u

p n

orth

, that's w

hy w

e cam

e dow

n h

ere. All w

e wan

t to d

o is

be left alo

ne an

d rid

e our b

ikes, W

e're bik

e p

eople

, If we b

eat u

p a

s many

.peo

ple as th

ey_ say

we h

ave, ev

ery p

unk

wh

o's w

ise o

r bellig

ere

nt, w

e'd

be

punch

ing u

p 2

1 h

ours a d

ay.

"Th

e on

ly m

istake w

e mad

e was h

av-

ing our club in a public building. Florida's

a very

bad

place to

do

any

thin

g. Y

ou

get

In a fist fig

ht in

a bar in

New

York

and

no

bo

dy

says an

yth

ing

. Do

wn

here it can

co

st you 1

0 o

r 15 y

ears of y

our life.

"All w

e wan

t to d

o is fix

up

ou

r pu

tts [cy

cles] so th

ey d

on

't loo

k lik

e any

bo

dy

else's. T

hat clu

b, it's ju

st som

ethin

g to

co

llect to," h

e said.

Big

Jim, w

ho as an

Outlaw

s officer

spends m

ost o

f his tim

e try

ing to

co

llect bail m

on

ey fo

r Ilia friend

s, ridi-

cule

s tale

s of sc

eunlvte

leersio

n a

nd

org

ies As "h

ogw

ash.-. -

r- eeetees

, •es'

"Lo

ok, th

e g

overn

or c

om

es b

arg

ing

in

to K

itty's a

nd h

e se

es th

at sw

astik

a

on D

eice's. jacket a

nd h

e sa

ys, 'W

hat do

you do

for a livin

g?' W

ell, Doke's a

little tire

d o

f questio

ns lik

e th

at, so

he sa

ys.

"117 11o, m

e? rn

i a pim

p.'

"Well, th

at h

os 710

type o

f »tw

ang

whatso

ever. It's ju

st to b

low

his m

ind,

but th

e G

overnor b

elieves it,

that's

the

real m

ind

sna

pp

er. "W

e're just p

layin

g g

ames w

ith th

eir M

ind

s. Dik

e and

Sh

ades [Jo

hn

Lu

ke],

they

're play

ing all so

rts of fu

nny g

ames'

with

the citizen

s. They

'll say an

yth

ing.

Like S

peed, when they picked him

up, he said

, 'If yo

u w

ant to

talk to

me ab

ou

t tack

ing th

at chick

to a tree, y

ou're o

utta

yo

ur m

ind

' "T

hat's w

hat all th

e swastik

a stuff is

abo

ut, an

d th

e kissin

g, it's ju

st to :,h

ock

th

e citizens b

ecause th

ey w

on't leav

e us

alone. '

"Do

ke, h

e go

es ov

er to S

ebrin

g o

n

Lab

or D

ay an

d g

ets bu

sted ju

st becau

se he's o

n a b

ike in

stead o

f in a F

ord

wear-

ing

a turtlen

eck sw

eater." A

sk h

lm ab

out th

e crucifix

ion an

d

Big

Jim ex

plain

s: "In

an

y g

rou

p y

ou

're g

on

na h

av

e

som

eb

od

y m

essin

g u

p. Ju

st becau

se

there

are

a

couple

of n

uts u

p th

ere

d

oesn

't mean

we all g

o aro

un

d n

ailing

p

eo

ple

to tre

es. If I'd

been

there

, I w

ou

ld h

ave sto

pp

ed It. T

his is o

ne b

ig

nig

htm

are." F

or C

hristin

e Deese, th

e nig

htm

are has ju

st beg

un. O

ne h

and is in

fected,

both

are partially

paraly

zed

and th

e polic

e a

re h

old

ing h

er in

pro

tectiv

e

custody. L

ast week

, an an

onym

ous telep

hone

caller told the eherfffs "W

hen th

at g

irl gets

ou

t, her life

w

on't b

e worth

a plu

gged

nick

el." . - .