i could just see these idiots, you know, just try to pack up my dinosaur and take it away and ruin it. how dare they? how dare these people do this? unconscionable. i can t imagine somebody being able to do this here in the united states of america, in a free country. in order to ensure that this dinosaur could be carefully packed up, we helped. it was pretty clear that they didn t know what they were doing. these people didn t know anything. i mean, most of these guys hardly go out in the field at all. what do they know about preparing a fossil or packing it or anything? the larsons were trying to do little bit of negotiating. put sue under lock and key at our place to prevent damage. i said to kevin schieffer, you just tell me and that fossil won t go anywhere. it s not like it s going to disappear in a briefcase. that request was denied. it is clearly a violation under
everyone, stay back! stay back, you ll be thrown to the ground and arrested. we ve got everything under control here. we don t want any trouble. we had people from all over the community, from the black hills, trying to help. it was amazing the support we had. we were fighting with everything we could think of, from the sue freedom run, to petitions we took, to the state capital. i would talk in front of groups anywhere. terry was so involved in this case. he lived it. one of the most moving things in my life to see was this wonderful group of people here, supported us getting sue back. the u.s. attorney, mr. kevin schieffer, made a terrible error.
experience. it s a little unclear as to why schieffer decided to seize sue or decide to become interested in this at all. whether it began with morris williams or a complaint from the tribe. ultimately, the decision was kevin schieffer s, though, to decide that this was something that they wanted to do. also was shocking from a scientific standpoint, that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greatest paleontological find of all time. if that dinosaur seizure wasn t a publicity stunt, then i don t know what is. there could have been a gang in this town with a warehouse holding a ton of cocaine and human bodies hanging from the rafters and the federal government would not have sent 35 agents and the national guard. sue wasn t a part of what we were looking at or what was being looked at as far as potential criminal violations. there were so many bones, so
it s a little unclear as to why schieffer decided to seize sue or decided to become interested in this at all. whether it began with maurice williams or a complaint from the tribe. ultimately, the decision was kevin schieffer s, though, to decide that this was something that they wanted to do. also was shocking from a scientific standpoint, that anybody would behave so recklessly with the greatest paleontological find of all time. if that dinosaur seizure wasn t a publicity stunt, then i don t know what is. there could have been a gang in this town with a warehouse holding a ton of cocaine and human bodies hanging from the rafters and the federal government would not have sent 35 agents and the national guard. sue wasn t a part of what we were looking at or what was being looked at as far as potential criminal violations. there were so many bones, so
you can be all right in this quarter section, but if you get off a little bit remember, this is before gps. if you get off a little bit to the wrong place, you might be dealing with a whole another set of regulations. the tribe claimed that because maurice williams, being a member of the tribe, had not purchased a $100 permit to sell something, the fossil should be forfeited and therefore they owned the fossil. and of course the government said that it was government property and that that was because of the trust land issue. the seizure and the subpoena were the brainchild of acting u.s. attorney kevin schieffer. he was a controversial figure, as a u.s. attorney, because he hadn t had a lot of experience practicing law. he had the ability to drive some people crazy. i do have a fair amount of litigation experience. i have not had courtroom experience.