MEMO
TO: Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. "Red" Beckman
FROM: Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Counselor at Law
DATE: June 24, 1996
SUBJECT: People v. United States et al.
We were granted our continuance, until July 22, 1996.
A long time ago, I helped the Crow Nation negotiate a new coal
extraction lease and, when we were done, the Chief's son invited
Me to tour the reservation on horse back. I learned only years
later how important an offer that was. I am told that the
supernatural is a regular occurrence at certain sacred sites.
So, when I come up to Jordan to brief the Garfield County judge
on the limits of federal jurisdiction, I would love to swing by
the Crow Nation and find the Chief's son, who is likely to be the
Chief now, and take him up on his offer. Of course, I will need
to make contact before hand. Would you be willing to be the
liaison, and to join us, if and when they do permit Me to visit
the Chief again?
I can't wait to see if the strip mining deal We negotiated for
them has made a difference in their tribal economy.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell
Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Counselor at Law
email: supremelawfirm@altavista.net
website: http://supremelaw.com
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MEMO
TO: Martin J. "Red" Beckman
c/o P.O. Box 1544
Billings, Montana state
Postal Zone 59103/tdc
FROM: Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Counselor at Law
DATE: October 16, 1996
SUBJECT: Unpaid Invoice and Other Problems
By now, I hope you have received my 4-page Memo to Randy Parsons.
In case you have not received a copy of it, I enclose a second
copy for your information. Red, we may have a very big problem
here. I hope the Memo is self-explanatory. I feel that I have
been defrauded, the longer I must go without hearing anything at
all from Randy in response to my invoice. Nor has Keven Entzel
sent me any electronic mail ("email") in response to my invoice.
If they do not pay me, this will be a very big blow to me, and to
the people to whom I owe money (like my landlord, phone company,
electric company, and so on).
Just how well do you know Randy Parsons, anyway? I always ask
myself, in these situations, if the people with whom I am working
are deep cover operatives. Now that I have good reason to
believe that The Freedom Center cannot, or will not, pay my
invoice, I must examine the plausible hypothesis that Randy may,
indeed, be a deep cover operative. Please keep this matter
between us. I am not being paranoid here; just realistic. I
cannot think of a better way to scuttle an excellent legal
strategy, one which LeRoy and other defendants approved
wholeheartedly, than to demoralize the lead counsel by stiffing
him for almost 19 solid days of overtime (> $10,000 worth). This
is very bad news for the freedom movement, and it does not bode
well for all the people who have tried to support The Freedom
Center and the people now in jail.
Could you do some investigating for me, and report back to me
privately by telephone? I will be happy to pay for the telephone
call. Also, there is equipment at Rudy's house which belongs to
me, including an Iomega 100 megabyte external disk drive, 7 x 10-
megabyte cartridge disks, a "LEGAL MAIL" stamp, legal books (a
Black's Law Dictionary, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure), office scissors, and some
miscellaneous papers.
I am very sorry to bother you with this problem, but I cannot
think of a better person to intervene and/or perform some
voluntary arbitration to resolve this matter. Randy had been
very interested in the story I told him about my experiences with
Elizabeth Broderick and her associates, but he was also quite
non-committal. I was also very suspicious when "Dick and
Charley" showed up and interrupted our work flow for 4 solid
days. The Memo goes into that episode in some detail. I know
that we had some serious personality differences (Keven, Morley
and I), but I do not think it would be fair to "punish" me for
those differences, by refusing to pay me my due for working 18.5
straight days of overtime, not when several of the prisoners,
including LeRoy, were so impressed with the work I was doing for
them.
The bottom line for me is that I cannot, and will not, return to
The Freedom Center, unless they can pay the invoice in full, and
finish the basement bedroom before I return there. I cannot work
in a construction zone, as I have explained in the Memo.
Moreover, Al Vershoot had everyone convinced that I should move
up to Billings permanently, and bring along my valuable computers
and other peripherals (late model laser printer, scanner, modems,
power supplies, keyboards, 17" Sony monitors, and all related
software). After seeing a big cigarette burn in Keven's
keyboard, I am very apprehensive that similar damage will occur
to the tools of my trade, and I do not believe that they have
either the insurance or the financial resources to replace or
repair such damage.
Please help us in any way you can to work through these problems,
Red. We will all be most grateful to you, because everyone
respects you so much up there.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell
Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Counselor at Law and federal witness
c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776
Tucson, Arizona state
Postal Zone 85719/tdc
email: supremelawfirm@altavista.net
website: http://supremelaw.com
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