Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, October 31, 1994 TAG: 9411150017
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Medium
On Sunday, the day after the attack, yellow police tape stretched across the White House lawn and FBI agents armed with laser equipment conducted an inch-by-inch search for bullets around the pockmarked mansion.
The man, 26-year-old Francisco Martin Duran, remained silent at D.C.'s central cellblock, his motives a mystery, his demeanor described by the Secret Service as ``completely flat.''
Duran left a note outlining how he would want his affairs handled if he died, a document that one administration official called ``closer to a will than a suicide note.'' The note contained no threat against Clinton, the official said.
Duran spent 21/2 years in a military prison for aggravated assault.
Described as unshaken, President Clinton held to his plan to attend an evening gala at Ford's Theatre, where President Lincoln was felled by an assassin's bullet 129 years ago.
Duran, scheduled to be formally arraigned before a U.S. magistrate today, was charged early Sunday with willfully damaging federal property and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The first charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, the latter 10 years and $5,000.
The Secret Service held out the possibility that additional charges could be filed.
The senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said several handwritten documents were found among Duran's belongings, including one ``ambiguously worded'' note that raised the possibility of his death without any direct mention of depression or any intention to kill himself.
by CNB