...............that's why they got away." On the other hand, he kept reverting to the
idea that the escape had been planned in advance, and so had the killings;
he still argued the ambush theory that the prosecution itself had all but
discarded in the Fargo trial, and he went beyond it, referring to some
cold-blooded, left-wing conspiracy  [handwritten underline] for which he refused to supply details.
"Their cause was dying on the vine," he said, "so they decided, It'll make

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the front page nationwide if we kill an FBI agent." The planner was not
an AIM leader, not even an Indian, but you'd better stay away from that,
you have to be careful, I'll tell you that. If they thought you'd write
something...I just don't know. It's not their game plan not to have
you write what they want." At another point, however, Price advised
me, "Dig in, find out who's behind Oglala. You've got to be on their
side or you'll be in extreme danger. Who planned the idea and knew it [handwritten underline]
would be page one, nationwide? You'd really have a problem, you'd be
in real danger, but it would be fun if you really looked into it. Talk to
Ted Lame; [handwritten underline] you'll find him if you're talking to the shooters."
	Repeatedly-and despite his earlier insistence that outside Indians had
been responsible-Price refered to "thirty" men involved in the Oglala
shoot-out. "They all should have the same penalty," he said. "But there
are discovery procedures for prosecution witnesses, so that the defense
can pressure these potential witnesses and figure out who the informers
are. If there are any," he added quickly. "And by the time it gets to court,
your witnesses have chickened out. This legal system can be beat, with
money, radical attorneys-it can be beat. They have good attorneys.
	"We couldn't put a conspiracy case together on anybody, but we proved
who did it, how the final shooting occured. You'll be surprised to hear
that it wasn't me who put together the Peltier case, but I'm content that
we got the right guy. Butler and Robideau, who beat us in Cedar Rapids,
they were right down there with Peltier, we know that. That's another
example of the jury system, which I'm not against, but I don't think
anybody could stomach that Cedar Rapids verdict."