□ South Bend Tribune □ Saturday, April 17, 1993 □
South Bend man arrested
Gary Spaulding arrested in Waco. AP Photo
Gary Spaulding of South Bend is taken into custody by Texas Department of Public Safety officers Friday at a checkpoint leading to the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.
WACO, Texas — A South Bend man was taken into custody by Texas law enforcement officers Friday after attempting to deliver food and goods to women and children still inside the Branch Davidian compound.
Gary Spaulding, of 50434 Portage Road, was being held by authorities for interfering with the duties of public servants. He remained in custody Friday night in the McLennan County Jail. Other court information was not immediately available.
Vickie Spaulding, Spaulding’s wife, was not arrested, officials said.
According to Richard Bratton, Spaulding’s father-in-law, the Spauldings went to Waco several days ago, feeling the cult’s women and children required the same kinds of care that other “prisoners-of-war are granted.”
Bratton said Spaulding and another man were pulling handcarts loaded with goods to the first checkpoint, where officers of the Texas Department of Public Safety halted their delivery.
“They (Spaulding and the man with him) asked them if they could stay and watch while the items would be delivered. “That’s all they asked, and they were arrested,” Bratton said. “They did what their hearts felt. It was a humanitarian act.”
Mon Apr 19 , 1993
82 people were murdered by Washington, listed in memoriam here.