LAWYER EXPECTED DIFFERENT OUTCOME

Dori Leo thought she would see Tom Crosslin in court Friday afternoon. "I
expected him to show because we had talked to him and we had prepared for
the court hearing together," she said of Crosslin. "As a matter of fact, I
was looking forward to seeing him and getting some paperwork that I had
requested he bring to the courthouse with him."

Crosslin, 46, and Rolland Rohm, 28, were due in Cass County Circuit Court
before Judge Michael Dodge on Friday for a show-cause portion of a hearing.

Cass County authorities sought to get a motion granted to revoke Crosslin's
$150,000 bond and Rohm's $25,000 bond because of a festival that was staged
at the farm and campground Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, when both were observed
smoking marijuana.

The meeting, of course, never took place between the attorney and her
clients. When Leo, an attorney for Vlachos and Vlachos of Kalamazoo,
arrived Friday, she was met with officials from the Sheriff's Department,
who asked to meet her in private.

"I was surprised to hear what was going on at Rainbow Farm at that time,"
she said.

The events of the past four days have not totally surprised her, though.

But Tuesday's events did.

"I was horrified," Leo said from the field located a mile or so away from
Rainbow Farm Campground, only hours after she had learned that her client,
Rohm, had been killed by the Michigan State Police Emergency Support Team
member in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

"I did not expect Rollie to be shot to death. I expected him to want to see
his son. I expected him to surrender. And then I expected the ranting and
raving that they were wronged by the government."

Tom Crosslin's situation was different.

"He was very agitated, extremely agitated about the situation and he was
illogical at times," she said. "And I just believed that he had that
rebellious rebel attitude and that he wanted to get the message out that he
is convinced that we are surrounded by bad government."

Campers suspected something was going to happen when Crosslin cleared
Rainbow Farm last Wednesday, said Vanessa Hunkler, 18, who had been camping
there since Aug. 22.

"He got the people and everything out of the site," the Quincy, Ill.,
resident said. "People got everything out of the store. He said, 'Go in and
help yourself.' ... He said he was just closing it down." He helped some
campers get back home by buying them bus tickets, she said.

Hunkler said Crosslin seemed defeated when he cleared the campground. "He
was tired of fighting," she said. He was vague about the reason for his
actions, she said.

Rohm's state of mind was different, Leo believed. He also wanted to get a
message out about bad government during her conversations with her via
walkie-talkies for one half hour before midnight Monday.

"When I appealed to him to make wise decisions for his son, he said that he
was making positive decisions for his son," she said. "That in order to
make this world better and get rid of bad government, that he had to take a
stand. He wanted that message known."

But she was very hopeful of a much different ending for him than that of
his close friend.

"I am surprised the situation with Rollie did not come to a peaceful
ending," she said. "He seemed scared. He did not have the revolutionary
demeanor that I encountered when I talked to Tom Crosslin when I tried to
get him to come out.

"He was very interested in finding out the consequences of things that have
happened thus far and what would happen in a court of law.

"He was very concerned about his court date when he came out which led me
to me believe that he had a more peaceful solution in mind.

"He was concerned about the charges and what the potential of the charges
would be.

"That would lead any reasonable person to conclude that he was going to
come out and face the judge in court."