and what they thought
was an ample opportunity for free love.

One early
morning, during one autumn's marijuana harvest, a large crop was found missing.
The garden was planted by a rough group not welcome in the commune, including a
Viet Nam vet who had been dishonorably discharged.

The following morning, the severed heads of two hippies were found on the river
bank downstream from the commune, under the green bridge. They belonged to two well-known
commune members, known as Old Moses and Rainbow Bob. Their badly beaten bodies
were found near their homes, six miles upstream. The bodies exhibited evidence
of the kind of torture known to be used by US forces in Viet Nam.

The murders were never solved, and the Díaz family paid little attention,
because they were neither friendly with the commune members, nor did theylike
the moral attitude that seeped from the anarchist culture. Several other
violent incidents were tied to the growing of marijuana, but this was minor
compared to the drunken brawls that local loggers engaged in on a regular
basis.

In 1981, three loggers named Clark, Scott, and Cox, got into an altercation
with a long-haired man named Vander Jack at a bar, called the Rusty Spur. They
had a reputation as crazy drunken louts, who give people an ample beating just
for amusement. Vander Jack left in a hurry, but was found hitchhiking a few
miles down the road, as Clark, Scott, and Cox left for home.

They picked him
up. Accounts vary, but most of the three assailants agree they took Vander Jack
down to the river for a good old fashioned ass stomping. Apparently, Vander
Jack did something to