The Return of the Patriarch !

A clan of messianic polygamists sparks a police siege

The log cabin with smoke curling from its chimney, the small schoolhouse, granary and workshop might serve as a setting for the Walton family. The 2 1/ 2-acre Singer compound in tiny Marion, Utah (pop. 200), speaks of simplicity and family ties. The family is indeed close-knit: Vickie Singer's son-in-law Addam Swapp is married to both her daughters.

Last week several hundred feet beyond their fence, the hostile world waited. More than 150 police and FBI agents surrounded the compound shortly after Swapp allegedly dynamited the nearby Mormon church on Jan. 16. The heavily armed clan of messianic polygamists was holed...

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