BOMBING WITNESSES IN CUSTODY

Dozens of FBI agents and local police swarmed into a motel in Carthage, Missouri at dawn today, arresting two men sought as witnesses in theOklahoma City bombing. Gary Allen Land and Robert Jacks were found when their white 1981 Thunderbird with Arizona plates, registered to Land, was spotted in the motel lot last night. Authorities believe the men were associates of bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh and witnesses to the explosion. Although Land resembles John Doe No. 2, FBI officials say they have not concluded that he is. The New York Times reported today that on the day after the bombing, two men believed to be Land and Jacks checked into a motel in Perry, Oklahoma, where McVeigh was being held on an unrelated traffic violation, then checked out a few hours later. McVeigh reportedly made several phone calls from the jail during that period. Land and Jacks are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate sometime today.Oklahoma Explosion Page