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At one point, Seale worked the tape loose enough to resume his demands. More securely taped, he issued muffled "oinks" at Hoffman. After leather straps replaced the chains, Seale managed to squirm free. He and his codefendant. Jerry Rubin, a founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), scuffled with U.S. marshals. In the ensuing melee, Rubin claimed that a marshal "just hit Bobby in the mouth with his elbow." Seale called one officer a "rotten, low-life son of a bitch." Hoffman excused the jury. Kunstler called for a halt to "this medieval torture" and declared that "I feel so utterly ashamed to be an American lawyer at this time."
Provocateur's Zeal. Almost lost in the shouting was the testimony of a key Government witness, William Frapolly. As an undercover Chicago police agent, Frapolly, 22, penetrated the top ranks of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Viet Nam, which coordinated the activities of the demonstrators. In the days before the riots, he testified, he heard Defendant John Froines, a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon, urging small groups of demonstrators to embark on window-breaking forays throughout Chicago's Old Town. He charged that Froines examined and approved samples of "guerrilla nails," twisted spikes designed to blow out tires or impale pedestrians, and nail-studded Styrofoam balls to throw at police. Frapolly also said that it was Froines who shopped for the odoriferous hair remover and butyric acid that were the ingredients for the demonstrators' stink bombs.
While Frapolly's testimony seemed to be the most damaging offered by any prosecution witness, cross-examination revealed that he had taken to his mission with a provocateur's zeal. Frapolly admitted that he had suggested, at a pre-convention meeting, that the demonstrators use grappling hooks to attack military vehicles bearing barbed wire. A former student at Northeastern Illinois State College, Frapolly continued his undercover role; he was arrested last spring for participating in a sit-in and was expelled last September for taking part in an attack on the school president, Jerome Sachs. Frapolly's final fling in the protest movement came during last month's SDS demonstrations in downtown Chicago.