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What becomes a legend most? Mystery and elusiveness--and keeping several steps ahead of the law. Six months ago, when federal agents identified Eric Robert Rudolph as the man they believe responsible for the Jan. 29 bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., that killed an off-duty police officer and severely wounded a nurse, they were confident they would arrest the itinerant carpenter within a matter of days. But like a latter-day, albeit sinister, Robin Hood eluding the Sheriff of Nottingham, Rudolph, 31, a former private in the 101st Airborne skilled at surviving in the wilderness, vanished...
Eric Robert Rudolph won't be found unless his pursuers get help from someone who knows the local mountains as well as the fugitive, say the residents of Macon County, N.C. "And right now, nobody seems to be in any hurry to help the feds," says TIME Atlanta bureau chief Sylvester Monroe. "The local people are not exactly warm to the federal agents or the media who have descended on the area and disrupted their way of life." A number of local people have even candidly told media representatives that, given the opportunity, they wouldn't turn Rudolph...
...federal agents are clearly not getting the kind of help that they need from the locals," says Monroe. "And that appears to leave them no closer to catching Rudolph than they were when he first went on the run six months...
...Last week Rudolph stole a truck and a six-month supply of food from a health food store owner in Andrews, N.C. CNN reports that Rudolph gave storekeeper George Nordmann a handwritten grocery list, requesting sufficient quantities of batteries, oatmeal, beans and other items to keep him supplied for a year. A few days later Nordmann's truck and up to 75 pounds of food were taken from his home. CNN's sources also allege that Rudolph left $500 as payment; the truck was found abandoned at a campground on Monday...
...Rudolph reportedly told the storekeeper, "I will not be found by federal agents or dogs," and as if to underline his confidence, according to the New York Times, he even left a handwritten note in the abandoned truck explaining that it belonged to the well-liked Nordmann. That suggests Rudolph may be trying to move toward an endgame, an impression reinforced by one other detail: The fugitive reportedly asked Nordmann for a detailed map of were the federal agents are staying. So far his exploits seem calculated to make him a legend in the fringe world of right-wing militias...