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Richard Clark was arraigned on 55 federal counts, including conspiracy to commit fraud, armed robbery and threatening to kill a federal judge. Organizers of a support rally had predicted some 800 people would arrive for the event. Instead, fewer than 10 showed up. Members of the news media outnumbered the participants 4-to-1. -Full Story-

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The FBI said relatives had been allowed to visit. One relative warned that any force used to end the standoff would result in Freemen fighting back. -Full Story-

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U.S. Attorney Sherry Matteucci said she would ask that Richard Clark be held without bond, fearing that if he were released, he would flee. -Full Story-

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State officials held talks with the Freemen. At a bail hearing, Clark was called a flight risk and a danger to the community. He said he wouldn't post bond, even if he could, to avoid granting jurisdiction to the court. -Full Story-

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Officials were hopeful after talks with Freemen. -Full Story- Two people left the ranch. -Full Story-

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Easter weekend raised hopes of an end to the standoff. -Full Story-

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An amateur video tape obtained by CNN showed LeRoy Schweitzer leading several men in one of his seminars. The seminars reportedly focused on how to forge government bank notes and circumvent federal laws. -Full Story-

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The Freemen issued a news release on the two-week anniversary of their standoff with the FBI, declaring their independence from the "de facto corporate prostitute also known as the United States." -Full Story-

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The Freemen invited a journalist from Soldier of Fortune Magazine into the ranch to hold a seminar. The members told him they had not negotiated and did not intend to negotiate with the FBI. -Full Story-

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Two wanted Freemen surrendered. Agnes Stanton and her son, Ebert Stanton, drove out of the ranch compound and were voluntarily taken into custody. -Full Story-

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A day after they surrendered, a judge released Agnes Stanton under house arrest and ordered Ebert Stanton held without bond. They pleaded not guilty. -Full Story-

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The Freemen posted a sign to publicize their grand jury demands. -Full Story-

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Montana State Rep. Karl Ohs said he would approach the Freemen with his suggestion to hold a legislative forum, in the hope it would jump-start the stalled talks. -Full Story-

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A Kansas man identified by the FBI as a member of the Freemen group was held on explosives charges as the standoff in Montana entered its 24th day. -Full Story-

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Ohs met again with Freemen. Law enforcement officials brought in reinforcements in case of violence sparked by the anniversary of the April 19, 1993, Waco, Texas, disaster or the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. The FBI moved closer to the compound, occupying the foreclosed home of a Freeman family two miles from the complex. -Full Story-

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The FBI increased surveillance of the Freemen compound. -Full Story-

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Rep. Ohs and John Connor, chief prosecutor of the Montana state Department of Justice, negotiated with the Freemen. -Full Story-

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Two figures from the Ruby Ridge FBI standoff -- former Army Green Beret Col. James "Bo" Gritz and Randy Weaver -- drove to the Freeman compound in hopes of persuading the Freemen to come out, but federal agents would not allow them to enter. -Full Story-

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After getting FBI approval to enter the compound, Gritz spent seven hours negotiating with Freemen members at their ranch house. -Full Story- Stewart Douglas Waterhouse, 37, voluntarily left the Freemen ranch and was arrested without incident. -Full Story-

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The Freemen asked that their leader, LeRoy Schweitzer, be moved from a Missouri prison to a Montana prison. -Full Story-

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Gritz said the state of Montana made an offer to drop all charges if the Freemen surrendered within 24 hours. -Full Story-

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