APar 05/14 1321 White Supremacists-Miles FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) -- The reputed second in co

APar 05/14 1321 White Supremacists-Miles


   FORT  SMITH, Ark. (AP) -- The reputed second in command in the
Aryan Nations white supremacist organization is free  on  $50,000
bond.

   Robert  Edward  Miles  was  released from the Sebastian County
Jail Wednesday after U.S. District Judge Morris S. "Buzz"  Arnold
of  Fort  Smith  set  Miles' bond in a one-page order. N.C. Deday
LaRene of Detroit, Miles' attorney, had filed  a  motion  Tuesday
seeking bond for his client, who had been held without bond since
his arrest April 24 at Cohoctah.

   U.S. Attorney J. Michael Fitzhugh said his office would review
Arnold's opinion and decide whether to appeal the order.

   Miles,  62,  of  Cohoctah, Mich., a former grand dragon of the
Michigan Realm of the United  Klans  of  America,  was  among  10
people  accused of sedition last month in an indictment handed up
by a federal grand jury in Fort Smith.

   The "record is insufficient to establish  a  serious  risk  of
flight  exists, or that clear and convincing evidence exists that
defendant, if released on bail, would pose a danger to the safety
of any person or the community."  Arnold said in his order.

   Miles and others are accused  in  the  federal  indictment  of
conspiring   to   commit  robberies,  engage  in  counterfeiting,
assassinate federal officials and ethnic groups, commit bombings,
destroy utilities, pollute municipal  water  supplies,  establish
guerrilla    warfare    training    camps   and   procure   false
identifications.

   The   government   had   successfully   appealed   a   federal
magistrate's  order  at Detroit that Miles be set free on $50,000
bail.  Miles appeared Monday at Fort Smith with his attorney  and
asked  U.S.  Magistrate Ned Stewart to rule on the bail question.
When Stewart said he couldn't, Miles' attorney  asked  Arnold  to
make the decision.

   According  to  Arnold's order, Miles is to report daily to the
probation office or  pretrial  service  agency  and  travel  only
within  Michigan,  except  for  court  appearances in the Western
District of Arkansas.

   A July 6 trial date has been set at Fort Smith for  Miles  and
the other  defendants.    If  convicted,  Miles  could  receive a
maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

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