Carto's Reaction
After receiving his letter of dismissal, according to a Carto mailing sent
to IHR contributors, Carto negotiated with
Marcellus and O'Keefe to meet
with them on October 15 at Hulsey's office to go over all of the corporate
documents. Carto apparently failed to show at the meeting and instead went
to IHR headquarters, from which, according to his mailing, he sent a fax to
Hulsey's office notifying him that he was "now in control of the IHR
office." According to the Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1994, those present at
IHR when Carto arrived allege that Carto, his wife, and three other people
started to disconnect telephones, change locks, and tamper with computers.
The editors and Hulsey went to IHR, where a fracas ensued. The Los Angeles
Times reported an account of the events as follows:
"It was hard to keep from laughing," recalled Hulsey, the staff
attorney who raced to the office after receiving the faxed
declaration of war. "Who would control the headquarters? The staff
arrives, forces the door and then fistfights start breaking out all
over."
Eventually police arrived and Carto was arrested along with some
of the other staff members. Charges were never filed against any
of them.
Hulsey's last memory of the melee is an indelible image of Willis
Carto with one foot wedged in the door. Nearby a staff editor
brandished a gun to break up a wrestling match on the floor.
Meanwhile, other institute historians were struggling mightily to
shove Carto out of the door.
The founder's screams filled the room: "You're killing me!"
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