The Sunshine Makers Page #6
- Year:
- 2015
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addiction,
because they often continued a
business way beyond what, you know,
prudence would dictate.
On top of that,
and less enthusiastic,
about what I'd been doing.
Things were looking somewhat
darker in Haight-Ashbury.
That group that was still left
in the Haight-Ashbury started
to seem more like lost souls.
The age of the flower children
was gone.
It was a lot more
methamphetamine.
There was a lot more
murders and violence.
There was more presence
of the Hell's Angels
and other motorcycle groups.
It was a trip.
People that I
knew had peak experiences
and had the experience
of oneness,
still treating each other
really badly and dishonestly.
LSD was a good thing.
But I was no longer convinced
that it was the solution
to the world's problems.
But I got turned
on to biofeedback instruments.
I'm going to measure
the electrical activity
of my brain, as it leaks
out onto the scalp.
There were some early studies
done that related the brain waves
particular brain wave patterns,
when they were meditating.
I saw brainwave biofeedback as a
possible way of teaching people
to reach that state
of oneness with the universe,
without having to use drugs.
So you're still
trying to turn the world on?
In a kinder, gentler way.
Yeah.
And then in late 1971, I
I was off the hook
for the Denver lab,
because the police hadn't
gotten a search warrant.
The state Supreme
Court had ruled
that the search was illegal.
And it was tremendously
liberating.
The road ahead was clear
for doing research
in lots of different directions.
Unless Nick did
something really foolish,
I'd somehow managed
for what I'd been doing.
So here
I am in St. Louis.
It's getting very
cold in Missouri.
And we decide to go traveling in
Mexico and taking a vacation.
Unbeknownst to me, a water pipe
broke in the house.
And the neighbors,
they could see
water running down the stairs.
The sheriff for that town
breaks in.
They go up to my bedroom.
They find the leak
in the bathroom nearby.
They also go into my closet, and
they find some psychedelics.
And then they
discovered the lab.
Powder LSD capable
of producing over
fourteen million tablets
of Orange Sunshine
was found in two locations.
It was in all
the papers.
I just didn't happen
to see the papers.
When I pulled up...
Driver, step outside slowly.
Five heavy duty guys with
shotguns jumped out and said...
If you make any sudden moves,
you'll be shot immediately.
What a country.
Keep your hands away from
your body and drop full down.
It was an "oh, sh*t"
moment.
Not that they have busted Nick,
I think I'm in deeper hot water.
I suspected there
was a good chance that Nick
would have things with him,
that would be used
Marijuana, LSD, some mescaline.
I made a personal
bet that he'd probably still
have that flow chart with him,
that showed him the process
It turned out he did.
Is the gamble of drug
exploration worth this?
Is it worth the physical
and mental risk as well?
Well a grand jury
was convened specifically
to investigate
Nick, Billy, and I.
I eventually hid out
in a friend's house.
While I was there, I got a phone
call from Billy Hitchcock.
And he told me, "I
have bad news for you."
Would you say
that you were a close
personal friend of Mr. Scully?
Yes, I would.
I advised him
of my tax problems.
I told him I was cooperating
with the government
where I would have
to reveal the whole situation.
He'd been indicted
for income tax evasion,
and he didn't see
any other way out.
Billy wasn't
the final piece in the puzzle.
He was that one in the middle
that you'd spend a half an hour
looking for.
And then once you find
that one, everything,
seems to fall into place.
Owsley
and Nick Sand gave Billy
large amounts
of money to send offshore
into Swiss bank accounts.
He would
launder money for us.
Noble he was not.
It's just like fishing.
You reel it in, and you
look at it, and you figure,
I can get a bigger
one than this.
So I'll tell him, "hey, you
know, I'll throw you back",
if you can give me
somebody else."
My
lawyer came and read off
the names of the unindicted
co-conspirators.
I said, "Lenny, put it plain."
What's an unindicted
co-conspirator?"
He said, "a snitch."
Someone who has turned
state's evidence against you."
I said, "Billy?"
It's just
another example of idealism
fading in the face of reality.
He offered to loan
me $10,000, which he encouraged
me to use to hire a lawyer,
so that I could also turn and
become a government witness.
Anybody can be turned.
The question is, how
much do you have to give
them in order for them to turn?
He said, Tim
is considering whether or not
to turn state's evidence.
Do the same
thing I did and make
a deal with the government.
I was shocked,
right down to the soles
of my feet.
I said,
I'll take the money
and I'll make my best choice.
I couldn't believe it.
Remain seated and come to order,
court will begin in session.
I realized that
if I did become a witness
against Nick, that
I would end up
feeling really bad about
myself for the rest of my life.
All right.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this next case...
The way
I'd end up feeling best
about myself would
be if I faced the music
and tried to fight the charges.
Billy ended up testifying
for a couple of days.
His testimony was
pretty damning.
They were manufacturing
LSD, somewhere between
three and four million tabs.
Pretty painful to hear.
Scully made just
about a million tablets.
They knew what
we did and where we did it.
Nick came
to the Bahamas.
There's a word
that kind of describes Billy.
It's in Yiddish, but it...
it is such a perfect word.
He's a schlub.
Yes.
I met with Mike Randall.
Billy Hitchcock's
a punk and he always was.
He's a rich guy.
Don't try to take
a rich guy's money away.
I never
held that against Billy.
I think most people
would save themselves.
The stupid thing was bringing
him to the laboratory.
That he had something...
You know, there were a lot
of those blunders
all along the line that
were just... yeah, just showoff
maneuvers that were dumb.
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury...
The trial
judge, Samuel Conti,
Oh, Judge Conti
was a fine American.
He was one of our
favorite judges.
Judge Conti was tough.
But I think fair.
subject of this proceeding...
In one
of the pretrial proceedings,
he said he wished he had
access to the death penalty
in our case, which
gave us a pretty
good clue of what he was going
to do in terms of sentencing.
And the man was just...
Objection, your honor.
Motion to strike.
Why don't you both
approach the bench.
Every motion that
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