THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS	Local Tuesday, June 17, 1997

The Ira Einhorn mystery intrigued at least one computer nerd, who urged on the Internet the creation of a ``cyberposse'' to find the fugitive. The nerd said he was inspired to anger by Steven Levy's book, ``The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius.''

``The effect this book had upon me was sadness and anger,'' the unidentified man said. ``Sadness that a woman like Holly Maddux had her skull smashed into pieces against the floor for merely wanting to live her life. Anger that a hypocritical and phony `radical leader of the '60s, cum '70s New-Age Voice,' could brutally beat to death a woman who finally chose to not let him dominate her life, and with the help of others, walk away, fully capable of continuing his violence upon others.

``If the federals cannot or will not apprehend him, it seemed to me that it should be possible to utilize the resources of the 'net to locate him and see that he is held responsible for his crimes.

``The posse needs you. Time to git outta the bunkhouse and saddle up. Let's figure out how to do it together.''

Local man-about-town Harry Jay Katz, a friend of Einhorn's, recalled in a 1984 Daily News interview what he said to his pal before to his trial: ``Ira, picture this, you're an aging hippie with body odor, no socks, still wearing a dashiki, and you're supposed to go before a jury of your peers and tell them you didn't kill a little gentile cheerleader from Texas.'
``Ira was motivated to flee by one basic word -- fear.''

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