 The Oregonian reported that nine people were on the hit list , including : Turner , Frohnmayer , former assistant attorney general Karen H. Green , Wasco County planning director Daniel C. Durow , Wasco County commissioner James L. Comini , investigative journalist for The Oregonian Leslie L. Zaitz , former member Helen C. Byron ( Ma Idam Shunyo ) , who had been awarded US $ 1 @.@ 7 million in a lawsuit against Rajneesh Foundation International , her daughter Barbara J. Byron ( Makima ) , and Rajneesh 's former secretary Laxmi Thakarsi Kuruwa ( Ma Yoga Laxmi ) .   = = = Weapons = = =   Catherine Jane Stork volunteered to be the follower who would actually murder Turner , and bought guns and silencers . Stork was known to fellow followers as Ma Shanti Bhadra , and was also one of the three " Big Mammas " in Rajneeshpuram . Sally @-@ Anne Croft ( known by followers as Ma Prem Savita ) , an accountant and the group 's Chief Financial Officer , provided money for the purchase of weapons related to the plot . Phyllis Caldwell ( Ma Deva Ritka ) described in a federal affidavit how members of the murder conspiracy obtained handguns , referring to Catherine Jane Stork and Sally @-@ Anne Croft : " Shanti B went down to Jesus Grove , and Savita gave us several thousand dollars to use to buy guns . " Jesus Grove referred to a group of trailers where all the leaders of the Rajneesh commune resided , except for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh .   Ma Anand Sheela and three other Rajneesh followers traveled to New York in the spring of 1985 to acquire false identification . According to a federal indictment , the perpetrators of the assassination plot used a false birth certificate to purchase guns . Two members of the group then traveled to Texas to purchase handguns . Caldwell stated she and Catherine Jane Stork flew to Texas to purchase guns there . They purchased five guns in Texas , but encountered difficulty purchasing handguns in Texas with out @-@ of @-@ state identification and traveled to New Mexico instead . Caldwell said they called back to the commune but the women were instructed " not to come back without the guns " .   In New Mexico , they obtained false identification , and purchased several pistols . Their intention was to purchase guns which were difficult to trace . Caldwell said it was easy to obtain guns in New Mexico : " we found it was pretty easy to buy guns . All you had to do was show some identification and it was easy to get . " Caldwell said she and Stork went to a university library to find the identity " of someone dying very young " , next went " to public records and asked for a copy of a birth certificate " and described how " we got a rent receipt book and just made up a rent receipt " . " And then we were able to go to several different gun shops in Albuquerque with those two bits of identification and buy five different guns and bullets , " said Caldwell . They were able to obtain one Colt .38 @-@ caliber revolver , and four Ruger .357 @-@ caliber Security @-@ Six Magnum revolvers . The conspirators smuggled the guns into Oregon by packing them in luggage and putting the luggage on a Greyhound Lines bus . Caldwell said that she and Stork traveled by bus back to the Rajneesh commune so as to avoid airport metal detectors .   = = = Surveillance = = =   After obtaining guns the conspirators returned to Portland , Oregon . They rented out an apartment in Portland to serve as their base of operations for the assassination of Turner . Rajneesh follower Carol Matthews ( Ma Prem Samadhi ) used a fake name during the planning of the assassination plot , in an attempt to obtain the home address of Charles Turner . According to federal prosecutors Matthews obtained a college yearbook of Turner 's , and learned his car 's license plate number and his parking location . Court records state that Matthews and an unindicted co @-@ conspirator gave voter registration officials fake identities and told officials they were conducting " a voter survey on President Reagan 's economic plan " , in order to obtain Turner 's route number and post office box number . The two tried repeating the story with members of the U.S. Postal Service , but the postal officials did not give them Turner 's address . They then drove around Turner 's neighborhood and were able to find his home by locating a sign in front of his residence that said " Turner " . Matthews had pictures of Turner 's residence developed ; these were later obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) during an investigation of the Rajneesh commune , and verified after being shown to Turner .   Members of the group of conspirators watched Turner 's office , home and car , and discussed methods to assassinate him , hoping that his death would hinder the efforts of the federal
ĠThe ĠOregon ian Ġreported Ġthat Ġnine Ġpeople Ġwere Ġon Ġthe Ġhit Ġlist Ġ, Ġincluding Ġ: ĠTurner Ġ, ĠFro hn m ayer Ġ, Ġformer Ġassistant Ġattorney Ġgeneral ĠKaren ĠH . ĠGreen Ġ, ĠWas co ĠCounty Ġplanning Ġdirector ĠDaniel ĠC . ĠDu row Ġ, ĠWas co ĠCounty Ġcommissioner ĠJames ĠL . ĠCom ini Ġ, Ġinvestigative Ġjournalist Ġfor ĠThe ĠOregon ian ĠLeslie ĠL . ĠZa itz Ġ, Ġformer Ġmember ĠHelen ĠC . ĠByron Ġ( ĠMa ĠId am ĠSh un yo Ġ) Ġ, Ġwho Ġhad Ġbeen Ġawarded ĠUS Ġ$ Ġ1 Ġ@ . @ Ġ7 Ġmillion Ġin Ġa Ġlawsuit Ġagainst ĠRaj ne esh ĠFoundation ĠInternational Ġ, Ġher Ġdaughter ĠBarbara ĠJ . ĠByron Ġ( ĠMak ima Ġ) Ġ, Ġand ĠRaj ne esh Ġ' s Ġformer Ġsecretary ĠL ax mi ĠTh ak ars i ĠK uru wa Ġ( ĠMa ĠYoga ĠL ax mi Ġ) Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠWeapons Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġvolunteered Ġto Ġbe Ġthe Ġfollower Ġwho Ġwould Ġactually Ġmurder ĠTurner Ġ, Ġand Ġbought Ġguns Ġand Ġsil encers Ġ. ĠSt ork Ġwas Ġknown Ġto Ġfellow Ġfollowers Ġas ĠMa ĠSh anti ĠBh adra Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġalso Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġthree Ġ" ĠBig ĠMam mas Ġ" Ġin ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ. ĠSally Ġ@ - @ ĠAnne ĠCro ft Ġ( Ġknown Ġby Ġfollowers Ġas ĠMa ĠPrem ĠSav ita Ġ) Ġ, Ġan Ġaccountant Ġand Ġthe Ġgroup Ġ' s ĠChief ĠFinancial ĠOfficer Ġ, Ġprovided Ġmoney Ġfor Ġthe Ġpurchase Ġof Ġweapons Ġrelated Ġto Ġthe Ġplot Ġ. ĠPh yll is ĠCaldwell Ġ( ĠMa ĠDev a ĠR it ka Ġ) Ġdescribed Ġin Ġa Ġfederal Ġaffidavit Ġhow Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġobtained Ġhandguns Ġ, Ġreferring Ġto ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġand ĠSally Ġ@ - @ ĠAnne ĠCro ft Ġ: Ġ" ĠSh anti ĠB Ġwent Ġdown Ġto ĠJesus ĠGrove Ġ, Ġand ĠSav ita Ġgave Ġus Ġseveral Ġthousand Ġdollars Ġto Ġuse Ġto Ġbuy Ġguns Ġ. Ġ" ĠJesus ĠGrove Ġreferred Ġto Ġa Ġgroup Ġof Ġtrailers Ġwhere Ġall Ġthe Ġleaders Ġof Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġresided Ġ, Ġexcept Ġfor ĠBh ag wan ĠSh ree ĠRaj ne esh Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġand Ġthree Ġother ĠRaj ne esh Ġfollowers Ġtraveled Ġto ĠNew ĠYork Ġin Ġthe Ġspring Ġof Ġ1985 Ġto Ġacquire Ġfalse Ġidentification Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto Ġa Ġfederal Ġindictment Ġ, Ġthe Ġperpetrators Ġof Ġthe Ġassassination Ġplot Ġused Ġa Ġfalse Ġbirth Ġcertificate Ġto Ġpurchase Ġguns Ġ. ĠTwo Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe Ġgroup Ġthen Ġtraveled Ġto ĠTexas Ġto Ġpurchase Ġhandguns Ġ. ĠCaldwell Ġstated Ġshe Ġand ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġflew Ġto ĠTexas Ġto Ġpurchase Ġguns Ġthere Ġ. ĠThey Ġpurchased Ġfive Ġguns Ġin ĠTexas Ġ, Ġbut Ġencountered Ġdifficulty Ġpurchasing Ġhandguns Ġin ĠTexas Ġwith Ġout Ġ@ - @ Ġof Ġ@ - @ Ġstate Ġidentification Ġand Ġtraveled Ġto ĠNew ĠMexico Ġinstead Ġ. ĠCaldwell Ġsaid Ġthey Ġcalled Ġback Ġto Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġbut Ġthe Ġwomen Ġwere Ġinstructed Ġ" Ġnot Ġto Ġcome Ġback Ġwithout Ġthe Ġguns Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠNew ĠMexico Ġ, Ġthey Ġobtained Ġfalse Ġidentification Ġ, Ġand Ġpurchased Ġseveral Ġpistols Ġ. ĠTheir Ġintention Ġwas Ġto Ġpurchase Ġguns Ġwhich Ġwere Ġdifficult Ġto Ġtrace Ġ. ĠCaldwell Ġsaid Ġit Ġwas Ġeasy Ġto Ġobtain Ġguns Ġin ĠNew ĠMexico Ġ: Ġ" Ġwe Ġfound Ġit Ġwas Ġpretty Ġeasy Ġto Ġbuy Ġguns Ġ. ĠAll Ġyou Ġhad Ġto Ġdo Ġwas Ġshow Ġsome Ġidentification Ġand Ġit Ġwas Ġeasy Ġto Ġget Ġ. Ġ" ĠCaldwell Ġsaid Ġshe Ġand ĠSt ork Ġwent Ġto Ġa Ġuniversity Ġlibrary Ġto Ġfind Ġthe Ġidentity Ġ" Ġof Ġsomeone Ġdying Ġvery Ġyoung Ġ" Ġ, Ġnext Ġwent Ġ" Ġto Ġpublic Ġrecords Ġand Ġasked Ġfor Ġa Ġcopy Ġof Ġa Ġbirth Ġcertificate Ġ" Ġand Ġdescribed Ġhow Ġ" Ġwe Ġgot Ġa Ġrent Ġreceipt Ġbook Ġand Ġjust Ġmade Ġup Ġa Ġrent Ġreceipt Ġ" Ġ. Ġ" ĠAnd Ġthen Ġwe Ġwere Ġable Ġto Ġgo Ġto Ġseveral Ġdifferent Ġgun Ġshops Ġin ĠAlbuquerque Ġwith Ġthose Ġtwo Ġbits Ġof Ġidentification Ġand Ġbuy Ġfive Ġdifferent Ġguns Ġand Ġbullets Ġ, Ġ" Ġsaid ĠCaldwell Ġ. ĠThey Ġwere Ġable Ġto Ġobtain Ġone ĠColt Ġ. 38 Ġ@ - @ Ġcaliber Ġrevolver Ġ, Ġand Ġfour ĠRug er Ġ. 357 Ġ@ - @ Ġcaliber ĠSecurity Ġ@ - @ ĠSix ĠMagnum Ġrevol vers Ġ. ĠThe Ġconspir ators Ġsmuggled Ġthe Ġguns Ġinto ĠOregon Ġby Ġpacking Ġthem Ġin Ġluggage Ġand Ġputting Ġthe Ġluggage Ġon Ġa ĠGrey hound ĠLines Ġbus Ġ. ĠCaldwell Ġsaid Ġthat Ġshe Ġand ĠSt ork Ġtraveled Ġby Ġbus Ġback Ġto Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġso Ġas Ġto Ġavoid Ġairport Ġmetal Ġdetectors Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠSurveillance Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAfter Ġobtaining Ġguns Ġthe Ġconspir ators Ġreturned Ġto ĠPortland Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ. ĠThey Ġrented Ġout Ġan Ġapartment Ġin ĠPortland Ġto Ġserve Ġas Ġtheir Ġbase Ġof Ġoperations Ġfor Ġthe Ġassassination Ġof ĠTurner Ġ. ĠRaj ne esh Ġfollower ĠCarol ĠMatthews Ġ( ĠMa ĠPrem ĠSam ad hi Ġ) Ġused Ġa Ġfake Ġname Ġduring Ġthe Ġplanning Ġof Ġthe Ġassassination Ġplot Ġ, Ġin Ġan Ġattempt Ġto Ġobtain Ġthe Ġhome Ġaddress Ġof ĠCharles ĠTurner Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto Ġfederal Ġprosecutors ĠMatthews Ġobtained Ġa Ġcollege Ġyear book Ġof ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġ, Ġand Ġlearned Ġhis Ġcar Ġ' s Ġlicense Ġplate Ġnumber Ġand Ġhis Ġparking Ġlocation Ġ. ĠCourt Ġrecords Ġstate Ġthat ĠMatthews Ġand Ġan Ġun ind icted Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġconspir ator Ġgave Ġvoter Ġregistration Ġofficials Ġfake Ġidentities Ġand Ġtold Ġofficials Ġthey Ġwere Ġconducting Ġ" Ġa Ġvoter Ġsurvey Ġon ĠPresident ĠReagan Ġ' s Ġeconomic Ġplan Ġ" Ġ, Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġobtain ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġroute Ġnumber Ġand Ġpost Ġoffice Ġbox Ġnumber Ġ. ĠThe Ġtwo Ġtried Ġrepeating Ġthe Ġstory Ġwith Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe ĠU . S . ĠPostal ĠService Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġpostal Ġofficials Ġdid Ġnot Ġgive Ġthem ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġaddress Ġ. ĠThey Ġthen Ġdrove Ġaround ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġneighborhood Ġand Ġwere Ġable Ġto Ġfind Ġhis Ġhome Ġby Ġlocating Ġa Ġsign Ġin Ġfront Ġof Ġhis Ġresidence Ġthat Ġsaid Ġ" ĠTurner Ġ" Ġ. ĠMatthews Ġhad Ġpictures Ġof ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġresidence Ġdeveloped Ġ; Ġthese Ġwere Ġlater Ġobtained Ġby Ġthe ĠFederal ĠBureau Ġof ĠInvestigation Ġ( ĠFBI Ġ) Ġduring Ġan Ġinvestigation Ġof Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġ, Ġand Ġverified Ġafter Ġbeing Ġshown Ġto ĠTurner Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠMembers Ġof Ġthe Ġgroup Ġof Ġconspir ators Ġwatched ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġoffice Ġ, Ġhome Ġand Ġcar Ġ, Ġand Ġdiscussed Ġmethods Ġto Ġassassinate Ġhim Ġ, Ġhoping Ġthat Ġhis Ġdeath Ġwould Ġhinder Ġthe Ġefforts Ġof Ġthe Ġfederal