They were trying to escape the Campaign of Terror.
[link]Smacking Lindauer
<p><div class="quote-msg"><div class="quote-author">Quote:</div>So long as Mel [Lindauer] remains a diehard anti-Diehard, he will continue to get the back of my hand.</div> <a href="http://www.s152957355.onlinehome.us/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1198074692/6#6" class="bb-url">[link]</a></p>