There once was a very odd case
Where cops found Kathleen Soliah's place.
  She'd been hiding from blame
  Under an assumed name
But then someone recognized her face.

In the Seventies, it all began
When radical groups roamed the land.
  College kids of the day
  Formed groups like SLA
And then things got way out of hand.

Symbionese Liberation Army helped begin it
Student radicals and ex-convicts were in it.
  One large crime on their roster
  Was to kill Marcus Foster
An Oakland schools Superintendent.

Then for more crimes they still had a thirst,
So they kidnapped poor Patricia Hearst.
  They figured since Patty
  Had a very rich daddy,
They would probably be well reimbursed.

But the tale reached a very odd chapter
When Patty showed she was an adapter
  She didn't merely abide
  But soon fought alongside
With the SLA who were her captors.

First a bank robbery was pursued,
Then an LAPD shoot-out ensued.
  6 SLA members died,
  Others needed to hide
Or their chance of surviving was screwed.

That's where Kathleen Soliah arrived,
She helped hide members who had survived.
  And in retaliation
  For their shoot-out frustration
They decided LA police couldn't be alive.

They placed pipe bombs under two police cars,
But were caught, and then thrown behind bars.
  Two years later, Hearst was pardoned
  Since Carter thought she wasn't hardened,
And Kathleen Soliah escaped to afar.

She hid out as an actress in St. Paul,
Changed her name to avoid others' recall.
  Acting out in "King Lear"
  She lived in constant fear
That she would be discovered and then fall.

That fear by which she had been haunted,
Came true on "America's Most Wanted":
  Sara Jane Olsen was found
  Hiding out underground
With her past as Soliah so daunted.

Yet before California could try her
An extradition warrant was required.
  California couldn't tote her
  Out of Minnesota
Unless the Governor would release Soliah.

When it reached Gov. Jesse Ventura's desk,
He didn't wrestle with issues complex.
  He just signed on the line
  Proving that in these times,
The pen is mightier than the suplex.