Interview of Maryland witness identifying Bryant Coffelt as Hoffmann Furniture salesman

This copy: Part 120 p. 389Also filed at Part 61 p. 321 (primary) · Part 72 p. 222

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Interview of Mrs. Lilly Hoffmann re Bryant Coffelt

Interviewed 25 February 1977Dictated 28 February 1977Transcribed 2 March 1977

Part 120page 3891 pageDB Cooper-55424

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Part of: Interview of Lilly Hoffmann re Bryant Coffelt · 2 March 1977 · Part 121 pp. 307–308

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 3/2/77

[handwritten annotation near top right, faint/cursive: illegible, possibly "Duct" followed by additional characters] [three redaction boxes labeled b6, b7C, b7D]

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Mrs. LILLY HOFFMANN, 112 Melbourne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, was interviewed at her residence and furnished the following information.

She stated that her husband, ZOLTAN HOFFMANN, was the former owner of the Hoffmann Furniture Company, 2447 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. During her husband's ownership she assisted him in the running of the business. She said her husband sold the business approximately five years ago and it is now Hoffmann Interiors, Incorporated, 7020 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland.

She was displayed two photographs of BRYANT COFFELT. She identified COFFELT as having been employed as a used furniture salesman on an intermittent basis from approximately 1963 to 1970. COFFELT worked on a commission basis and on occasion he would leave from work without notice and return some months later saying he had taken a medical course somewhere in the Midwest. She said her husband always hired COFFELT back because he was a smooth talker and a good salesman. She, however, considered him a phony because she never believed he was taking medical courses. She was unaware of any of COFFELT's private life, his associates or hobbies.

She did recall, however, that at one time COFFELT showed up at the furniture store driving a Cadillac limousine. He was in the company of an elderly man. It appeared to her that COFFELT was acting as a chauffer for the elderly gentleman. He also was attempting to sell him some old furniture since the elderly man was interested in antiques. She was unable to recall any additional information about the incident.

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She described COFFELT as follows:

Race: White Sex: Male Height: 6 feet Weight: 180 pounds Hair: Brown Eyes: Color unknown, occasionally wore glasses

[redaction box labeled b6, b7C, b7D] [handwritten number beside redaction box: "164-81-7387" [guess: last digits uncertain]]

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Interviewed on 2/25/77 at Silver Spring, Maryland File # WFO 164-169

SAs [redacted, boxes labeled b6, b7C]

by [redacted] Date dictated 2/28/77

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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Serials: 164-81-7387 [guess: last digits uncertain], WFO 164-169

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