Re contact with Muskego Police Chief Ervin W. Kraus to obtain recovered money

Interviewed 14 October 1975Dictated 16 October 1975Transcribed 17 October 1975

Part 41pages 118–1203 pagesDB Cooper-13904–13906

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Document: FD-302 re contact with Muskego Police Chief Ervin W. Kraus to obtain recovered money
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 pp. 118–120 (DB Cooper-13904–13906), FD-302 interview, interviewed 14 Oct 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A118-120

FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 10/17/75

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SA [REDACTED] and SA [REDACTED] contacted ERVIN W. KRAUS, Chief of Police, Muskego, Wisconsin, for the purpose of obtaining a sum of money recovered from the vehicle driven by [REDACTED] following an attempted apprehension of this individual on October 4, 1975, at Muskego, Wisconsin.

Agents [REDACTED] and Chief KRAUS and [REDACTED] went to [REDACTED] Wisconsin, Muskego Office, and a sum of money was taken from the police department safety deposit box.

The money was counted by SA [REDACTED] and determined to be $6,331.00. With respect to this money, $6,281.00 had been recovered in an attache case which [REDACTED] had abandoned in a U-Haul van on the night of [REDACTED] The other amount ($50.00) was located in his wallet which had been taken from him for identification purposes by the Muskego police officers that evening.

The currency was later inventoried by SA [REDACTED] with the following [REDACTED] located:

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Interviewed on 10/14/75 at Muskego, Wisconsin File # [REDACTED] by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] pmc Date dictated 10/16/75

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It is noted that [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] had previously been furnished the Milwaukee Office of the FBI.

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DB Cooper-13905

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By communication dated October 9, 1975, the San Francisco Division advised as follows:

On [REDACTED] the facts of this matter were presented before a Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco. On [REDACTED] the grand jury returned a true bill indicting [REDACTED] on charges of violation of [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA), San Francisco, recommended bond at $50,000.

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The following investigation was conducted at Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

On October 17, 1975, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal ROBERT FLAIG, U.S. Marshal's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, advised his office is in receipt of [REDACTED] relating to [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] regarding [REDACTED] FLAIG advised that [REDACTED] is presently located at [REDACTED] which [REDACTED]

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The following are identification records for [REDACTED]

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