Interview of woman re Jack Bryant Coffelt, met New Orleans 1961
Interviewed 29 March 1977Transcribed 1 April 1977
Also filed at: Part 61 p. 337
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Part of: Interview of female associate of Jack Bryant Coffelt, Honolulu
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 p. 226 (DB Cooper-31105), FD-302 interview, interviewed 29 Mar 1977, serial SE 164-81-7462 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A226-226
FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 4/1/77
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[REDACTED], was interviewed by [REDACTED], who identified himself as a Special Agent of the FBI. She voluntarily provided the following information:
[REDACTED] stated that she was [REDACTED] JACK BRYANT COFFELT; however, [REDACTED]. She advised that she met COFFELT in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1961 and shortly thereafter, she and COFFELT moved to the Washington, D. C., area.
She advised that COFFELT disclosed [REDACTED] [REDACTED] sometime in the 1930s. She stated that COFFELT was a decent man, very intelligent, and not a common criminal. She further advised that COFFELT personally knew J. EDGAR HOOVER and had visited HOOVER at the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D. C., [REDACTED].
She stated that while living in Washington, D. C., JACK COFFELT worked for quite some time as a chauffeur and a personal assistant to an individual known to her only as (first name unknown) BECKWITH, who was one of three living descendants of former President Abraham Lincoln. She stated that COFFELT worked for BECKWITH until approximately [REDACTED] when he subsequently took employment with a furniture business.
She advised that COFFELT suffered from severe cases phlebitis and emphysema, and eventually while in Washington, D. C., suffered a nervous breakdown and received psychiatric care for his nervous condition and alcohol affliction. She stated COFFELT received treatment in Washington, D. C., in a hospital known only to her as Melwood Hospital.
She further advised that she and COFFELT departed Washington, D. C., and moved to [REDACTED], Washington, in January, 1974. [REDACTED] until January, 1975, [REDACTED] and JACK COFFELT moved to Honolulu,
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Interviewed on 3/29/77 at Honolulu, Hawaii File # HN 164-85 164-81-7462 by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated [REDACTED] SEARCHED SERIALIZED
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DB Cooper-31105
Serials: HN 164-85, SE 164-81-7462